# United Kingdom number plate: Trailer

> The United Kingdom trailer number plate: format L999 9999, for example I906 2909, 2018 to today, trailer. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [United Kingdom license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-kingdom) (10 registration series).

![United Kingdom license plate, Trailer (2018 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/gb/gb-trailer-2018/united-kingdom-license-plate-trailer.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L999 9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2018 → today |
| Class | trailer |
| Issued for | trailer |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| 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 | `gb-trailer-2018` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-kingdom/trailer-2018) |

Sources:

- [The Trailer Registration Regulations 2018, made 20 November 2018 under the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (c. 19) ss 13-25 and the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 ss 25(1), 41(2)(a); reg 15 in force 21.11.2018 (Sch 1 para 1(j)); reg 15(1) the one-letter-seven-numbers mark; Sch 2 para 1 the layout, font and metrics; Sch 2 para 2 the black-on-white plate; reg 17 fixing](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1203)
- [DVLA INF291 (2/26): 'The format of the trailer registration number is one letter followed by 7 numbers, which are set out over 2 lines'; 'a DVLA issued trailer registration number will never start with the letter C'; the same plate metrics; the 10-year certificate; the over-750 kg scope and the A-frame exclusion](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69df60e8a68b527bd9408e8a/trailer-registration-service-guidance-inf291.pdf)
- [reg 5(2)(b)-(c): where a vehicle tows a trailer the TOWING VEHICLE's rear mark is displayed on the trailer (or the rearmost trailer) — the ordinary British rule the 2018 scheme sits on top of, not in place of](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/regulation/5)

## About this plate

THE BRITISH TRAILER MARK, a genuinely separate registration space under a genuinely separate statute, and the newest British series. Two facts make it structurally unlike every other entry here. FIRST, it does not replace the ordinary rule: reg 5(2) of the Display Regulations still requires the TOWING VEHICLE's mark to be repeated on the rearmost trailer, so a registered trailer travelling abroad carries TWO plates showing TWO DIFFERENT MARKS, and INF291 says exactly that ("It must be displayed as well as the towing vehicle's registration plate and must be fixed as far as reasonably possible from this plate").

## How long it is valid

certificate years: 10. note: INF291: 'Your trailer registration certificate is valid for 10 years.' Registration is compulsory for trailers over 750 kg used in most of Europe and is unavailable to trailers of 750 kg or less and to A-frame trailers.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/gb/gb-trailer-2018.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/uk?series=gb-trailer-2018
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/gb` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "gb-trailer-2018"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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