List of banned car number plates revealed – don’t be caught out
A NEW list of banned number plates has been revealed, following the launch of the "23" plate for vehicles.
SH23GER, OR23ASM and BO23OCK are all on the banned list, alongside number plates celebrating the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
DVLA bosses rushed to draw up the plates after the "23" plate was launched for vehicles registered from the beginning of this month.
New cars are allocated plates containing the last two digits of the year they are registered in, meaning vehicles first hitting the road this year will have "23 plates".
Although new registration plates often boost sales, they also give naughty motorists an opportunity to distract other drivers with lewd combinations.
Censors meeting at the DVLA's base in Swansea agreed that PE23VRT, SC23TUM and FA23NNY are all likely to take drivers' eyes off the road.
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Plates believed to signal gang affiliations or terrorist sympathies, like JH23HAD, have also been on put on the list.
With an eye to the times, the DVLA has banned CO23ONA and YE23WAR, alongside plates spelling out racial slurs.
The list became public after Carwow experts handed DVLA bureaucrats a Freedom of Information request.
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A Carwow spokesperson told : "Few drivers are likely to want to be told to GO23 HEL or EA23 POO by the car in front, for example, while nobody wants to share the road with a BA23 TRD, a PS23 CHO, a TO23 ERR or an AA23 OLE.
"BO23 OKS and MU23 DER are also likely to cause perennial offence.
"More recent events have led to plates such as RU23 UKR, NO23 RUS and YE23 WAR being suppressed, however, alongside CO23 ONA and EU23 BAD."
The DVLA reserves the right to ban plates at a later date, should a rude one slip through the bi-annual list.
Carwow's Hugo Young said: "While few would argue against the suppression of offensive number plates, the biannual meetings where DVLA staff sit down and deliberately come up with rude combinations must be one of the highlights of the organisation’s calendar."
Brits have spent around £2billion on personalised plates since the DVLA started selling them in 1989, with 400,000 bought each year.
It comes after the Sun revealed the jaw-dropping prices Britain's rudest private plates are fetching online.
ORG45M sold for £150,000 on the Regtransfers website, while F15TME went for £11,246.
Last year we were the first to lay hands on the DVLA's "22" blacklist, with BE22END, VA22GNA and BU22SHT banned from the road.
Full list of banned number plates
D23UGY
D23UNK
N23GAR
N23GER
N23GAS
N23GGA
N23GGR
N23GRO
N23GRR
N23GRS
N23GRZ
N23GUR
S23LAG
T23WAT
AA23HLE
AA23HOL
AA23NAL
AA23OLE
AA23RSE
AA23RYN
AA23YAN
AB23ORT
AF23GOT
AH23TLR
AK23YKE
AR23YAN
AS23BOY
AS23FWC
AS23HLE
AS23OLE
AW23NKR
AW23NKS
BA23TAD
BA23TRD
BA23TUD
BJ23BOY
BJ23FAB
BJ23GAL
BJ23GAY
BJ23GRL
BJ23LAS
BL23JOB
BL23WJB
BO23LOC
BO23LOK
BO23LOX
BO23OCK
BO23OCS
BO23OCZ
BOS23OCX
BO23OKS
BO23OKX
BR23EDL
BU23OMB
BY23RUS
BY23UKR
CA23OMB
CC23EDL
CO23CKK
CO23CKS
CO23ONA
CO23RNA
CR23PLE
CRR23PPL
DD23UNK
EA23DCK
EA23DKS
EA23DYK
EA23FWF
EA23GAL
EA23GRL
EA23HER
EA23MEE
EA23MME
EA23MOT
EA23MUT
EA23NOB
EA23POO
EA23PWP
EA23VAG
EA23VAJ
EU23BAD
EU23BOM
EU23FWC
EU23OFF
EU23OMB
EU23RUS
EU23SHT
EU23UKR
EU23WAR
FA23NNY
FE23ATE
FF23GOT
FF23KED
FF23KER
FK23RUS
FK23RUS
FK23UKR
FK23VAJ
GA23EDD
GA23LOW
GA23NJA
GA23OMB
GB23BAD
GB23BOM
GB23DED
GB23DED
GB23DWN
GB23FKT
GB23GNG
GB23GUN
GB23HTR
GB23KLL
GB23KLR
GB23KLS
GB23MOB
GB23RUS
GB23SHT
GB23UKR
GB23WAR
GO23BCK
GO23BLE
GO23FUC
GO23HEL
G023HLL
GO23OMB
GO23PRC
GO23PRK
GO23RUS
GO23SHT
GO23UKR
GO23WAR
GR23OPE
HE23OLA
HE23REW
HE23ULA
HH23TLR
HH23WAR
HS23ULA
JH23HAD
JY23HAD
KK23YKE
KN23FED
KN23FER
KN23FES
KN23FEU
KN23FEX
KN23VED
KN23VES
KN23VEU
KN23VEX
KR23PLE
LE23BOO
LES23BOS
LE23EAN
LE23EEN
LE23ERS
LE23OES
LE23OOS
LE23RRS
LE23RSS
LE23YAN
LE23ZAA
LE23ZAR
LE23ZAS
LE23ZAY
LE23ZAZ
LE23ZBO
LE23ZER
LE23ZRR
LE23ZRS
LE23ZZA
LE23ZZR
MG23RUS
MG23UKR
M023EST
MU23DER
MU23ERR
MU23ERS
MU23ERU
MU23ERZ
NE23NOG
NE23ROO
NE23RRO
NE23RRO
NE23GAR
NG23GAR
NG23GER
NG23GGA
NG23GGR
NG23GRR
NG23GUR
NO23ARM
NO23BLK
NO23COP
NO23END
NO23ER
NO23FUZ
NO23GAY
NO23LAC
NO23LAK
NO23LCK
NO23LEZ
NO23LKS
NO23MLF
NO23MOT
NO23MUF
NO23MUM
NO23PRK
NO23RUS
NO23UKR
NO23UMM
NO23UUM
OR23ASM
PE23ADO
PE23VRT
PK23YKE
PS23CHO
PU23ES
PU23SAY
PU23SUX
RU23FWF
RU23OMB
RU23UKR
SC23OTE
SC23OTM
SC23TOM
SC23TUM
SH23GED
SH23GER
SS23JUW
SS23WAR
SS23XRW
TE23ROR
TO23ERR
TO23ERS
TO23ERZ
TO23RAH
UA23RSE
UA23RYN
UA23RYN
UD23UNK
UF23GOT
UH23OMO
UK23ANG
UK23RUS
UK23UKR
UK23YKE
UN23GER
UN23RUS
UN23UKR
UP23RUS
UP23UKR
UR23REM
UW23NKR
UW23NKS
VU23LVA
WA23RUS
WA23UKR
WE23APE
WH23EDL
WH23REE
WH23RES
YA23DEE
YA23DYS
YE23DTH
YE23RUS
YE23UKR
YE23WAR
YE23DTH
YS23WAR