 British number plates (1982 – 2001 system), as observed in 2004 | British car number plates have existed in the United Kingdom since 1904. All motor-powered road vehicles, including cars but excepting the official cars of the reigning monarch, are required by law to display them. British car number plates, 2004-04-25. ...
British car number plates, 2004-04-25. ...
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The Motor Car Act 1903, which came into force on 1 January 1904, required all vehicles to be entered onto the Government's vehicle register, and to carry index plates. The Act was passed in order that vehicles could be easily traced in the event of an accident or contravention of the law. Vehicle registration index plates in the UK are rectangular or square in shape, with the exact permitted dimensions of the plate and its lettering set down in law. The Motor Car Act 1903 (3 Edw. ...
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1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The Vehicle register in the United Kingdom is a database of motor vehicles. ...
Within the UK itself there are currently two numbering and registration systems: one for Great Britain, which is administered by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), and one for Northern Ireland, administered by the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA), however both have equal status. Other schemes relating to the UK are also listed below. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (the DVLA) is an agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom. ...
Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
The Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) is a government agency of the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment. ...
Colour and dimensions (United Kingdom)
 Black number plates with white or silver characters are permitted on vehicles manufactured before 1973. Current plates have black characters on reflective white reflective material (for the front plate) or on reflective yellow reflective material (for the rear plate). These colours are only used in Britain and in France, where yellow will be abolished starting 2009[citation needed]. Luxembourg and the Netherlands use yellow as a background colour for both the front and rear plate, whilst the other 21 EU member states use black and white in compliance with the EU standards. Image File history File links Number. ...
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Older British plates had white, grey or silver characters on a black background. This style of plate was phased out in 1972, and is now legal to be carried only on vehicles built prior to 1 January 1973. Antique vehicle registration is a special form of motor vehicle registration for vehicles that are considered antique, classic, vintage, or historic. ...
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Front number plates are 520 mm x 111 mm (20.5" x 4 ³/8") in size. Rear plates may be 520 mm x 111 mm (Standard), 285 mm x 203 mm (Square, as at July 2007) 533 mm x 152 mm (large).,[citation needed]
Motorcycles formerly had a double-sided number plate on top of the front mudguard, curved to follow the contour of the wheel and visible from the sides. The requirement for the front number plate was dropped in 1975 because of the severe danger these presented to pedestrians in the event of a collision.
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Current system
Characters The current system for Great Britain was introduced in 2001. Each registration index consists of seven characters[1]. From left to right the characters consist of : - An area code (the local memory tag) consisting of two letters, the first relating to the region, the second the local registration office (see British car number plate identifiers);
- A two-digit age identifier, which changes twice a year, in March and September. The code is either the last two digits of the year itself (e.g. "05" for 2005) or else has 50 added (e.g. 55 for September 2005) if issued from September to February of the following year;
- An arbitrary three-letter sequence with no specific meaning beyond that of uniquely distinguishing each of the vehicles displaying the same initial four-character area and age sequence. The letters I and Q are excluded from the three-letter sequence, as are combinations that may appear offensive (including those in foreign languages).
Although many believe this scheme to be peculiarly complex, it has three particular advantages: Image File history File links British_car_registration_plate_labels. ...
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- A buyer of a second-hand car can in theory determine the year of first registration of the car without having to look it up,
- In the case of a police investigation of an accident or car-related crime, witnesses usually remember the initial area code letters — it is then quite simple to narrow down suspect vehicles to a much smaller number by checking the authority's database without having to know the full number.
- The scheme should have sufficient numbers to run until 2050.
European flag British number plates conform for the most part to the 1998 European standard design [2], with black lettering on a white or yellow background. The standard design also incorporates a blue strip on the left side of the plate with the European flag and the country identification code of the member state - this aspect of the design is not compulsory in the UK, and many drivers choose not to display the European flag. European vehicle registration plate is a vehicle registration plate, a metal or plastic plate or plates attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. ...
The Flag of Europe consists of a circle of twelve golden (yellow) stars on a blue background. ...
