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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand An illustrated guide to the current (post 1997) vehicle registration plates (license plates) of Thailand. Ian Fuller, September 2009. Version 0.2
Private and Company-Owned Vehicles 1. • • • • • •
Passenger Car Not more than 7 passengers. White plate with black lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. Special backgrounds available for some provinces. Owners may bid on auspicious numbers.
Illustrations
Figure 1 - Passenger Plate
2. • • • •
Greater Than 7 Passenger Microbus and Passenger Van White plate with blue lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 2 – Greater than 7 Passenger Microbus / Passenger Van Plate
Figure 3 - Truck with a Microbus / Passenger Van Plate
3. • •
Van and Pick-up Truck White plate with green lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals.
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Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
Note:
Many light trucks have Passenger (Type 1) plates.
Illustrations
Figure 4 - Van & Pick-up Truck Plate
4. • • • •
Motor Tricycle (Tuk-Tuk – Private Use) White plates with red lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 5 - Private Use Tuk-Tuk
5. •
Interprovincial Taxi None registered in Bangkok as of 31 December, 2008.
Note: I don’t know these plates.
6. • • • •
Urban Taxi Yellow plates with black lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 6 - Urban Taxi Chonburi (Pattaya)
7. • • • •
Fixed Route Taxi / Song Theaw Yellow plates with blue lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 7 - Fixed Route Taxi - Song Theaw
8. • • • •
Motor Tricycle Taxi (Tuk-Tuk) Yellow plate with green lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 8 - Tuk-tuk
9. • •
• •
Hotel / Airport Taxi Green plate with white lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. o
Hotel taxis have prefixes ,
o
Airport taxis have prefixes ,
Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 9 - Airport Taxi
Figure 10 - Hotel Taxi
10. Tour Taxi • • •
Green plate with white lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate.
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No special backgrounds available.
Illustrations
Figure 11 - Tour Taxi?
11. Rental Car •
Prefix ,
Note: All the rental cars I have seen have Passenger (Type 1) plates. According to the Department of Land transport (DLT) there are only 98 vehicles registered in this class in Bangkok.
12. Motorcycle • • • • • •
White plates with black lettering. Rear plate only. Plate is square. Motor scooters have smaller plates but in the same format. Three Thai letters, the name of the province at the centre and three Western numerals below it. Some plates have a red band across the middle with two Thai characters.
Note: What do the two characters in the red band signify?
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Figure 12 - Motorcycle Plate
Figure 13 - Motorcycle Plate with a Central Red Band
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Figure 1 - Motorcycle Plates Showing the Smaller Plate Used on a Scooter
13. Road Construction Tractor •
Orange plates with black lettering.
14. Road Roller • •
Orange plates with black lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1-4 Western numerals. o
First prefix letter is .
15. Farm Vehicle • •
Colours? Two Thai letters followed by 1-4 Western numerals. o
First prefix letter is .
16. Automobile Trailer •
Colours?
17. Motorcycle Taxi • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. Many motorcycle taxis have private motorcycle plates.
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Figure 2 - Bangkok Motorcycle Taxi Plate
18. Fixed Route Bus • • • • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 have been observed in Bangkok. THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
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Figure 14 - Bangkok Fixed Route Bus Plate
Figure 3 - Samut Sakhon Fixed Route Bus Plate
19. Non-Fixed Route Bus • • •
White plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 40 and 41 have been observed.
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand • •
Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the bottom-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
Illustrations
Figure 4 - Non-Fixed Route Bus Plate
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Figure 5 - Non Fixed Route Bus Plate
20. Private Bus • • • • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 30 and 31 have been observed in Bangkok. THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
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Figure 6 - Private Bus Plate
21. Non-Fixed Route Truck (Public Use?) • • • • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 70-78 have been observed nationwide. THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
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Figure 15 - 77-5804
22. Private Truck • • • • • •
White plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 80-98 have been observed nationwide. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the bottom-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes. Note how the layout differs from the black-on-yellow plates.
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Figure 16 – Private Truck 96-7103
Figure 17 - Private Truck 94-5551. Perhaps leased by the Bangkok Matropolitan Authority
23. Small Rural Bus • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefix 20 has been observed in Chonburi.
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand • • •
THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
Illustrations
Figure 7 - Small Rural Bus Plate in Bang-Saen, Chonburi
24. Temporary Use • • • •
Red plates with black lettering. One Thai letter followed by 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Issued to passenger vehicles by a dealer prior to issue of their permanent plates.
