If you're planning on purchasing a brand new motor this year and hoping it will come with a creative number plate, think again.
This year, drivers will be hitting the road with '25' registrations - but the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) won't allow them to any display vulgar or offensive wordplay, which is probably for the best really, as I'm sure you can imagine the spike in road rage incidents that would cause.
Brits aren't allowed to whizz around the roads with a reg which sports a combination of letters and numbers which spell out anything indecent.
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So, the DVLA produces a list of banned registration plates twice a year - in March and September - for newly manufactured vehicles.
Each one has to have it's own combination of digits and letter, but none of them can allude to subjects such as crime, racism, politics or religion. But they can also be vetoed by the DVLA for being too rude, insulting, inappropriate, or referencing something that could cause offence or embarrassment, too.
And as the number '5' is widely used to replace the letter 'S' on number plates, I'm sure you can appreciate how the three letters which will come after '25' could end up spelling out something eyebrow-raising.
So although you might have been looking forward to cars with variations such as AS25 HOL and PU25 SYY being stuck in front of you in traffic, it won't be happening as they've made the banned list.
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Other combinations which are banned in 2025 include BA25 TRD, PE25 RVT and VA25 GNA - and I'm sure you don't need us to explain why.
Speaking of this year's banned list, Mark Trimbee, CEO of Regtransfers, said that 25' plates opened up a whole new world of possibilities for shocking combinations.
"It’s always entertaining to see some of the plates deemed inappropriate by the DVLA, but there are also those that remind us why this is a necessary process," he said. "Personalised number plates are an excellent form of self-expression, but they shouldn’t be used to display genuinely harmful messages or views.
"As well as the usual sex and violence references, there are those subtle combinations that don't seem to convey a clear meaning at first sight.
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"With a little thought, however, we see how numbers such GB25 BAD, GB25 BOM, and GB25 SHT could seem to convey anti-British sentiments that might offend some.
"To ban or not to ban is obviously a bit of a balancing act."
So, here's the full list of all the banned reg plates for 2025, which are sure to start your New Year off with a good laugh.
25' car registration number plates banned by the DVLA
The full list can be found below, with hundreds making the banned list.
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In the registrations, the asterisk (*) is a wildcard character that stands for any character that may appear in that position, with the other characters in the potential reg being the offensive part:
- **25 HAG
- **25 HAT
- **25 LAG
- **25 LUT
- **25 PAS
- **25 PAZ
- **25 RUS
- **25 TAB
- **25 UKR
- *A25 YAN
- *J25 EWW
- *J25 EWZ
- AA25 HLE
- AA25 HOL
- AA25 OLE
- AA25 RSE
- AA25 RYN
- AA25 SOL
- AB25 ORT
- AD25 UGY
- AD25 UNK
- AH25 OMO
- AR25 BOY
- AR25 EEE
- AR25 EES
- AR25 EEX
- AR25 EEY
- AR25 EOL
- AR25 EXX
- AR25 EYY
- AR25 FUL
- AR25 FUN
- AR25 FWC
- AR25 GAY
- AR25 HLE
- AR25 HOL
- AR25 LAD
- AR25 OL*
- AR25 SE*
- AR25 WAR
- AR25 YAN
- AS25 BOY
- AS25 FUL
- AS25 FWC
- AS25 GAY
- AS25 HLE
- AS25 HOL
- AS25 LAD
- AS25 OL*
- AS25 STD
- AU25 WTS
- AU25 WTZ
- AW25 NKR
- AW25 NKS
- BA25 TAD
- BA25 TRD
- BA25 TUD
- BJ25 EXX
- BJ25 EXY
- BO25 LOX
- CO25 CKZ
- CR25 PLE
- CR25 PPL
- DD25 UGD
- DD25 UGG
- DD25 UGS
- DD25 UGY
- DD25 UGZ
- DD25 UNK
- EU25 BAD
- EU25 BOM
- EU25 FWC
- EU25 HTR
- EU25 OFF
- EU25 SHT
- EU25 WAR
- FA25 GAT
- FA25 GTS
- FA25 GTT
- FA25 NNY
- FF25 KED
- FF25 KER
- FK25 EXX
- FK25 EXY
- FK25 VAJ
- GA25 AJU
- GA25 BOM
- GA25 CMP
- GA25 GAY
- GA25 HER
- GA25 JEU
- GA25 JUD
- GA25 KLL
- GA25 NAS
- GA25 NAZ
- GA25 OVN
- GA25 YOU
- GA25 ZAA
- GA25 ZAX
- GB25 BAD
- GB25 BOM
- GB25 DED
- GB25 DWN
- GB25 FKT
- GB25 GNG
- GB25 GUN
- GB25 HTR
- GB25 KLL
- GB25 KLR
- GB25 KLS
- GB25 MOB
- GB25 SHT
- GB25 WAR
- GO25 HEL
- GO25 HLL
- GO25 SHT
- GO25 WAR
- HE25 HEX
- JE25 US*
- JU25 CMP
- JU25 NAS
- JU25 NAZ
- JU25 OVN
- KR25 PLE
- LE25 BOO
- LE25 BOS
- LE25 BOX
- LE25 BOZ
- LE25 DYK
- LE25 ZAA
- LE25 ZAR
- LE25 ZAS
- LE25 ZAX
- LE25 ZAZ
- LE25 ZBO
- LE25 ZER
- LE25 ZRR
- LE25 ZRS
- LE25 ZZA
- LE25 ZZR
- MA25 WAR
- MG25 WAR
- MU25 DER
- NA25 TZE
- NF25 NAZ
- NF25 WAR
- NF25 XRW
- NG25 NOG
- NO25 LEZ
- OD25 UGY
- OD25 UNK
- OR25 ASM
- PE25 ADO
- PE25 RVT
- PE25 VRT
- PS25 CHO
- PU25 MAD
- PU25 SAY
- PU25 SEY
- PU25 SYS
- PU25 SYY
- RE25 ARD
- RE25 TAD
- RE25 TRD
- SC25 OTE
- SC25 OTM
- SC25 TUM
- ST25 ABB
- ST25 ABS
- TE25 ROR
- TO25 ERR
- TO25 ERS
- TO25 ERZ
- TO25 OFF
- TO25 POT
- TO25 RAH
- TW25 WAT
- UA25 HLE
- UA25 HOL
- UA25 OLE
- UA25 RSE
- UA25 SOL
- UD25 UGY
- UD25 UNK
- US25 WAR
- UW25 NKR
- UW25 NKS
- VA25 GNA
- WA25 TED
- WW25 NKR
- WW25 NKS
- XA25 HLE
- XA25 HOL
- XA25 OLE
- XA25 RSE
- XA25 SOL
- XD25 UGD
- XD25 UGG
- XD25 UGS
- XD25 UGY
- XD25 UGZ
- XD25 UNK
- YA25 DEE
- YA25 DYS
- YA25 DYY
- YE25 DTH
- YE25 MEN
- YE25 WAR
- YS25 DTH
- YS25 WAR
Olivia Burke