This is a list of vehicle country identification codes: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Note * Non-official Note1 There are other, unofficial codes in common...
| | | | The British version of the EU standard number plate; this European plate is optional for UK drivers. | A British number plate without the EU symbol; UK drivers must display a separate GB sticker if driving abroad with these plates. | The option of the EU stars and the country identifier letters ´GB´ is claimed to be a registered design - number 2053070 - registered at the UK Patent Office in 1995 by David and Nansi Mottram [1]. However, the blue strip with European flag and country identifier was introduced by Ireland in 1991, before the Mottrams registered their version. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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A number plate for a car registered in 2001 in County Dublin Index marks on Number plates in the Republic of Ireland issued since 1987 have the format YY-CC-SSSSSS where the components are: YY — a 2-digit year (e. ...
In response to devolution of the nations of the United Kingdom, some motorists in Scotland and Wales choose to display EU-style plates with their national flag and the codes SCO and CYM respectively. Although initially prohibited, they are permitted by the UK government as an expression of national pride. Some motorists in England have started to display ENG codes in response to this fashion.[3]. These unofficial emblems are not officially recognised, and UK motorists who drive their car abroad displaying these plates must also affix a "GB" country identifier to their vehicle. Look up Devolution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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Typography When introduced, the new plates included a subtly re-drawn version of Charles Wright's original 1935 font, that has been narrowed (condensed) from 57 mm to 50 mm to allow space for the extra letter and the optional blue 'GB' Euro surround. The typeface is similar in many ways to, but perhaps less drastic than Germany's FE-Schrift number-plate font (2001). It accentuates the differences in the form of similar characters like '8' and 'B' or 'D' and '0' with block serifs to improve the legibility of a plate from a distance. This is especially useful for the Automatic Number Plate Recognition software of speed cameras and CCTV. This accentuation also discourages the tampering that is sometimes practised with the use of black insulating tape or paint to change letterforms (P to R, 9 to 8 for example), or with the inclusion of carefully positioned black 'fixing screw' dots that alter the appearance of letters on some vanity plates. Charles Wright may be: Charles Wright (cricketer) (1863-1936), Nottinghamshire and England cricketer Charles Wright (poet) (born 1935) Charles Wright (wrestler) (born 1961), professional wrestler See also: Charles Wright (born 1940), leader of Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles...
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FE-Schrift or fälschungserschwerende Schrift (tamper-hindering font) is the typeface that has been used since November 2000 on vehicle registration plates in Germany. ...
The system must be able to deal with different styles of licence plates Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR; see also other names below) is a mass surveillance method that uses optical character recognition on images to read the licence plates on vehicles. ...
A red-light camera in use in Beaverton, Oregon A road-rule enforcement camera is a system including a camera and a vehicle-monitoring device used to detect and identify vehicles disobeying a road rule or road rules. ...
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This Virginia vanity plate means Newark, New Jersey since the numbers are a Zip Code. ...
Special plates Registrations having a combination of characters that are particularly appealing (resembling a name, for example) are auctioned each year.
In 2007 the DVLA exceptionally issued 'TN07' prefixed registrations for some Edinburgh registered vehicles, instead of the expected 'SN07'. This was stated to be because of potential offence caused by interpreting 'SN07' as 'SNOT'. This is the first known use of the 'T' code as the first letter, as it was not allocated to a region in the 2001 system. Yet, TF07 registrations have been showing up around Scotland, most commonly in Glasgow. This has arisen some confusion as to why TF07 registrations are being used. Even more recently, it has been observed that TP07 registration number plates are being issued as well. Snot can refer to: Nasal mucus, snot, boogers, etc. ...
Older plates Vehicles registered under previous numbering systems continue to retain their original registration plates. Subject to certain conditions, registration plates can be transferred between vehicles by the vehicle owner; some of these transfers involve tens of thousands of British Pounds (GBP) changing hands, due to the desirability of a specific letter/number combination. GBP redirects here. ...
