Driving in Serbia

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

Speed limits

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

In towns: 50 km/h
Outside towns: 80 km/h
Expressways: 100 km/h
Motorways: 130 km/h

Before you drive

Vignette and tolls: There is no vignette. Motorways are toll roads.

Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.

SRB

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code SRB. Abroad, the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic asks for it at the rear of the car: on a white oval sticker, or as part of the plate. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry an area code that shows where the car was registered: 84 codes across 145 municipalities. For example:

SA 123-AB

Area codes on the map All area codes

Plates you will see

BG 123-AB
Standard · Since 2011

Special plates

BG 12345-TX
Taxi · Current
123-A-456
Diplomatic · Current

Plate formats and history of Serbia