Switzerland license plate: Work vehicle blue
Issued today Documented since 1977. Standard plates for machine and truck, issued by Bundesamt für Strassen (ASTRA) / kantonale Strassenverkehrsämter. One of 17 Switzerland license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LL 999999(L is any letter, 9 any digit)Canton code and keeper's number, exactly as on a white plate but from a separate number space. The light-blue ground is the real message: a self-propelled work machine, crane, concrete pump, digger, rather than a transport vehicle.
The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 1977; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for machine and truck.
- Colours
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Characters
#000000Background#ADD8E6 - Size
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300 × 80 mm · every country's size
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Work vehicle blue 300×160 mm
standard · 300 × 160 mm
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Work vehicle blue 500×110 mm
standard · 500 × 110 mm
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- About this plate
- THE LIGHT-BLUE WORK-VEHICLE PLATE. Art. 82 Abs. 3 is worth a claims model's attention: the plate follows the vehicle's CLASSIFICATION, so a vehicle that changes class must change plates, with an explicit six-month (up to 3500 kg) or three-month (heavier) tolerance. This is a Swiss series in the fullest sense: distinct colour, distinct number space, same string grammar.
Legal basis and sources
- VZV Art. 82 Abs. 1 lit. b (light-blue ground, black script, for Arbeitsfahrzeuge, original 1976 text, no amending footnote); Art. 82 Abs. 3 (a plate change is required when the vehicle's classification changes, except... https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de
This plate in your app
The series id is ch-workvehicle-blue. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Switzerland's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ch \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ch-workvehicle-blue")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-workvehicle-blue.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-workvehicle-blue/template.svg