World Number Plates

Number Plates of Sierra Leone

Continent: Africa

Capital: Freetown

Population: 6 million

Country ISO code: SL

Country OVAL code: WAL
(West Africa: Leone )

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1932

Number of vehicles:
cars 29,012 (1989), trucks and buses 10,173 (1989)

Road information:
total: 11,330 km; paved: 895 km; unpaved: 10,435 km (1999)

Located in the southern part of West Africa, Sierra Leone is surrounded by Guinea and Liberia.

The format of car registrations in Sierra Leone has not changed since the 197’s. The format of the number plate is LL-DDDD, with ‘L’ being a letter, and ‘D’ being a digit. The first two letters denote the area the vehicle was registered in. For example WU stands for the West Urban Province. The number plates are black with silver lettering and a silver border.