History
Before 1932 The first series of number plates were issued in 1903 and ran until 1932, using the series A1–YY9999. The letter or pair of letters indicated the local authority in whose area the vehicle was registered, for example A — London, B — Lancashire, C — West Riding of Yorkshire, etc. In England and Wales the letter codes were initially allocated in order of population size (by the 1901 census), whilst Scotland and Ireland had special sequences incorporating the letters "S" and "I" respectively, which were allocated alphabetically: IA = Antrim, IB = Armagh, etc. When a licensing authority reached 9999, it was allocated another two letter mark, but there was no pattern to these subsequent allocations as they were allocated on a first come first served basis. The Motor Car Act 1903 (3 Edw. ...
The County of London was an administrative county and ceremonial county of England from 1889 to 1965. ...
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...
The West Riding as an administrative county prior to its abolition in 1974. ...
1932 to 1963 By 1932, the available numbers within this scheme were running out, and an extended scheme was introduced. This scheme consisted of three letters and three numbers, taken from the series AAA1 to YYY999. Note that certain letters — I, Q and Z — were never used, as they were considered too easy to mistake for other letters or numbers, or were reserved for special use, such as the use of I and Z for Irish registrations and Q for temporary imports. (After independence, the Irish Republic continued to use this scheme until 1986, and Northern Ireland still uses it.) British car number plates have existed in the United Kingdom since 1904. ...
The three-letter scheme preserved the area letter codes as the second pair of letters in the set of three, and the single letter area codes were deleted (since prefixing a single letter code would create a duplicate of a two-letter code). In some areas, the available numbers with this scheme started to run out in the 1950s, and in those areas, a reversed sequence was introduced, i.e. 1AAA–999YYY. The ever-increasing popularity of the car can be gauged by noting that these sequences ran out within ten years, and by the beginning of the 1960s, a further change was made in very popular areas, introducing 4-number sequences with the one and two letter area codes, but in the reverse direction to the early scheme (i.e. 1A –9999YY).
1960s to 1982 In 1963, numbers were running out once again, and an attempt was made to create a national scheme to alleviate the problem. The three letter, up to three number system was kept, but a letter suffix was added, which changed every year. In this scheme, numbers were drawn from the range AAA1A–YYY999A for the first year, then AAA1B–YYY999B for the second year, and so on. Some areas did not adopt the year letter for the first two years, sticking to their own schemes, but in 1965 adding the year letter was made compulsory.
As well as yielding many more available numbers, it was a handy way for car buyers to know the age of the vehicle immediately. At first the year letter changed on January 1 every year, but car retailers started to notice that car buyers would tend to wait towards the end of the year for the new letter to be issued, so that they could get a "newer" car. This led to major peaks and troughs in sales over the year, and to help flatten this out somewhat the industry lobbied to get the month of registration changed from January to August. This was done in 1967, a year that had two letter changes: "E" came in January, and "F" came in August. The final August change was in 1998 (the S-reg prefix). is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1983 to 2001 By 1982, the year suffixes had reached Y and so from 1983 onwards the sequence was reversed again, so that the year letter — starting again at "A" — preceded the numbers then the letters of the registration. The available range was then A1AAA–Y999YYY. Towards the mid-1990s there was some discussion about introducing a unified scheme for Europe, which would also incorporate the country code of origin of the vehicle, but after much debate such a scheme was not adopted due to lack of countries willing to participate. The changes in 1983 also brought the letter Q into use - although on a very small and limited scale. It was used on vehicles of indeterminate age, such as those assembled from kits, substantial rebuilds, or imported vehicles where the documentation is insufficient to determine the age. It was seen as an aid to consumer protection. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
By the late 1990s, the range of available numbers was once again starting to run out, exacerbated by a move to biannual changes in registration letters (March and September) in 1999 to smooth out the bulge in registrations every August, so a new scheme needed to be adopted. Rather than stick with a variation of the ad-hoc numbering that had existed for nearly a century, it was decided to research a system that would be easier for crash or car crime witnesses to remember and clearer to read, yet still fit within a normal standard plate size. In an accident resulting from excessive speed, this concrete truck rolled over into the front garden of a house. ...
