The DVLA is set to ban hundreds of UK number plates, with over 500 pulled from the roads from Tuesday. New number plates hit the road twice per year, and the ‘76’ designs will launch next week. When new registration plates hit the road, officials at the DVLA go over combinations with a fine-tooth comb and remove any that could be considered potentially offensive.
513 designs axed
This time around, a total of 513 designs have been axed, with references to weapons, religious and social issues, and violence scrapped. Anything that could be considered racism, sexism, LGBTQ+phobia, and other hateful messages are also stopped before being released.
Examples of ‘76’ designs that have not made the cut and been ditched by the DVLA include ‘76 SHTGO’ and ‘76 VAGPE’.
Inconsistency accusations
Despite this, the DVLA has previously been accused of being inconsistent, with some descriptions that should have been banned hitting the market.
According to RegTransfers, ‘94 GUN’ was sold for an eye-watering £13,194, with GUN 80Y being issued to a motorist for £12,205. Meanwhile, ‘70 GUN’ has previously sold for £14,306, while ‘S11 OOT’ managed to hit a whopping £23,910 price tag.
Full list of banned plates
The full list of DVLA banned plates includes:
**76 OOK, 76 YPO*F, 76 GOT*N, 76 ERR*N, 76 ERS*N, 76 ERZ*N, 76 GAA*N, 76 NOG*T, 76 NNY*W, 76 NKSAA, 76 LAHAA, 76 RSEAA, 76 RYNAA, 76 YANAC, 76 AZAAC, 76 HADAD, 76 RKYAF, 76 GATAF, 76 GGYAF, 76 GUTAF, 76 OTTAG, 76 HADAJ, 76 HADAR, 76 RSEAS, 76 ABYAS, 76 ASTAS, 76 BOYAS, 76 FKTAS, 76 FKUAS, 76 FWCAT, 76 CKUAT, 76 KMPAT, 76 KPMAT, 76 KUUAU, 76 WTZAW, 76 NKRBJ, 76 AG*BJ, 76 ALLBJ, 76 ALSBJ, 76 ALZBJ, 76 AY*BJ, 76 HOTBJ, 76 LOWBJ, 76 ONKBJ, 76 OOBBJ, 76 OYOBJ, 76 OYSBJ, 76 OYXBJ, 76 OYYBJ, 76 OYZBJ, 76 RLSBJ, 76 RLYBJ, 76 RLZBJ, 76 STDBJ, 76 STYBJ, 76 UNKBJ, 76 USHBJ, 76 UYEBJ, 76 UYSBJ, 76 UYXBJ, 76 UYYBJ, 76 UYZBL, 76 CKYBU, 76 AYSBU, 76 AYXBU, 76 AYYBU, 76 AYZBU, 76 DCKBU, 76 DKSBU, 76 GAYBU, 76 MUFBU, 76 NOBBU, 76 ONKBU, 76 OYSBU, 76 OYXBU, 76 OYYBU, 76 SHTBU, 76 UNKBU, 76 USHBU, 76 VAJBY, 76 RUSBY, 76 UKRCC, 76 OONCO, 76 ASHCU, 76 ASHCU, 76 AYSCU, 76 AYXCU, 76 AYYCU, 76 AZACU, 76 FGMCU, 76 HERCU, 