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UK Number Plate Year Checker What Year Is My Car?

Enter any UK number plate to instantly decode the age identifier and find out exactly when the vehicle was registered. Works for all modern and classic UK formats.

Year Registered

Registration Period

Format
Age identifier
DVLA area code
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UK Number Plate Formats Explained

AB12 CDE

Current Format (2001–present)

Two area letters + two-digit age code + three random letters. The age code changes in March (51–99 = Sep registrations) and September (01–50 = March registrations) each year.

51 = Sep 2001, 02 = Mar 2002

75 = Sep 2025, 26 = Mar 2026

A123 BCD

Prefix Format (1983–2001)

A letter prefix indicates the year. A = 1983, B = 1984, and so on up to Y = 2001. The letter changed each August until 1999, then in March and September.

ABC 123D

Suffix Format (1963–1983)

Three letters + up to three numbers + a year suffix letter. A = 1963, B = 1964 and so on up to Y = 1982.

Current Format Age Codes (2001–2026)

Code Period Code Period Code Period
51 Sep 2001 02 Mar 2002 52 Sep 2002
03 Mar 2003 53 Sep 2003 04 Mar 2004
54 Sep 2004 05 Mar 2005 55 Sep 2005
06 Mar 2006 56 Sep 2006 07 Mar 2007
57 Sep 2007 08 Mar 2008 58 Sep 2008
09 Mar 2009 59 Sep 2009 10 Mar 2010
60 Sep 2010 11 Mar 2011 61 Sep 2011
12 Mar 2012 62 Sep 2012 13 Mar 2013
63 Sep 2013 14 Mar 2014 64 Sep 2014
15 Mar 2015 65 Sep 2015 16 Mar 2016
66 Sep 2016 17 Mar 2017 67 Sep 2017
18 Mar 2018 68 Sep 2018 19 Mar 2019
69 Sep 2019 20 Mar 2020 70 Sep 2020
21 Mar 2021 71 Sep 2021 22 Mar 2022
72 Sep 2022 23 Mar 2023 73 Sep 2023
24 Mar 2024 74 Sep 2024 25 Mar 2025
75 Sep 2025 26 Mar 2026 76 Sep 2026