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Driving abroad

Driving in Estonia

The licence plates you will see on the road in Estonia, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

ESTONIA5090

Speed limits

Default limits for cars, unless signs say otherwise, as on the signs at border crossings.

In towns
50 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h

110 km/h on some dual carriageways in summer.

EST

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code EST. Plates carry it on the blue EU band, which counts as the country sign: no separate oval sticker is needed in the European Economic Area, and the plate is also valid in other countries of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry no regional code, so the letters and numbers do not tell where a car is from.

These codes are from the previous system (1992–1996). Plates issued today carry no regional code, but older cars still have these. Area codes on the map

Plates you will see

  • 123 ABC

    Standard · Current

  • 12 ABC

    Standard · Current

Special plates

Older plates still on the road

  • 123 TBC

    Standard · 1992–1996

Plate formats and history of Estonia

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