BSA Plate Number Meaning: Bassa, Plateau
The BSA plate number is registered in Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Bassa, run from Bassa town, uses BSA. The 2006 census put 186,859 residents on 1,743 km², near 107 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair belong to the individual car and decode to nothing.
BSA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BSA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSA-174AA | MITSUBISHI SPACE RUNNER | RED | |
| BSA-236AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | GREEN | |
| BSA-419AA | VOLKSWAGEN VENTO | OX BLOOD | |
| BSA-507AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | BLACK | |
| BSA-853AA | PEUGEOT 406 | ASH | |
| BSA-111AA | MERCEDES-BENZ C280 | ASH | |
| BSA-222AA | MERCEDES-BENZ C280 | BLACK | |
| BSA-999AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | ASH | |
| BSA-987AA | HONDA ACCORD | RED |
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 BSA
- Local Government Area
- Bassa
- State
- Plateau
- Headquarters
- Bassa
- Population
- 186,859 (2006)
- Area
- 1,743 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 BSA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BSA places the paperwork in Bassa. 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 BSA plate away from Plateau 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 BSA plate number
What does the BSA plate number mean?
BSA is the registration code of Bassa Local Government Area in Plateau. 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 BSA plate number from?
Plateau. The code identifies the local government area — Bassa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BSA in Plateau
Codes either side of BSA in the Plateau directory.
Have a whole BSA 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.