Year identifiers Suffix series 1963-82 (letters) | Letter | Dates of issue | | A | January 1963 – December 1963 | | B | January 1964 – December 1964 | | C | January 1965 – December 1965 | | D | January 1966 – December 1966 | | E | January 1967 – July 1967 | | F | August 1967 – July 1968 | | G | August 1968 – July 1969 | | H | August 1969 – July 1970 | | J | August 1970 – July 1971 | | K | August 1971 – July 1972 | | L | August 1972 – July 1973 | | M | August 1973 – July 1974 | | N | August 1974 – July 1975 | | P | August 1975 – July 1976 | | R | August 1976 – July 1977 | | S | August 1977 – July 1978 | | T | August 1978 – July 1979 | | V | August 1979 – July 1980 | | W | August 1980 – July 1981 | | X | August 1981 – July 1982 | | Y | August 1982 – July 1983 | | Prefix series 1983-2001 (letters) | Letter | Dates of issue | | A | August 1983 – July 1984 | | B | August 1984 – July 1985 | | C | August 1985 – July 1986 | | D | August 1986 – July 1987 | | E | August 1987 – July 1988 | | F | August 1988 – July 1989 | | G | August 1989 – July 1990 | | H | August 1990 – July 1991 | | J | August 1991 – July 1992 | | K | August 1992 – July 1993 | | L | August 1993 – July 1994 | | M | August 1994 – July 1995 | | N | August 1995 – July 1996 | | P | August 1996 – July 1997 | | R | August 1997 – July 1998 | | S | August 1998 – February 1999 | | T | March 1999 – August 1999 | | V | September 1999 – February 2000 | | W | March 2000 – August 2000 | | X | September 2000 – February 2001 | | Y | March 2001 – August 2001 | | New series post-2001 (numbers) | Year | March | September | | 2001 | — | 51 | | 2002 | 02 | 52 | | 2003 | 03 | 53 | | 2004 | 04 | 54 | | 2005 | 05 | 55 | | 2006 | 06 | 56 | | 2007 | 07 | 57 | | 2008 | 08 | 58 | | 2009 | 09 | 59 | | 2010 | 10 | 60 | | 2011 | 11 | 61 | | 2012 | 12 | 62 | | 2013 | 13 | 63 | | 2014 | 14 | 64 | | 2015 | 15 | 65 | | 2016 | 16 | 66 | | 2017 | 17 | 67 | | 2018 | 18 | 68 | | 2019 | 19 | 69 | | 2020 | 20 | 70 | | 2021 | 21 | 71 | | 2022 | 22 | 72 | | 2023 | 23 | 73 | | 2024 | 24 | 74 | | 2025 | 25 | 75 | | 2026 | 26 | 76 | | 2027 | 27 | 77 | | 2028 | 28 | 78 | | 2029 | 29 | 79 | | 2030 | 30 | 80 | | 2031 | 31 | 81 | | 2032 | 32 | 82 | | 2033 | 33 | 83 | | 2034 | 34 | 84 | | 2035 | 35 | 85 | | 2036 | 36 | 86 | | 2037 | 37 | 87 | | 2038 | 38 | 88 | | 2039 | 39 | 89 | | 2040 | 40 | 90 | | 2041 | 41 | 91 | | 2042 | 42 | 92 | | 2043 | 43 | 93 | | 2044 | 44 | 94 | | 2045 | 45 | 95 | | 2046 | 46 | 96 | | 2047 | 47 | 97 | | 2048 | 48 | 98 | | 2049 | 49 | 99 | |
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Tag | DVLA office | Local Identifier | | A (A=East Anglia) | Peterborough | A B C D E F G H J K L M N | | Norwich | O P R S T U | | Ipswich | V W X Y | | B (B= Birmingham) | Birmingham | A - Y | | C (C=Cymru) | Cardiff | A B C D E F G H J K L M N O | | Swansea | P R S T U V | | Bangor | W X Y | | D (D=Deeside) | Chester | A B C D E F G H J K | | Shrewsbury | L M N O P R S T U V W X Y | | E (E=Essex) | Chelmsford | A - Y | | F (F-Forest) | Nottingham | A B C D E F G H J K L M N P | | Lincoln | R S T V W X Y | | G (G=Garden of England Kent) | Maidstone | A B C D E F G H J K L M N O | | Brighton | P R S T U V W X Y | | H (H-Hampshire) | Bournemouth | A B C D E F G H J | | Portsmouth | K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y | | | HW Reserved for the Isle of Wight | | K (Kettering) | Luton | A B C D E F G H J K L | | Northampton | M N O