Exclusive: the good and the banned 24-reg number plates
February 16, 2024 by John Rawlings
Car changing is a big deal
Those changing to a new car from 1st March will be sporting the new 24-plate registrations, but did you know some of the new number plates are more valuable and sold via auction, while others are banned by the DVLA?
- 莲花直播 freedom of information request reveals banned 24-reg number plates
- Banned 24-plates include: TE24 ROR and *C24 ASH
- New 24 plates available at DVLA auction include: MY24 BMW and AD24 DMS
With the new 鈥24鈥 number plates arriving from 1 March 2024, 莲花直播 has revealed the good and the banned number plates that will and won鈥檛 be made available to new car buyers by the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency).
Before the number plate changes in March and September, the DVLA carefully considers combinations of the new numbers that car buyers will either like enough to pay extra for, and those it decides are inappropriate and could cause offence or embarrassment.
Some of the best 鈥榞ood鈥 24 registrations are then auctioned by the DVLA. For the 24 plates these include: 鈥楳Y24 BMW鈥, 鈥楲O24 TUS鈥, 鈥楬A24 RRY鈥 and 鈥楢D24 AMS鈥. These (and many more) will be available in the DVLA鈥檚 online auction from Wednesday, 20 March until Tuesday 26 March, 2024: . Bids start from 拢250.
The list of banned 24 number plates revealed by carwow鈥檚 Freedom of Information request to the DVLA includes some inappropriate combinations of letters and those where the number 4 in 24 resembles the letter 鈥楢鈥.聽
Some of these might appear relatively harmless, such as, 鈥*C24 ASH鈥, 鈥楾E24 ROR鈥 and 鈥**24 RSE鈥, while many were too offensive to even publish here. Some required a knowledge of common slang definitions, such as 鈥*D24 UNK鈥 and 鈥楽L24 GGS鈥; similarly, the letter W was banned immediately before 鈥**24 NKR鈥, and 鈥**24 NAL鈥 was not permitted either. Also crossed off the list were the more childish 鈥*F24 RTS鈥 and 鈥楤B24 STD鈥.
The war in Ukraine is still having an impact on the banned number plates, with NO24 RUS, EU24 WAR and FK24 RUS also blocked from use, along with NO24 LEZ for anyone unhappy with their local low emissions zone.聽
If you want a personalised number plate, the DVLA has over 50 million registrations available to buy at
鈥淕etting a brand new car is always a treat, but that would be spoiled if you discovered its number plate was attracting attention for all the wrong reasons,鈥 said John Rawlings, Consumer Editor at online car marketplace 莲花直播.聽
鈥淪potting the first of the latest number plates is always an exciting novelty each March and September, but having seen the full list of banned 24 number plates, we鈥檙e glad the DVLA uses some discretion so that we won鈥檛 be seeing these on the road,鈥 he added.
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