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Driving abroad

Driving in Ukraine

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

UKRAINE5090110130

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
Expressways
110 km/h
Motorways
130 km/h
UA

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code UA. 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: 112 codes across 27 regions. For example:

KA 1234 BC
Area codes on the mapAll area codes

Plates you will see

  • AA 1234 BC

    Standard · Since 2004

Special plates

Older plates still on the road

  • 123-45 BI

    Standard · 1995–2004

Plate formats and history of Ukraine

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