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BRITISH STANDARD AUTOMOBILE SERIES

1 75-3b:1 983
ISO 4030:1 983
C O NFI RME D
Superseding
MAY 1 989
BS AU 1 75- 3:1 979

Incorporating

Amendment No. 1

Vehicle identification
numbers (VIN) —

Part 3b: Specification for location and

attachment

[ISO title: Road vehicles — Vehicle identification number (VIN) —

Location and attachment]

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Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Automobile

Standards Committee (AUE/- ) to Technical Committee AUE/1 5 upon which the
following bodies were represented:

Caravan Club

Department of the Environment (Transport and Road Research Laboratory)

Department of Transport

Metropolitan Police

National Caravan Council Limited

Royal Automobile Club

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Automobile
Standards Committee,
was published under the
authority of the Board of BSI
and comes into effect on
Amendments issued since publication
30 December 1 983

© BSI 02- 2000 Amd. No. Date of issue Comments

4833 April 1 985 Indicated by a sideline in the margin

The following BSI references
relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference AUE/1 5
Draft for comment 82/70704 DC

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Contents

Page

Committees responsib le Inside front cover

National foreword ii

1 Scope and field of application 1

2 References 1

3 D efinition 1

4 VIN location 1

5 VIN attachment 1

Pub lications referred to Inside back cover

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National foreword

This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Automobile
Standards Committee and is identical with ISO 4030: 1 983 “Road vehicles —
Vehicle identification number (VIN) — Location and attachment ” prepared by
Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO). This edition of the standard supersedes
BS AU 1 75- 3: 1 979 and extends the field of application to include mopeds.
The 1 979 edition of the standard is now withdrawn.

Terminology and conventions. The text of the International Standard has

been approved as suitable for publication as a British Standard without
deviation. Some terminology and certain conventions are not identical with those
used in British Standards; attention is drawn especially to the following.

Where the words “International Standard” appear, referring to this standard,

they should be read as “British Standard”.

Cross-references

International Standard Corresponding British Standard

ISO 3779: 1 983 BS AU 1 75 Vehicle identification numbers (VIN)

Part 1 b: 1 983Specification for content and structure
(Identical)

The Technical Committee has reviewed the provisions of ISO 3833, to which
reference is made in the text, and has decided that they are acceptable for use in
conj unction with this standard.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity

from legal obligations.

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 and 2, an inside back cover and a back cover.

This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.

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1 Scope and field of application 4.3 The VIN shall be located in an easily visible
position, and in a manner which precludes
This International Standard specifies the
obliteration or alteration; the selected position shall
requirements for the location and marking of the
be described in the “Owner’s handbook” or
vehicle identification number (VIN) on motor
equivalent publication.
vehicles, trailers, motorcycles and mopeds as
defined in ISO 3833.
5 VIN attachment

2 References For the attachment of the VIN, the manufacturer of

the vehicle may choose between the following two
ISO 3779,Road vehicles — Vehicle identification
solutions:
number (VIN) — Content and structure. 1)
5.1 The VIN is directly marked on a integral part
ISO 3833, Road vehicles — Types — Terms and
of the vehicle; it may be either on the frame, or, for
definitions.
integral frame- body units, on a part of the body not
easily removed or replaced.
3 Definition
5.2 The VIN is marked on a separate plate which, in
vehicle identification number (VIN) turn, is permanently affixed to the vehicle according
a structured combination of characters assigned to a to 5.1 .
vehicle by the manufacturer for identification 5.3 It is also acceptable to combine these
purposes alternatives on one vehicle if a manufacturer so
NOTE For convenience, this definition is repeated from wishes.
ISO 3779.
5.4 The height of roman letters and arabic numerals
of the VIN shall be as follows:
4 VIN location
— 7 mm at least if marked according to 5.1
4.1 The VIN shall be located on the right side of the
(frame, body, etc. ) on motor vehicles and trailers
vehicle and, if possible, on the front half; or
(but not on motorcycles and mopeds);
4.2 When, for regulatory reasons, the VIN must be
— 4 mm at least in all other cases.
readable from the outside of the vehicle (in the case
of enclosed vehicles), it shall be located inside the 5.5 The characters of the VIN shall, in all cases, be
passenger compartment adj acent to the windscreen legible, durable and not easily altered.

pillar.

1)
The requirements for the presentation of the VIN are given in ISO 3779.

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See national foreword.

Publications referred to

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