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Figure 8 - Temporary Use Plate on a Private Car
Figure 9 - Temporary Use Plate on a Taxi
25. Temporary Use Plates – Trucks and Buses • •
Red plates with white lettering. Five Western numerals (with leading zeroes).
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Are the first two numbers the province code (Appendix 1)? Thai text centred at the bottom of the plate. It is not the province name but the restriction ‘used for sales and repair purposes only’.
Illustrations
Figure 10 - Temporary Bus Plate
Government Vehicles 1. Royal Thai Police • • •
Red plates with white lettering. The Thai Police emblem followed by five Western numerals, with leading zeroes. Many Police vehicles in Bangkok have normal passenger (Type 1) plates.
Note: Fire tenders used to have Police plates. The plates were removed in 2008-2009. This is due to a re-organization of the fire services to report to the relevant local authority. Most fire tenders now have no plates, but some have truck plates.
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Figure 18 – Royal Thai Police Motorcycle Plate 57274
Figure 11 - Bus from the Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy
2. Military • •
Black plates with white lettering or white plates with red lettering. An emblem for the branch of service (Army, Navy, Air Force) followed by five Thai numerals with leading zeroes.
Note: As far as I can tell military vehicles are numbered in a unified series.
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Figure 12 - Royal Thai Army Truck - White Plate with Red Lettering
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Figure 13 - Royal Thai Navy Bus - Black Plate with White Lettering
3. Bureau of the Royal Household • •
Vehicles used by members of the Royal Family have white plates with black lettering. Other vehicles have black plates with white lettering.
•
All have the three Thai letters () followed by a 1 – 4 digit serial number in Western numerals.
•
Vehicles with pre-1997 Passenger format plates with prefix 1 are also associated with the BRH.
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Figure 14 - Bureau of the Royal Household Plate
Figure 15 - "Rented Vehicle Jeep Use" Plate with same Prefix as BRH
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Note: The plate above is a mystery. What is the significance of the legend “Rented Vehicle Jeep Use”? Is it connected with the BRH?
4. Foreign Embassy Vehicles •
White plates with black lettering.
•
Two digits denoting the country below the Thai letter ( ), a dash and a four digit serial
• • •
number with leading zeroes. Serial 0001 is for the Ambassador. Serials 1000 and up are for service vehicles. See Appendix 2 for a list of country codes.
Illustrations
Figure 16 – Thailand Diplomatic Plate - Singapore Ambassador to Thailand
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Figure 17 Thailand Diplomatic Plate - German Embassy Vehicle
5. International Organization Vehicles • • • • •
Blue plates with white lettering. Two digits denoting the organization below the Thai letter (insert here), a dash and a four digit serial number. Serial 0001 is for the head of the organization in Thailand. Serials 1000 and up are for service vehicles. See Appendix 3 for a list of known organization codes.
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Figure 18 - Thailand International Organization Plate – USAID
Figure 19 - Thailand International Organization Plate - UNICF
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Appendices 1. Thai Provinces and Codes As used on truck and bus license plates. Code 01
Name (English) Bangkok
Name (Thai)
Central Region 10
Chai Nat
11
Sing Buri
12
Lop Buri
13
Ang Thong
14
Saraburi
15
Ayutthaya
16
Pathum Thani
17
Nonthaburi
18
Samut Prakan
Eastern Region 20
Nakhon Nayok
21
Prachin Buri
22
Chachoengsao
23
Chon Buri
24
Rayong
25
Chanthaburi
26
Trat
27
Sa Kaeo
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Lower North-Eastern Region 30
Chaiyaphum
31
Yasothon
32
Ubon Ratchathani
33
Si Sa Ket
34
Buri Ram
35
Nakhon Ratchasima
36
Surin
37
Amnat Charoen
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Name (English)
Name (Thai)
Upper North-Eastern Region 401
Nong Bua Lam Phu
40
Nong Khai
41
Loei
42
Udon Thani
43
Nakhon Phanom
44
Sakon Nakhon
45
Khon Kaen
46
Kalasin
47
Maha Sarakham
48
Roi Et
49
Mukdahan
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Upper Northern Region 50
Chiang Rai
51
Mae Hong Son
52
Chiang Mai
53
Phayao
54
Nan
55
Lamphun
56
Lampang
57
Phrae
60
Uttaradit
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Lower Northern Region 61
Sukhothai
62
Tak
63
Phitsanulok
64
Kamphaeng Phet
65
Phichit
66
Phetchabun
67
Nakhon Sawan
68
Uthai Thani
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Western Region
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 70
Name (English) Suphanburi
71
Kanchanaburi
72
Nakhon Pathom
73
Ratchaburi
74
Samut Sakhon
