Plate code

LSR Plate Number Meaning: Surulere, Lagos

The LSR plate number is registered in Surulere 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 LSR code — Surulere, Lagos
A plate issued in Surulere carries the LSR code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Surulere both names the district and hosts its council, and LSR is what its plates read. About 744,400 residents (2022) live within 23 km², some 32,000 for every square kilometre. Three letters, then digits, then two more letters: the first group is the only part tied to a place, and it is the part this directory decodes.

LSR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the LSR 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
LSR-128AA V/Wagen Wagon Ash
LSR-174AA Ford Ranger Xlt P/Up White
LSR-236AA Toyota Camry Grey
LSR-305AA Toyota Corolla Black
LSR-419AA Toyota Solara Green
LSR-507AA Peugeot 406 Green
LSR-628AA Honda Pilot Jeep Green
LSR-741AA Mitsubishi Montero Black
LSR-853AA Isuzu Custom
LSR-956AA Honda Accord Black
LSR-111AA Nissan Sentra Red
LSR-222AA Toyota Avalon Gold
LSR-333AA Nissan Xterra Green
LSR-444AA V/W Passat S/C Black
LSR-666AA Toyota Corolla Black
LSR-777AA Land Rover Silver
LSR-888AA Toyota Sienna Bus Blue
LSR-999AA Nissan Pathfinder Jeep Green
LSR-123AA Toyota Sienna Ash
LSR-234AA Chrysler Wagon Black
LSR-345AA Acura Mdx Jeep Gold
LSR-456AA Toyota Hilux White
LSR-567AA Toyota Sienna Gold
LSR-678AA Audi 80 Purple
LSR-789AA Mazda 323 S/C Black

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 LSR Plates Look Like

33 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 12 of 32 records
Black Most common colour — 7 of 32 records

Counted from the 33 LSR 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 LSR

Local Government Area
Surulere
State
Lagos
Headquarters
Surulere
Population
744,400 (2022)
Area
23 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 LSR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so LSR places the paperwork in Surulere. 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 LSR 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 LSR plate number

What does the LSR plate number mean?

LSR is the registration code of Surulere 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 LSR plate number from?

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

Can I find out who owns a LSR 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 LSR 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 LSR 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 LSR 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.