76 JAPCU, 76 JUWCU, 76 LEZCU, 76 MPXCU, 76 MUFCU, 76 NGRCU, 76 NOBCU, 76 PAKCU, 76 PKYCU, 76 VAGCU, 76 VAJDD, 76 RKYEA, 76 ASHEA, 76 BUTEA, 76 COXEA, 76 DCKEA, 76 DKSEA, 76 DYKEA, 76 FWFEA, 76 JUWEA, 76 LEZEA, 76 LSDEA, 76 MUFEA, 76 NOBEA, 76 OOBEA, 76 POOEA, 76 PWPEA, 76 SHTEA, 76 VAGEA, 76 VAJEU, 76 GONEU, 76 OMBEU, 76 ONEEU, 76 RMYEU, 76 RUSEU, 76 UKRFA, 76 ASHFA, 76 ATSFA, 76 ATTFA, 76 ATZFA, 76 GGYFA, 76 HAGFA, 76 JUWFA, 76 NOBFA, 76 OTEFA, 76 OTSFA, 76 OTTFA, 76 OTXFA, 76 OTZFA, 76 VAGFA, 76 VAJFA, 76 WAHFA, 76 YPSFA, 76 YPXFF, 76 GATFK, 76 ABYFK, 76 ASHFK, 76 AZAFK, 76 ENTFK, 76 FWFFK, 76 HADFK, 76 MUFFK, 76 NUSFK, 76 ODSFK, 76 ODXFK, 76 ODZFK, 76 OMBFK, 76 OVTFK, 76 OVVFK, 76 RUSFK, 76 UKRFK, 76 VAJFL, 76 NGEFR, 76 VAGFR, 76 VAJGA, 76 AJUGB, 76 AZAGB, 76 HADGB, 76 RUSGB, 76 UKRGE, 76 AJUGE, 76 ASHGE, 76 AYSGE, 76 AYXGE, 76 AYYGE, 76 AYZGE, 76 AZAGE, 76 BJSGE, 76 BJXGE, 76 BJZGE, 76 BOMGE, 76 GUNGE, 76 JEUGE, 76 JUWGE, 76 KYKGE, 76 LEZGE, 76 LOWGE, 76 LSDGE, 76 MPSGE, 76 MPXGE, 76 MPZGE, 76 NGRGE, 76 NGZGE, 76 NOGGE, 76 OGSGE, 76 OGZGE, 76 OMBGE, 76 ONGGE, 76 PAKGE, 76 PKYGE, 76 PUSGE, 76 RUSGE, 76 STDGE, 76 VAGGE, 76 VAJGG, 76 HADGO, 76 ASHGO, 76 AZAGO, 76 BOMGO, 76 FKTGO, 76 FWCGO, 76 HADGO, 76 JEUGO, 76 JUWGO, 76 KYKGO, 76 LSDGO, 76 NGRGO, 76 NGZGO, 76 OGSGO, 76 OGZGO, 76 OMBGO, 76 PAKGO, 76 PKYGO, 76 RUSGO, 76 SHTGO, 76 STDGO, 76 UKRGO, 76 VAGGO, 76 VAJGO, 76 WARGU, 76 AJUGU, 76 AY*GU, 76 AZAGU, 76 FWCGU, 76 GAYGU, 76 JEUGU, 76 JUWGU, 76 KYKGU, 76 LEZGU, 76 MPSGU, 76 MPXGU, 76 MPZGU, 76 NGRGU, 76 NGZGU, 76 NOGGU, 76 PAKGU, 76 PKYGU, 76 VAGGU, 76 VAJGY, 76 PEDHE, 76 OLAHE, 76 ULAHH, 76 ASDHH, 76 MASHH, 76 NAZHH, 76 OMBHH, 76 OMOHH, 76 TEDHH, 76 TESHH, 76 TLRHH, 76 WARHO, 76 ASHHO, 76 BJSHO, 76 BJXHO, 76 BJZHO, 76 COXHO, 76 CSTHO, 76 VAGHO, 76 VAJJE, 76 HADJG, 76 HADJJ, 76 HADJU, 76 AGDJU, 76 CMPJU, 76 NASJU, 76 NAZJU, 76 OMBJU, 76 OVNLE, 76 ZAALE, 76 ZARLE, 76 ZASLE, 76 ZAXLE, 76 ZAYLE, 76 ZAZLE, 76 ZBOLE, 76 ZERLE, 76 ZRRLE, 76 ZRSLE, 76 ZZALE, 76 ZZRMP, 76 GUNMP, 76 KLRMP, 76 OMBMP, 76 UNNMP, 76 UNSMP, 76 UNXMP, 76 UNZMR, 76 ANJMR, 76 ONGNA, 76 TZYNA, 76 ZEENA, 76 ZZENE, 76 NOGNE, 76 RO*NE, 76 RRONO, 76 AY*NO, 