P R S T U V W X Y | | L (L=London) | Wimbledon | A B C D E F G H J | | Stanmore | K L M N O P R S T | | Sidcup | U V W X Y | | M (M=Manchester or Merseyside) | Manchester | A - Y | | N (N=North) | Newcastle | A B C D E G H J K L M N O | | Stockton | P R S T U V W X Y | | O (O=Oxford) | Oxford | A - Y | | P (P=Preston) | Preston | A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T | | Carlisle | U V W X Y | | R (R=Reading) | Reading | A - Y | | S (S=Scotland) | Glasgow | A B C D E F G H J | | Edinburgh | K L M N O | | Dundee | P R S T | | Aberdeen | U V W | | Inverness | X Y | | T | special issue | 2007: TN07... (Edinburgh)
TF07 (Glasgow) | | V (V=Severn Valley) | Worcester | A - Y | | W (W=West) | Exeter | A B C D E F G H J | | Truro | K L | | Bristol | M N O P R S T U V W X Y | | Y (Y=Yorkshire) | Leeds | A B C D E F G H J K | | Sheffield | L M N O P R S T U | | Beverley | V W X Y |
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Characters In Northern Ireland current registrations plates take the form "ABC 1000", where "BC" represents the county or city and "A" denotes the position in the series. The numbering begins at 1000 and ends at 9999. After 9999, the next letter in alphabetical order is used at position "A" and the numbering series begins with 1000 once again. For example, in 2005 County Antrim is using the series "KZ", having already completed "IA" and "DZ". After "KZ" is exhausted, it will use "RZ". The full list of county codes appears below. For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist, while several county names have changed. ...
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The county letters without the series position identifier were used previously on their own, in the same order that they are now being used. After all these registrations had been issued, the extra letter was added to increase capacity. Numbers below 1000 are now not issued to the public in the normal way but instead held back by DVLNI and supplied at a premium as vanity plates.
This system was also used in the Republic of Ireland until 1987 as part of an original British all-Ireland system. It was similar to an older system used in Great Britain, but the use of the letters I and Z is unique to Ireland. In this system, two-letter county codes existed for all counties or administrative areas in Ireland, but are now used only in Northern Ireland. (See also: Irish Vehicle Registration Plates) A number plate for a car registered in 2001 in County Dublin Index marks on Number plates in the Republic of Ireland issued since 1987 have the format YY-CC-SSSSSS where the components are: YY — a 2-digit year (e. ...
The DVA are considering adopting the system used in the rest of the UK[citation needed], using I as the first letter (no confusion could be made with 1 as it would be followed by another letter).
Special plates Northern Ireland licence plates are used often in Great Britain as vanity plates to cheaply hide the age of an older vehicle. A vanity plate (US), prestige plate, private number plate, personalised registration (UK) or personalised plate (Australia and New Zealand) is a special type of vehicle registration plate on an automobile or other vehicle. ...
The County Fermanagh registrations KIL, CIG and NIG were deemed inappropriate and will never be issued. Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Enniskillen Area: 1,691 km² Population (est. ...