75
Samut Songkhram
76
Phetchaburi
77
Prachuap Khiri Khan
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Upper Southern Region 80
Chumpon
81
Ranong
82
Surat Thani
83
Phang Nga
84
Nakhon Si Thammarat
85
Krabi
86
Phuket
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Lower Southern Region 90
Phattalung
91
Trang
92
Songkhla
93
Satun
94
Pattani
95
Yala
96
Narathiwat
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2. Diplomatic Vehicle Codes Code 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Ian Fuller - Wednesday, 09 September 2009
Country ? ? Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium ? Brazil Page 31
Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
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Country Bulgaria Myanmar / Burma Brunei Canada Chile PR China Colombia ? ? Czech Republic Denmark European Union Egypt ? ? Finland ? France ? Germany ? ? Greece ? ? Vatican City Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Ivory Coast? Japan Cambodia Korea, South Korea, North Laos ? ? ? ? Malaysia ? ? Nepal The Netherlands
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
Country New Zealand ? Nigeria? Norway Pakistan ? Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Saudi Arabia ? ? Singapore Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland ? ? ? Turkey ? Russian Federation ? United Kingdom ? United States of America ? ? Vietnam Yugoslavia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
3. International Organization Codes Code 02 10 14
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Organization United Nations SE Asia Ministers of Education Secretariat UNICF
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 25 86
Organization International Red Cross US Agency for International Development
References • • •
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Thailand http://driving.information.in.th/license-plates.html Notes on the following Flickr posts: o http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfuller/3815558290/ o http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfuller/3884230232/
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Private and Company-Owned Vehicles 1. • • • • • •
Passenger Car Not more than 7 passengers. White plate with black lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. Special backgrounds available for some provinces. Owners may bid on auspicious numbers.
Illustrations
Figure 1 - Passenger Plate
2. • • • •
Greater Than 7 Passenger Microbus and Passenger Van White plate with blue lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 2 – Greater than 7 Passenger Microbus / Passenger Van Plate
Figure 3 - Truck with a Microbus / Passenger Van Plate
3. • •
Van and Pick-up Truck White plate with green lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals.
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand • •
Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
Note:
Many light trucks have Passenger (Type 1) plates.
Illustrations
Figure 4 - Van & Pick-up Truck Plate
4. • • • •
Motor Tricycle (Tuk-Tuk – Private Use) White plates with red lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 5 - Private Use Tuk-Tuk
5. •
Interprovincial Taxi None registered in Bangkok as of 31 December, 2008.
Note: I don’t know these plates.
6. • • • •
Urban Taxi Yellow plates with black lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 6 - Urban Taxi Chonburi (Pattaya)
7. • • • •
Fixed Route Taxi / Song Theaw Yellow plates with blue lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 7 - Fixed Route Taxi - Song Theaw
8. • • • •
Motor Tricycle Taxi (Tuk-Tuk) Yellow plate with green lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 8 - Tuk-tuk
9. • •
• •
Hotel / Airport Taxi Green plate with white lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. o
Hotel taxis have prefixes ,
o
Airport taxis have prefixes ,
Province name centred at the bottom of the plate. No special backgrounds available.
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Figure 9 - Airport Taxi
Figure 10 - Hotel Taxi
10. Tour Taxi • • •
Green plate with white lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1 – 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate.
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand •
No special backgrounds available.
Illustrations
Figure 11 - Tour Taxi?
11. Rental Car •
Prefix ,
Note: All the rental cars I have seen have Passenger (Type 1) plates. According to the Department of Land transport (DLT) there are only 98 vehicles registered in this class in Bangkok.
12. Motorcycle • • • • • •
White plates with black lettering. Rear plate only. Plate is square. Motor scooters have smaller plates but in the same format. Three Thai letters, the name of the province at the centre and three Western numerals below it. Some plates have a red band across the middle with two Thai characters.
Note: What do the two characters in the red band signify?
