Plate code

LSD Plate Number Meaning: Oshodi-Isolo, Lagos

The LSD plate number is registered in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area, Lagos. 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 LSD code — Oshodi-Isolo, Lagos
A plate issued in Oshodi-Isolo carries the LSD code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Oshodi-Isolo, run from Oshodi, is the district behind LSD. Around 931,300 people (2022) live on 45 km² — roughly 20,700 to the square kilometre. That is the kind of figure that makes a plate check useful: on streets this busy the registration district is often the first solid fact anyone can establish about a car offered for sale.

LSD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the LSD 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
LSD-174AA Liberty Jeep Blue
LSD-305AA Honda Crv Black
LSD-419AA Toyota Corolla Grey
LSD-507AA Honda C-Rv Jeep Grey
LSD-628AA Mitsubishi Gallant Gold
LSD-853AA Ford Mini White
LSD-956AA Honda Accord Blue
LSD-111AA Toyota Sienna Blue
LSD-222AA Toyota 4runner Ash
LSD-333AA Pgt 406 Ash
LSD-444AA Toyota Highlander Black
LSD-555AA Toyota Camry Black
LSD-666AA Toyota Highlander Black
LSD-888AA Kia Sportage Jeep Silver
LSD-123AA Honda Accord Red
LSD-234AA Toyota Camry Grey
LSD-345AA Mitsubishi L300 White
LSD-567AA Toyota Rav 4 Silver
LSD-678AA Ford Windstar Blue
LSD-789AA Cherokee Jeep Green
LSD-987AA Honda Accord S/C Ash
LSD-876AA Nissan Altima Green
LSD-765AA Honda Crv Ash
LSD-654AA Toyota Matrix Blue
LSD-543AA Foton Mini Bus Blue

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.

What LSD Plates Look Like

28 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 10 of 27 records
Blue Most common colour — 6 of 28 records

Counted from the 28 LSD plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind LSD

Local Government Area
Oshodi-Isolo
State
Lagos
Headquarters
Oshodi
Population
931,300 (2022)
Area
45 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 LSD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so LSD places the paperwork in Oshodi-Isolo. 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 LSD plate away from Lagos 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 LSD plate number

What does the LSD plate number mean?

LSD is the registration code of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area in Lagos. 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 LSD plate number from?

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

Can I find out who owns a LSD plate number?

No, and not from any public source. Registration holders are personal data held by the FRSC and the state motor vehicle administration agency, released to the police, the courts and insurers through their own channels. What is public is the code, which is what this page publishes.

Is a LSD plate valid outside Lagos?

Yes. A Nigerian plate is valid nationwide, and the code simply records where the registration was issued. Re-registration is what changes the code, and it is not required merely because the vehicle has moved.

How do I check a full LSD plate number?

Use the plate lookup on our verify page: type the whole plate, and it reads the three-letter prefix and returns the local government area and the state. To find out what the vehicle has been through, check it by VIN instead.

Have a whole LSD 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.