76 AZANO, 76 LACNO, 76 LAKNO, 76 LEZNO, 76 OG*NO, 76 RUSNO, 76 UKRNU, 76 JOBNU, 76 RABNU, 76 SACNU, 76 SAKNU, 76 STDNU, 76 VAGNU, 76 VAJNY, 76 NOGOF, 76 GATOF, 76 OTSOF, 76 OTTOR, 76 GYSOR, 76 GYXOR, 76 GYYOR, 76 GYZOR, 76 YBJOR, 76 YESOR, 76 YEZOR, 76 YFKOR, 76 YHOOR, 76 YSSOR, 76 YSXOR, 76 YSZOR, 76 YXXOR, 76 YYSOR, 76 YYXOR, 76 YYYOR, 76 YYZOR, 76 YZZOU, 76 AZAOU, 76 LAKOU, 76 RUSOU, 76 UKROW, 76 NKRPA, 76 VAGPA, 76 VAJPE, 76 MUFPE, 76 NOBPE, 76 VAGPE, 76 VAJPM, 76 GUNPM, 76 KLRPM, 76 OMBPM, 76 UNNPM, 76 UNSPM, 76 UNXPM, 76 UNZPS, 76 CHOPU, 76 OMBRA, 76 AZARA, 76 HEDRE, 76 ARDRE, 76 RDDRE, 76 RDSRE, 76 RDURE, 76 RDXRE, 76 RDZRE, 76 RRDRE, 76 TADRE, 76 TRDRO, 76 AZARO, 76 HADRO, 76 VAGRO, 76 VAJRR, 76 PEDRR, 76 PERRR, 76 PESRR, 76 PEURR, 76 PEXRR, 76 PEYRU, 76 RUSRU, 76 UKRSE, 76 OMBSH, 76 AGSSH, 76 AGZSH, 76 ATZSH, 76 GEDSH, 76 GGDSH, 76 GGSSH, 76 GGZSH, 76 HAGSH, 76 TTYSK, 76 NKKSK, 76 NKSSK, 76 NKYSK, 76 NKZSK, 76 NNKSL, 76 GG*SL, 76 GSSSL, 76 GSXSL, 76 GZXSL, 76 GZZSL, 76 UTSSP, 76 SSSSP, 76 STCSP, 76 ZEESP, 76 ZESSP, 76 ZYYSP, 76 ZZYSP, 76 ZZZSS, 76 ABSSS, 76 ABZSS, 76 AGUSS, 76 ASDSS, 76 BBBSS, 76 BBSSS, 76 BBYSS, 76 BEDSS, 76 BSSSS, 76 BZZSS, 76 ERMSS, 76 MBOST, 76 ABBST, 76 ABSST, 76 ABUST, 76 ABXST, 76 ABZST, 76 BBBST, 76 BBDST, 76 BBSST, 76 BBYST, 76 BBZST, 76 BEDST, 76 BERST, 76 BESST, 76 BSSST, 76 BUUSU, 76 CDETA, 76 BANTO, 76 ASHTO, 76 RABTR, 76 ANYTR, 76 NNYTU, 76 VAGTU, 76 VAJUA, 76 RSEUD, 76 RKYUF, 76 GATUF, 76 GGYUF, 76 GGZUF, 76 GSSUF, 76 GTTUF, 76 GTZUF, 76 GUTUF, 76 OTSUF, 76 OTTUF, 76 OTZUK, 76 AZAUK, 76 HADUK, 76 OMBUK, 76 ONEUK, 76 RUSUK, 76 UKRUN, 76 OMBUN, 76 RRZUN, 76 RUSUN, 76 UKRUP, 76 AZAUP, 76 RSEUP, 76 RUSUP, 76 UKRUP, 76 WARUR, 76 AY*UR, 76 WATUS, 76 AZAUS, 76 OMBUS, 76 RUSUS, 76 UKRUS, 76 WARUW, 76 NKRVA, 76 GNAVD, 76 AY*VO, 76 RUSVO, 76 UKRWA, 76 RUSWA, 76 UKRWE, 76 ASHWE, 76 BJSWE, 76 BJXWE, 76 BJZWE, 76 BUTWE, 76 COXWE, 76 DYKWE, 76 FWFWE, 76 MUFWE, 76 NOBWE, 76 ONKWE, 76 OOBWE, 76 PRCWE, 76 PRKWE, 76 PUSWE, 76 VAGWE, 76 VAJWE, 76 XBJWO, 76 BLKWO, 76 VAGWO, 76 VAJWW, 76 NKRWW, 76 NKZXG, 76 HADXH, 76 MASXJ, 76 HADXS, 76 ABUXW, 76 NKRYE, 76 AZAYE, 76 MENYE, 76 RUSYE, 76 UKRYW, 76 NKR**