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Figure 12 - Motorcycle Plate
Figure 13 - Motorcycle Plate with a Central Red Band
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Figure 1 - Motorcycle Plates Showing the Smaller Plate Used on a Scooter
13. Road Construction Tractor •
Orange plates with black lettering.
14. Road Roller • •
Orange plates with black lettering. Two Thai letters followed by 1-4 Western numerals. o
First prefix letter is .
15. Farm Vehicle • •
Colours? Two Thai letters followed by 1-4 Western numerals. o
First prefix letter is .
16. Automobile Trailer •
Colours?
17. Motorcycle Taxi • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. Many motorcycle taxis have private motorcycle plates.
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Figure 2 - Bangkok Motorcycle Taxi Plate
18. Fixed Route Bus • • • • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 have been observed in Bangkok. THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
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Figure 14 - Bangkok Fixed Route Bus Plate
Figure 3 - Samut Sakhon Fixed Route Bus Plate
19. Non-Fixed Route Bus • • •
White plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 40 and 41 have been observed.
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand • •
Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the bottom-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
Illustrations
Figure 4 - Non-Fixed Route Bus Plate
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Figure 5 - Non Fixed Route Bus Plate
20. Private Bus • • • • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 30 and 31 have been observed in Bangkok. THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
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Figure 6 - Private Bus Plate
21. Non-Fixed Route Truck (Public Use?) • • • • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 70-78 have been observed nationwide. THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
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Figure 15 - 77-5804
22. Private Truck • • • • • •
White plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefixes 80-98 have been observed nationwide. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the bottom-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes. Note how the layout differs from the black-on-yellow plates.
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Figure 16 – Private Truck 96-7103
Figure 17 - Private Truck 94-5551. Perhaps leased by the Bangkok Matropolitan Authority
23. Small Rural Bus • • •
Yellow plates with black lettering. A two numeral prefix, a hyphen (-) and a four numeral serial, all Western numerals. Prefix 20 has been observed in Chonburi.
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand • • •
THAILAND in small capitals centred at the top of the plate. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Two (or three) digit code for the province at the top-right corner of the plate. See Appendix 1 for the codes.
Illustrations
Figure 7 - Small Rural Bus Plate in Bang-Saen, Chonburi
24. Temporary Use • • • •
Red plates with black lettering. One Thai letter followed by 4 Western numerals. Province name centred at the bottom of the plate in Thai letters. Issued to passenger vehicles by a dealer prior to issue of their permanent plates.
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Figure 8 - Temporary Use Plate on a Private Car
Figure 9 - Temporary Use Plate on a Taxi
25. Temporary Use Plates – Trucks and Buses • •
Red plates with white lettering. Five Western numerals (with leading zeroes).
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand • •
Are the first two numbers the province code (Appendix 1)? Thai text centred at the bottom of the plate. It is not the province name but the restriction ‘used for sales and repair purposes only’.
Illustrations
Figure 10 - Temporary Bus Plate
Government Vehicles 1. Royal Thai Police • • •
Red plates with white lettering. The Thai Police emblem followed by five Western numerals, with leading zeroes. Many Police vehicles in Bangkok have normal passenger (Type 1) plates.
Note: Fire tenders used to have Police plates. The plates were removed in 2008-2009. This is due to a re-organization of the fire services to report to the relevant local authority. Most fire tenders now have no plates, but some have truck plates.
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Figure 18 – Royal Thai Police Motorcycle Plate 57274
Figure 11 - Bus from the Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy
2. Military • •
Black plates with white lettering or white plates with red lettering. An emblem for the branch of service (Army, Navy, Air Force) followed by five Thai numerals with leading zeroes.
Note: As far as I can tell military vehicles are numbered in a unified series.
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Figure 12 - Royal Thai Army Truck - White Plate with Red Lettering
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Figure 13 - Royal Thai Navy Bus - Black Plate with White Lettering
3. Bureau of the Royal Household • •
Vehicles used by members of the Royal Family have white plates with black lettering. Other vehicles have black plates with white lettering.
•
All have the three Thai letters () followed by a 1 – 4 digit serial number in Western numerals.
•
Vehicles with pre-1997 Passenger format plates with prefix 1 are also associated with the BRH.
