Registration suffixes

General notes:

The registration year letters are applicable to cars registered within Great Britain, (England, Scotland, and Wales). Northern Ireland use their own system for vehicle registrations.

To avoid confusion with the characters 1, 0, V and 2, year letters I, O, Q, U and Z were not used.

Up to 1998 a new vehicle year starts on the 1st August and ends on the 31st July the following year.

Note: Prefix Q was not used as a year letter, but indicates Query. Normally this indicates the car is either a kit car, has been previously total lossed (an insurance write off) or its original year of manufacture is unknown. Q-plates are of the format: Q 123 ABC.


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(From August 83 onwards the year letter was the first letter of the number plate, example: A 123 ABC)

(From March 99 the year letter changed twice per year, in March and September)

Note: Prefix Z was not used.

March 2001 to August 2001
Year Prefix - Y

September 2000 to February 2001
Year Prefix - X

March 2000 to August 2000
Year Prefix - W

September 99 to February 2000
Year Prefix - V

March 99 to August 99
Year Prefix - T

August 98 to February 99
Year Prefix - S

August 97 to July 98
Year Prefix - R

Note: Prefix Q was not used.

August 96 to July 97
Year Prefix - P

Note: Prefix O was not used.

August 95 to July 96
Year Prefix - N

August 94 to July 95
Year Prefix - M

August 93 to July 94
Year Prefix - L

August 92 to July 93
Year Prefix - K

August 91 to July 92
Year Prefix - J

Note: Prefix I was not used.

August 90 to July 91
Year Prefix - H

August 89 to July 90
Year Prefix - G

August 88 to July 89
Year Prefix - F

August 87 to July 88
Year Prefix - E

August 86 to July 87
Year Prefix - D

August 85 to July 86
Year Prefix - C

August 84 to July 85
Year Prefix - B

August 83 to July 84
Year Prefix - A



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(Up to July 83 the year letter was the last letter of the number plate, example: ABC 123 Y)

Note: Suffix Z was not used.

August 82 to July 83
Year Suffix - Y

August 81 to July 82
Year Suffix - X

August 80 to July 81
Year Suffix - W

August 79 to July 80
Year Suffix - V

Note: Suffix U was not used.

August 78 to July 79
Year Suffix - T

August 77 to July 78
Year Suffix - S

August 76 to July 77
Year Suffix - R

Note: Suffix Q was not used.

August 75 to July 76
Year Suffix - P

Note: Suffix O was not used.

August 74 to July 75
Year Suffix - N

August 73 to July 74
Year Suffix - M

August 72 to July 73
Year Suffix - L

August 71 to July 72
Year Suffix - K

August 70 to July 71
Year Suffix - J

August 69 to July 70
Year Suffix - H

August 68 to July 69
Year Suffix - G

August 67 to July 68
Year Suffix - F

January 67 to July 67
Year Suffix - E

January 66 to December 66
Year Suffix - D

January 65 to December 65
Year Suffix - C

January 64 to December 64
Year Suffix - B

January 63 to December 63
Year Suffix - A