Vehicle country codes are required to identify the vehicle's state of registration. Previously, a sticker on which the country code was indicated in capital letters served this purpose. The distinguishing sign of the country of registration must be affixed to the rear of the vehicle near the license plate and may also be included in the registration number of the vehicle. If the decal is included in the registration number, it must also appear on the front registration plate of the vehicle.

The distinctive sign may be supplemented by the flag or emblem of the national state or the emblem of the regional economic integration organization to which the country belongs. The insignia must be displayed on the far left or far right corner of the registration plate. If a symbol/flag/emblem is present on the registration number, the decal must be placed at the leftmost position on the registration plate.

Recently, countries have been moving to determine ownership on registration plates. For example, in the European Union countries this code is displayed on the standard vehicle registration number. In this case, the sticker is no longer required.

Nevertheless, there were cases (for example, in Germany) when a fine was issued for its absence. To avoid misunderstandings, even if you do not want to stick it, it is better to take the sticker with you and stick it on request.

According to the Convention on International Traffic, the sticker must be in the form of an ellipse, the main axis of which is horizontal, and the letters must be black on a white background.

The data in all tables can be sorted in ascending/descending order by clicking on the column header.

European car codes

* - unofficial code

America's Automotive Codes

* - unofficial code

Asian car codes

* - unofficial code

African car codes

* - unofficial code

Car codes of Australia and Oceania

* - unofficial code

Legacy codes

* - unofficial code

Registration number- is an individual state registration plate of a wheeled vehicle. The car license plate (or sign) of Ukraine consists of 8 characters and contains two letters of the Ukrainian alphabet to the left and to the right of the numbers.

What do the letters on car license plates mean?

The combination of the first pair of letters on the left indicates the region of registration of the car, the two letters indicated on the right are the series of the registration license plate.

Changes since 2018.
In 2018, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine introduced a standard for automobile license plates for passenger vehicles. These changes supplemented the existing DSTU 4278:2012. Thus, automobile signs in Kyiv are designated by the letters KA along with the previously approved AA. Kiev region - KI along with early AI and so on.

Owners of cars with old plates (old series of numbers) do not need to worry. There is no need to switch to new license plates. Next, you can familiarize yourself with the table of codes by region of Ukraine - both old ones from 2004 and new ones from 2018. The table provides information on how license plates have changed and what letter designation is in effect today.

Ukraine license plates - table

License plate colors

Car license plates can be of several other types - temporary (transit), city public transport (buses, minibuses), diplomatic, police, military, volunteer and others. They also differ in background color, many of them have their own codification.

White- vehicles belonging to ordinary car owners.
Blue(light blue) - law enforcement agencies, also police (police numbers).
Black- Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces).
Yellow- public transport.
Red- transit (temporary) license plates.

Signs with black background

Department codes: A - Ministry of Defense, B - Military Traffic Inspectorate, E - Naval Forces of Ukraine, R - Repair Enterprises of the Ministry of Defense, C - Construction Troops, T - Transport Troops, X - Trailers, H - Ministry of Emergency Situations.

For cars representing the diplomatic corps, a letter designation has been established - D. This sign contains the code of the country or international organization. Next comes a set of numbers - they indicate the serial number of the vehicle.

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Let's continue the series of articles about license plates. Today we will touch on license plates introduced in already independent Ukraine. After the collapse of the USSR, license plates of the 1959-1980 model were in effect in Ukraine. In 1992, in the absence of others, Soviet car license plates of the 1980 model continued to be issued: 1) for private cars: a small letter on a white background, four numbers separated in the middle by a hyphen and two capital letters (abbreviated name of the region, edge , ASSR); 2) for state ones, on a white background, four numbers separated by a hyphen and three capital letters (the first two of them are the name of the region).

For example, an ambulance had the following license plate, which indicated that it belonged to some institution (i.e., not a private car enthusiast).

The new authorities decided not to philosophize and not to compose new numbers, to diversify the old ones by adding the decimal letter “i”. In the same year, another modernized number appeared with the flag of Ukraine and the inscription “UA”. Its structure was the same as that of the Soviet number, but the coding of the regions changed somewhat.

On this license plate, unfortunately, the flag and the abbreviation “UA” on the left side of the license plate are no longer distinguishable.

We will provide a table with the new regional numbers introduced in 1992 below.

In 1995, new state license plates were introduced on the territory of Ukraine. On the left side there was a yellow-blue flag, and below it a region code, which I will tell you about which region it belongs to a little later. This was followed by two digital blocks of 3 and 2 digits, separated by a hyphen and two large letters indicating the name of the region (see below).

Although license plates of this type began to be issued in 1995, for some time old “Soviet” license plates could still be issued, which were naturally cheaper, but they were not allowed to cross the state border.

Sorting of these numbers by region was carried out according to letter area designation located on the right. According to this sorting, the regions were assigned serial numbers - automobile codes of the regions. I would especially like to emphasize that although the license plates used only those alphabetic characters of the Cyrillic alphabet that coincide in spelling with the Latin alphabet, the numbers were still sorted according to the Cyrillic alphabet.

