Instructions:
Enter a three letter abbreviation indicating the type of vehicle registration.
Definition:
Indicates the type of vehicle registration and associated plate, based on vehicle type and usage.
Rationale:
This element is critical in providing linkage between the crash and motor vehicle registration files in order to access the motor vehicle identification number.
| Code | Definition |
| SPN | School Pupil Normal |
| SBN | School Bus Normal |
| BUN | Bus Normal |
| BUV | Bus Vanity |
| PAS | Mass Animal Coalition, ALS One, Cure Breast Cancer, Bruins, Blackstone Valley, Cape Ann, Conquer Cancer, Choose Life, Cape and Island, Celtics, Fire Fighters Memorial, Fallen Heroes, Fresh and Local, Free Masons, Fish and Wildlife, Basketball Hall of Fame, Habitat and Heritage, Invest in Children, Martha’s Vineyard, New England Patriots, Nantucket Island, Olympic Spirit, Plymouth 400, Pan Mass Challenge, Welcome Home, Right Whale, Red Sox, Protect and Serve, UMass, United We Stand, White Shark, Fenway Park, Fire Fighter, Mass House Speaker, Mass House Majority Whip, Senate President, Emergency Vehicle, Honorary Consular Corps, Governors Council, U.S. Congress, House, Senate, US Senate, Disabled Parking, School Pupil Disabled, Antique, Antique Vanity, Electric Vehicle, Foreign Organization, Ham Radio Operator, Limited Use, Low Speed, Medical Doctor, News Photographer, Semi-Trailer, Disabled Vanity, USA Olympic team, Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Flying Cross, Disabled Veteran, Gold Star Family Vanity Plate, Gold Star Family, Purple Heart, Legion of Valor, Pearl Harbor Survivor, Silver Star, Veteran Flag Plate, Veteran Plate, Ex-POW, Year of Manufacture |
| CON | Commercial Electric, Hearse, Commercial Limited Use, Commercial, Commercial Vanity, Snow Removal, Commercial Farm Tractor |
| COV | Commercial Vanity |
| STN | Capitol Police, Fire Marshall, Metro District Commercial, Registry, State Vehicle, Environmental Police |
| SXN | Capitol Police Motorcycle, Registry Motorcycle, State Motorcycle, Environmental Police Motorcycle, Motorcycle State Police, Transit Police Motorcycle |
| APR | Apportioned Reserved |
| APV | Apportioned Vanity |
| AMN | Animal Ambulance, Ambulance |
| MCR | Antique Motorcycle, Blue Knight, Red Knight, Motorcycle Reserved |
| MCS | Motorcycle Gold Star Family Vanity, Motorcycle Bronze Star, Motorcycle Distinguished Flying Cross, Motorcycle Ex-POW, Motorcycle Gold Star Family, Motorcycle Limited Use, Motorcycle Legion of Valor, Motorcycle Medal of Honor, Motorcycle Purple Heart, Motorcycle Pearl Harbor, Motorcycle Silver Star, Motorcycle Veteran, Motorcycle Disabled |
| MCN | Motorcycle Normal |
| MXN | Motorcycle Municipal |
| MCV | Motorcycle Vanity |
| PAY | Year of Manufacture (Motorcycle) |
| MPN | Moped |
| MVN | Municipal Boston, Municipal Fire, Municipal Disabled, Municipal, Municipal Police |
| PAN | Passenger Normal Red, Passenger Normal Green |
| PAR | Passenger Lottery, Passenger Reserved |
| PAV | Passenger Vanity |
| AHN | Camper Normal |
| AHV | Camper Vanity |
| AMR | Ambulance Reserved |
| AHR | Camper Reserved |
| COR | Hearse Reserved, Commercial Reserved |
| MCR | Motorcycle Reserved |
| SBR | School Bus Reserved |
| SMR | Semi-Trailer Reserved |
| TAR | Taxi Reserved |
| TRR | Trailer Reserved |
| BDN | Boat Dealer Normal |
| FAN | Farm Normal |
| DMN | Dealer Motorcycle Normal |
| DLN | Dealer Normal |
| RPN | Repair Normal |
| OCN | Owner/Contractor Normal |
| RPV | Repair Vanity |
| TPN | Transporter Normal |
| DLV | Dealer Vanity |
| ATN | Transit Authorities: Various |
| VPN | Van Pool |
| TRN | Trailer |
| TAN | Taxi Limited Use, Taxi Normal |
Other Related Fields
Data Quality Audit Results
| Report Type | Acceptable | Inconsistent | Invalid | Empty | ||||
| Local Police (electronic) | 611 | 98.9% | 5 | 0.8% | – | – | 2 | 0.3% |
| Local Police (paper) | 624 | 98.0% | 9 | 1.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% |
| State Police (electronic) | 605 | 97.3% | 10 | 1.6% | – | – | 7 | 1.1% |
| Total | 1840 | 98.0% | 24 | 1.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 11 | 0.6% |