# South Australia number plate: Standard

> The South Australia standard number plate: format L999 LLL, documented since 2008, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [South Australia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--south-australia) (3 registration series).

![South Australia (Australia) license plate, Standard (documented since 2008)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-sa/au-sa-standard/south-australia-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L999 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2008 → today (documented from 2008; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 372 × 134 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `au-sa-standard` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--south-australia/standard) |

Sources:

- [The ONLY South Australian government page found that describes the general issue at all](https://web.archive.org/web/20041206044325/http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/registrations/number_plates/alpha.asp)
- [plateshack.com](http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/South_Australia/southaustralia.htm)
- [Uncited in the article; used as a finding aid and flagged](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_South_Australia)

## About this plate

SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S CURRENT GENERAL ISSUE, WITH ITS START YEAR IN DISPUTE AND THE DISPUTE RECORDED RATHER THAN SPLIT. Either way the changeover sits in a two-year window and neither source is the department.

## How numbers are issued

ascending through the three-letter suffix behind a fixed numeric block; no departmental progression statement exists

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 3L3N](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--south-australia/standard-3l3n) | documented 1967 to 2008 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 3L3N](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--south-australia/standard-3l3n) (documented 1967 to 2008)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-sa/au-sa-standard.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-australia?series=au-sa-standard
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/au-sa` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "au-sa-standard"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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