The next significant reform took place in 2004. So the structure of the license plate became as follows. On the left side of the license plate was a vertical rectangle, horizontally divided into two areas of blue and yellow. In the “blue square” there is a small coat of arms of Ukraine, a trident, made in yellow, in the “yellow” - in black “UA” - the international automobile code of Ukraine. Next on a white background in black are two letters indicating the region code, a four-digit number and two more letters. For the rear license plates of some cars, mopeds and motorcycles, almost “square” license plates are allowed, where the letters are located on top and four numbers below (for cars and mopeds) or in three lines - two letters, four numbers and again two letters (for motorcycles ).

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that although it seems that the numbers are written in Cyrillic characters, they are still sorted according to the Latin alphabet. Now we have real “bourgeois” numbers.

The last two letters can have any combination, except for BP and KM, due to their similarity with the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers (which was the case in the license plates of the previous model).

It is also quite remarkable that the city of Kyiv was singled out from the general sorting by the region code AA. But why is the Kharkov region marked with the AX code in exactly the same way? Or maybe she was entitled to a BP code that they decided to reserve? All this remains a mystery.

Separately, I would like to talk about transit numbers. Their structure is similar, but the main difference is that the “stamp” block on a red background is followed by two digits of the region code (according to the table of region codes for license plates of the previous model of 1995, or the designations “T1”, “T2”, which indicates that the number was issued by the manufacturing company, as they are popularly called “terminators”), two letters indicating the region code (according to the 2004 classification) and four digits. Similar “square” numbers are possible for rear license plates.

Car license plates by region of Ukraine are one of the biggest mysteries on our roads. We will never know who encrypted the codes of our regions and why, just as we will never understand the logic of this action. Fortunately, deciphering the codes is no secret.

The current format of license plates for passenger cars was adopted in Ukraine in 2004, with a slight correction in 2015, when the field of colors of the Ukrainian flag on the left edge of the number was replaced by blue with a small blue and yellow flag on it. The registration plate carries the four-digit vehicle number itself and two letter indices before and after it.

Only the first group of two letters is related to the region of registration of the car; the remaining symbols refer to the registration number itself

The first pair of letters indicates the region code to which the vehicle is assigned. The second pair of letters that complete the inscription on the plate is a serial number, which allows you to expand the number of registrations in the future.

In this case, only those letters of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet are used that have analogues in the Latin alphabet - supposedly so that the car can travel abroad without problems. There are only twelve such letters in the Ukrainian alphabet: A, B, E, I, K, M, N, O, R, S, T, X.

Ukrainian model numbers 1995 - 2004. belonging to the region was determined by a digital code. Assignment logic – alphabetical arrangement of areas

For some reason, the current letter indices of the regions of the 2004 model are not morphologically related to the names of the regions; to identify the place of registration of the car, the codes must be memorized or use the table below.

The picture was even more confused by an attempt to “refresh” the indices at the end of 2013, when the first letters in regional codes began to be replaced: A was changed to K, B to N, C to I. But the previous codification also remained.

The series of numbers for “untouchable” owners was canceled and reintroduced over the years

Car license plates by region in Ukraine, in addition to the usual ones for “passenger” cars described above, there can be several other types - temporary, bus, diplomatic, police, military, volunteer and others. Many of them have their own codification, their own variations of execution and their own history, and perhaps we will talk about them next time.

Ukrainian car license plates consist of 8 characters: two pairs of letters and four numbers. The format of a typical license plate is AA 0000 BB (some entities have license plates in a different format). The first two letters identify the region of the country, the second pair of letters is the license plate series. On the left side of the number there is an area symbolizing the flag of Ukraine - with blue and yellow zones. The coat of arms of Ukraine is depicted on a blue background; on a yellow background there is the country code - UA. The size of the license plate is 520×112 mm. The numbers used in Ukraine to date were introduced in 2004.

Codification

The table below lists the regions of Ukraine and the corresponding letter combinations used on license plates.

Room types

In Ukraine, 10 types of license plates are used, each of which corresponds to a particular type of transport.

• 1 - cars, trailers, buses
• 2 - for single trips on cars, trailers and buses
• 3 - special type of license plates for cars for transporting persons subject to state protection
• 4 - diplomatic missions, consulates, representative offices of international organizations, family members of their staff
• 5 - motorcycles, sidecars, scooters
• 6 - transit numbers for motorcycles, sidecars, scooters
• 7 - customized license plates
• 8 - tractors, trailers for them, self-propelled vehicles
• 9 - Armed Forces of Ukraine, Border Service, Ministry of Emergency Situations
• 10 - motor vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Border Service, Ministry of Emergency Situations

License plate colors

Ukrainian car license plates may have different background colors. Color determines whether a vehicle belongs to a particular structure/type of vehicle.

• White - transport of civilians
• Yellow - buses, minibuses, taxis
• Red - transit number
• Black – Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Emergency Situations
• Siniya - police

Diplomatic missions have numbers on a white background with the letter D, a three-digit country code, and a three-digit number.

Country codes are specified in the range: 001..199 - diplomatic mission, 200..299 - international organization, 300..399 - consular organization.

The last three digits are the serial number of the vehicle.