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Figure 14 - Bureau of the Royal Household Plate
Figure 15 - "Rented Vehicle Jeep Use" Plate with same Prefix as BRH
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Note: The plate above is a mystery. What is the significance of the legend “Rented Vehicle Jeep Use”? Is it connected with the BRH?
4. Foreign Embassy Vehicles •
White plates with black lettering.
•
Two digits denoting the country below the Thai letter ( ), a dash and a four digit serial
• • •
number with leading zeroes. Serial 0001 is for the Ambassador. Serials 1000 and up are for service vehicles. See Appendix 2 for a list of country codes.
Illustrations
Figure 16 – Thailand Diplomatic Plate - Singapore Ambassador to Thailand
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Figure 17 Thailand Diplomatic Plate - German Embassy Vehicle
5. International Organization Vehicles • • • • •
Blue plates with white lettering. Two digits denoting the organization below the Thai letter (insert here), a dash and a four digit serial number. Serial 0001 is for the head of the organization in Thailand. Serials 1000 and up are for service vehicles. See Appendix 3 for a list of known organization codes.
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Illustrations
Figure 18 - Thailand International Organization Plate – USAID
Figure 19 - Thailand International Organization Plate - UNICF
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Appendices 1. Thai Provinces and Codes As used on truck and bus license plates. Code 01
Name (English) Bangkok
Name (Thai)
Central Region 10
Chai Nat
11
Sing Buri
12
Lop Buri
13
Ang Thong
14
Saraburi
15
Ayutthaya
16
Pathum Thani
17
Nonthaburi
18
Samut Prakan
Eastern Region 20
Nakhon Nayok
21
Prachin Buri
22
Chachoengsao
23
Chon Buri
24
Rayong
25
Chanthaburi
26
Trat
27
Sa Kaeo
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Lower North-Eastern Region 30
Chaiyaphum
31
Yasothon
32
Ubon Ratchathani
33
Si Sa Ket
34
Buri Ram
35
Nakhon Ratchasima
36
Surin
37
Amnat Charoen
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code
Name (English)
Name (Thai)
Upper North-Eastern Region 401
Nong Bua Lam Phu
40
Nong Khai
41
Loei
42
Udon Thani
43
Nakhon Phanom
44
Sakon Nakhon
45
Khon Kaen
46
Kalasin
47
Maha Sarakham
48
Roi Et
49
Mukdahan
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Upper Northern Region 50
Chiang Rai
51
Mae Hong Son
52
Chiang Mai
53
Phayao
54
Nan
55
Lamphun
56
Lampang
57
Phrae
60
Uttaradit
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Lower Northern Region 61
Sukhothai
62
Tak
63
Phitsanulok
64
Kamphaeng Phet
65
Phichit
66
Phetchabun
67
Nakhon Sawan
68
Uthai Thani
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Western Region
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 70
Name (English) Suphanburi
71
Kanchanaburi
72
Nakhon Pathom
73
Ratchaburi
74
Samut Sakhon
75
Samut Songkhram
76
Phetchaburi
77
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Name (Thai)
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Upper Southern Region 80
Chumpon
81
Ranong
82
Surat Thani
83
Phang Nga
84
Nakhon Si Thammarat
85
Krabi
86
Phuket
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Lower Southern Region 90
Phattalung
91
Trang
92
Songkhla
93
Satun
94
Pattani
95
Yala
96
Narathiwat
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2. Diplomatic Vehicle Codes Code 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Ian Fuller - Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
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Country Bulgaria Myanmar / Burma Brunei Canada Chile PR China Colombia ? ? Czech Republic Denmark European Union Egypt ? ? Finland ? France ? Germany ? ? Greece ? ? Vatican City Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Ivory Coast? Japan Cambodia Korea, South Korea, North Laos ? ? ? ? Malaysia ? ? Nepal The Netherlands
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
Country New Zealand ? Nigeria? Norway Pakistan ? Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Saudi Arabia ? ? Singapore Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland ? ? ? Turkey ? Russian Federation ? United Kingdom ? United States of America ? ? Vietnam Yugoslavia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
3. International Organization Codes Code 02 10 14
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Organization United Nations SE Asia Ministers of Education Secretariat UNICF
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Vehicle Registration Plates of Thailand Code 25 86
Organization International Red Cross US Agency for International Development
References • • •
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Thailand http://driving.information.in.th/license-plates.html Notes on the following Flickr posts: o http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfuller/3815558290/ o http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfuller/3884230232/
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