European plates and the GB controversy
 A Northern Ireland plate bearing the unofficial "NI" country code The European Union standard for number plates causes some degree of resentment in Northern Ireland as the internationally recognised number-plate code for all of the United Kingdom is 'GB' for Great Britain. As Northern Ireland is not geographically part of Great Britain, and is part of the island of Ireland, "GB" can appear to exclude Northern Ireland. Image File history File links Northern_Irish_car_registration_plate_NI.svg‎ File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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There are unofficial Northern Ireland registration plates which use the EU-style blue strip on the left hand side with the European flag but without any country code. Other versions use the unofficial country codes "NI" or "NIrl". Within the Nationalist community, some people choose to display an 'IRL' version, e.g. |IRL| ACZ 0000|, a hybrid of the Northern Irish number plate format but with the country identification code of the Republic of Ireland. This is incorrect in terms of the European numbering system; although the DVLA permits Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English variants, there is no provision for the Irish Republic country code on UK number plates. Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ...
Proposals were made to change the "GB" code to "UK", but this came to nothing[citation needed]. Confusingly, the British driving licence, common to both Great Britain and Northern Ireland, features the country identifier "UK" inside the European stars, not "GB"[4]. Driving licences within the European Union are subdivided in different categories. ...
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Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ...
Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ...
Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Armagh Area: 1,254 km² Population (est. ...
Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Enniskillen Area: 1,691 km² Population (est. ...
Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ...
Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Enniskillen Area: 1,691 km² Population (est. ...
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Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ...
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Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ...
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Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Armagh Area: 1,254 km² Population (est. ...
For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation). ...
Crown Dependencies The Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are outside the United Kingdom, and have number plates that differ from those used in the UK. The Isle of Man is situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland, and the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guersey are situated in the English Channel to the west of the Cotentin Crown dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to...
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Jersey
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Standard plates
 A tractor in Jersey carrying its J-plate Jersey number plates consist of the letter 'J' followed by one to six digits; plates now incorporate the coat of arms of Jersey in a white strip on the left, along with the country identifier 'GBJ' (Great Britain - Jersey). This design is similar to the EU standard plate, but does not incorporate the European flag, as Jersey is outside the European Union. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1098x1432, 1312 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Seaweed fertiliser Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...
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Special plates All hire cars registered on Jersey must display a white letter 'H' on a red background on the registration plate. Low digit value number plates are considered more desirable — number plates 'J1' and 'J2' are carried by government official vehicles.
A standard Jersey plate
A hire Jersey plate Vanity plates are also auctioned, having the format 'JSY' followed by one to three digits. Image File history File links British_Isles_Channel_Islands. ...
Guernsey
Standard plates
 A Guernsey plate displaying the GBG country code Guernsey plates consist of up to five digits, sometimes in white on a black background, and sometimes with a circle containing the letters 'GBG', the island's international vehicle registration. Plates with lower numbers are of a high value. The plates 1 to 9 are the most valuable. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Vehicles used by the Guernsey Fire Service do not carry registration plates.
A Guernsey plate
Special plates Guernsey hire cars sport a black 'H' on a yellow background on a separate plate, much like the 'L plate' required by learners. Locals consider this to stand for "Horror", as foreign drivers often lack understanding of road features such as 'filter in turn' sections common to Guernsey roads. An L-plate An L-plate is a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for learner, which must be affixed to the front and back of a car in many countries if its driver is a learner under instruction. ...
Alderney In Alderney, a dependency of Guernsey, separate registrations are issued always with the prefix 'AY' followed by a space and then digits. Capital St Anne Status Part of Guernsey, Crown dependency of the UK Official language(s) English Head of Government Sir Norman Browse Population 2,400 Currency Pound sterling (GBP). ...
An Alderney plate
Sark Sark bans cars on its roads, so no number plates exist. Flag of Sark The location of the Channel Islands in Europe An aerial view of Sark Sark (French: Sercq; Sercquiais: Sèr) is a small feudal island in the southwestern English Channel. ...
