Plate code

BDR Plate Number Meaning: Ondo-East, Ondo

The BDR plate number is registered in Ondo-East Local Government Area, Ondo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the BDR code — Ondo-East, Ondo
A plate issued in Ondo-East carries the BDR code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

BDR belongs to Ondo East, run from Bolorunduro. About 76,096 people were recorded there in 2006 across 896 km², some 85 to the square kilometre. A code is not a batch or a year of issue: it names this district, and it keeps naming it for the life of the registration.

BDR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BDR code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.

Plate Make Colour Checked
BDR-419AA 626 White
BDR-507AA NISSAN PATHFINDER SKEY BLUE
BDR-222AA Astra Custom
BDR-999AA TOYOTA HILUX WHITE
BDR-987AA TOYOTA CAMRY SILVER

No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.

The District Behind BDR

Local Government Area
Ondo-East
State
Ondo
Headquarters
Bolorunduro
Population
76,096 (2006)
Area
896 km²

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the BDR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BDR places the paperwork in Ondo-East. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a BDR plate away from Ondo is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.

The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.

Questions about the BDR plate number

What does the BDR plate number mean?

BDR is the registration code of Ondo-East Local Government Area in Ondo. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.

Which state is a BDR plate number from?

Ondo. The code identifies the local government area — Ondo-East — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole BDR plate, not just the code?

The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.