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.
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
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.
Codes Next to LSR in Lagos
Codes either side of LSR in the Lagos directory.
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.