Nigeria license plate: Motorcycle

Issued today 2011 to today. Motorcycle plates, issued by Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). One of 8 Nigeria license plates.

Nigeria license plate, Motorcycle (2011 to today), sample KOH454RG

Format, years and the law

Format
LLL999LL, for example KOH454RG (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
2011 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
Size
229 × 102 mm · every country's size
About this plate
Its own series on DIMENSION grounds, 9x4 in against 12.125x6.125 in, and on a second, sourced ground that is easy to miss: the reflectivity requirement is HALVED for motorcycles, 30 m rather than 60 m (reg. 37(4)).

Legal basis and sources

  1. sabilaw.org https://sabilaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/National-Road-Traffic-Regulations-2012.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is ng-motorcycle-2011. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Nigeria's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ng \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ng-motorcycle-2011")'