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Isle of Man
 A Manx number plate displaying the GBM country code When vehicle registration began in the Isle of Man in 1906, registration plates started with the letters 'MN' followed by up to four digits. In 1935, the prefix 'MAN' came into use, followed by up to three digits, and the following year a further scheme was introduced allowing three letters (BMN through YMN) to be used in addition to up to three digits. In 1959, the scheme changed to allow the digits to precede the letters. Currently a trailing letter is added to new registrations, as illustrated below. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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 Manx (not part of the UK) car registration plate There is no indicator of vehicle age in the Manx registration plate as each can be transferred from vehicle to vehicle. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Plates now incorporate the Manx flag, bearing the triskelion symbol, and the country identification code GBM (Great Britain-Man). The typeface now used on Manx number plates is similar to that used in the Republic of Ireland. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
A Manx plate (without the words Isle of Man at the top)
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Other formats
Overseas Territories
 A Gibraltar licence plate, featuring the GBZ country identifier. Some of the UK's overseas territories, including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, use similar number plates to the UK, with the same colours and typeface. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ...
Until 2002 Gibraltar number plates consisted of the letter 'G' and five digits, but this changed to 'G' followed by four digits and a letter. The European flag is also now featured, along with the international vehicle registration GBZ. Military vehicles have the letters 'RN'.
In the Falklands, the format is 'F' followed by four digits and a letter.
Bermuda number plates issued to general passenger cars are five black digits on a plain white background, similarly-sized to UK plates. Vanity plates, however, have recently become available that allow motorists to choose any seven-letter phrase, overlaid on a map of the island with "Bermuda" printed across the top, on a plate of identical dimensions to plates from the United States.
Anguilla has an 'A' followed by 4 digits, with a 'G' on the end for a government vehicle, a 'H' for a hire vehicle/taxi and an 'R' for a rental vehicle.
In the British Virgin Islands Private Vehicles have 'PV' followed by four digits. Commercial vehicles have 'CM' followed by four digits. Cayman Islands simply have 6 numbers on them, separated into groups of 3. Saint Helena islands just have 3 digits on them, with government vehicles having a prefix of 'SHG.'
British Forces plates British forces number plates are white on black, in either the older two numbers, two letters, two numbers format, or the more recent two letters, two numbers, two letters format, with the lettering arranged in three rows. In West Germany, private cars owned by members of HM Forces and their families also used plates with the same format, distinct from those used in the UK. This was discontinued in 1988 for security reasons, as it made them vulnerable to IRA attacks. Private cars driven by British military personnel are now issued with either standard UK number plates (if right hand drive) or German ones (if left hand drive). The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. ...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all...
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Diplomatic plates Since 1979 cars operated by foreign embassies, consular staff, and various international organisations have been given plates with a distinguishing format of three numbers, one letter, three numbers. The letter is D for diplomats or X for accredited non-diplomatic staff. The first group of three numbers identifies the country or organisation to whom the plate has been issued, the second group of three numbers is a serial number, starting at 101 for diplomats (although some embassies were erroneously issued 100), 400 for non-diplomatic staff of international organisations, and 700 for consular staff. Thus, for example, 101 D 101 identifies the first plate allocated to the Afghanistan embassy, 900 X 400 is the first plate allocated to the Commonwealth Secretariat. See List of country codes on British diplomatic car number plates. Since 1979 cars operated by foreign embassies, consular staff, and various international organisations have been given plates with a distinguishing format of three numbers, one letter, three numbers. ...
"Personal" index plates It is still legal to use any of the above schemes for so-called vanity plates –. Any registration with 2-3 consecutive valid letters and a number 1-999 (and possibly another letter) is allowed. As many cars registered before 1963 have been destroyed, these "dateless" plates are usually highly sought-after and valuable, since they can be used to hide the age of an older vehicle. However, some consider it a great pity that many classic cars now lose their original plates due to the owners cashing in on the high premiums paid for highly desirable registrations. The DVLA Cherished Mark Transfer scheme allows owners to display a registration index more appropriate to a speciality or collector vehicle and there are also a large number of private dealers who not only act as agents for DVLA issues, but hold their own private stock of dateless registrations and other cherished numbers. The DVLA however can only offer for sale registrations that have never previously been issued. There are still thousands of combinations available though and prices start at £250. One may not use a registration index to make one's vehicle appear younger or newer than it actually is. Whilst the DVLA can not re-issue registrations, there are plenty of interesting combinations available on the second hand market. As popularity grows, the prices reached for the most expensive plates are always increasing. "M 1" sold at auction in Goodwood on 7 June 2006 for £330,000. This is currently the world record price achieved for a personal plate. The previous record was £285,000 for "VIP 1": rumoured to have been bought by Roman Abramovich, it was originally an Irish number, formerly on a car once used by Pope John Paul II when visiting Dublin.[5][6]. A vanity plate (US), prestige plate, private number plate, personalised registration (UK) or personalised plate (Australia and New Zealand) is a special type of vehicle registration plate on an automobile or other vehicle. ...
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (IPA: ) (Russian: ) (born 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russia) is a Russian billionaire and the main owner of private investment company Millhouse Capital, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. ...
A number plate for a car registered in 2001 in County Dublin Index marks on Number plates in the Republic of Ireland issued since 1987 have the format YY-CC-SSSSSS where the components are: YY — a 2-digit year (e. ...
Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born []; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of...
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State vehicles used by the reigning monarch Uniquely, the Rolls-Royce, Bentley and other motor cars used by the reigning monarch on official business do not carry registration plates. The official car of the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland also does not carry plates (but only for the duration of the week-long General Assembly). The monarch's private vehicles, and cars driven by other members of the royal family, all carry index plates. Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by: Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973) Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2003-present) // Rolls-Royce cars Rolls-Royce Limited vehicles 1904-1906 10 hp 1905-1905 15 hp 1905-1908 20 hp 1905-1906 30 hp 1905-1906...
Bentleys winged B badge and hood ornament 1929 Blower Bentley from the Ralph Lauren collection. ...
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The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the British Sovereigns personal representative to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (the Kirk). ...
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Theft of number plates To combat "cloning", where criminals have number plates made up for a vehicle of identical type and colour and use them on their own vehicle to commit crime without being traceable (yet appearing legitimate to a cursory police computer check), the UK Government recently introduced laws requiring the production of personal identification and vehicle registration documents when buying replacement plates from a retailer.
Although "show plates" are widely available on mail-order with no such checks (making the law wholly ineffective), number plate theft has become a new activity for criminals, who presumably wish to leave no record of their having purchased "show plates". Cloned vehicles are frequently used to avoid speeding, parking and congestion charging fines.
Tamper-resistant plates, which cannot be removed from a vehicle without destroying them, have been demonstrated in a bid to beat the problem. Ironically the DVLA effectively banned the formerly legal adhesive plates (popular for some sports cars such as the Mazda MX-5 and Alfa Romeo Spider) in 2001, which are tamper-proof by design. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (the DVLA) is an agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom. ...
The Mazda MX-5, also known as Miata (IPA: /miαrÉ™/ or /miαtÉ™/) in North America and Roadster (IPA: /ÉºÌ odosɯta/) in Japan, is a sports car built by Mazda in Hiroshima, Japan, since 1989. ...
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See also The system must be able to deal with different styles of licence plates Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR; see also other names below) is a mass surveillance method that uses optical character recognition on images to read the licence plates on vehicles. ...
British car number plate identifiers are letters used to pinpoint where a car has been registered in Great Britain. ...
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A UK vehicle licence (tax disc) In the United Kingdom, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) (often known as road tax, although it is not hypothecated for spending on roads, and before 1936 as road fund licence) is an annual tax on the use of motor vehicles on the public roads. ...
A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. ...
References - ^ DVLA (2001-09-01). Vehicle Number Plates (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ European Union (1998-11-03). Council Regulation (EC) No 2411/98 of 3 November 1998 on the recognition in intra-Community traffic of the distinguishing sign of the Member State in which motor vehicles and their trailers are registered. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ BBC News (2001-12-28). Flag day for patriotic drivers. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ UK Government/DVLA. New photocard driving licence. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
- ^ "VIP 1: Abramovich buys trophy Irish licence plate", The Irish Times, July 7 2006.
- ^ "Abramovich says he did not buy VIP 1 number plate", The Irish Times, July 8 2006.
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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External links - Printable PDFs of DVLA number plate specifications
- Vehicle Registration in the Isle of Man
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