MoT Data for Kirkwall
Kirkwall is one of the few places in the UK where lighting and signalling problems aren’t the main cause of MoT failures. Instead, brakes cause more problems – with a failure rate 52% higher in KW postcodes than the average elsewhere in the UK.
Toyota models have the highest pass rates in Kirkwall, and MGs have the lowest – although the usual Porsches and Bentleys that take up the top spots elsewhere in the UK are absent from the small data set for KW areas.
Most common reasons for MoT failure
| Test Item | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 17.2% | 11.5% | +50% |
| Lighting and signalling | 16.6% | 19.8% | −16% |
| Suspension | 14.0% | 13.2% | +6% |
| Tyres | 7.1% | 8.7% | −19% |
| Driver's view of the road | 6.3% | 8.2% | −23% |
| Fuel and exhaust | 6.2% | 5.8% | +7% |
| Steering | 4.8% | 3.6% | +34% |
| Body and structure | 1.3% | 1.3% | +1% |
| Seat belts | 1.1% | 1.7% | −34% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
| Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1,331 | 13.8% | 20.1% | −31% |
| 2007 | 1,878 | 19.7% | 22.0% | −11% |
| 2006 | 1,905 | 25.3% | 26.2% | −3% |
| 2005 | 2,069 | 31.0% | 32.2% | −4% |
| 2004 | 2,126 | 38.2% | 37.5% | +2% |
| 2003 | 2,155 | 42.9% | 41.8% | +3% |
| 2002 | 2,146 | 44.9% | 44.9% | +0% |
| 2001 | 1,853 | 47.3% | 47.9% | −1% |
| 2000 | 1,425 | 51.1% | 51.5% | −1% |
| 1999 | 1,261 | 54.3% | 53.8% | +1% |
| 1998 | 836 | 52.3% | 55.0% | −5% |
| 1997 | 600 | 49.7% | 55.5% | −11% |
| 1996 | 389 | 50.9% | 55.8% | −9% |
| 1995 | 253 | 46.6% | 54.9% | −15% |
| 1994 | 152 | 44.1% | 54.0% | −18% |
| 1993 | 104 | 46.2% | 52.9% | −13% |
| 1992 | 63 | 54.0% | 50.4% | +7% |
MoT failure rates by make
| Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota | 849 | 28.6% | 29.7% | −4% |
| BMW | 476 | 29.4% | 34.6% | −15% |
| Audi | 581 | 29.8% | 32.2% | −8% |
| Kia | 157 | 30.6% | 34.2% | −11% |
| Skoda | 363 | 32.0% | 34.5% | −7% |
| Suzuki | 344 | 32.3% | 32.9% | −2% |
| Honda | 631 | 32.3% | 30.8% | +5% |
| Jaguar | 111 | 32.4% | 29.9% | +9% |
| Volkswagen | 1,550 | 32.8% | 37.1% | −12% |
| Hyundai | 111 | 34.2% | 36.6% | −7% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 225 | 35.6% | 32.7% | +9% |
| SEAT | 253 | 36.4% | 36.6% | −1% |
| Mazda | 311 | 37.0% | 32.2% | +15% |
| Nissan | 705 | 37.0% | 39.0% | −5% |
| Ford | 3,157 | 37.4% | 41.5% | −10% |
| SAAB | 145 | 37.9% | 33.3% | +14% |
| Mitsubishi | 503 | 38.8% | 38.4% | +1% |
| Peugeot | 1,681 | 38.9% | 45.3% | −14% |
| Land Rover | 642 | 39.9% | 37.2% | +7% |
| Subaru | 142 | 40.1% | 32.3% | +24% |
| FIAT | 391 | 42.5% | 44.0% | −4% |
| Volvo | 372 | 42.5% | 42.5% | −0% |
| Citroen | 896 | 42.5% | 43.2% | −1% |
| Rover | 504 | 42.7% | 46.8% | −9% |
| Vauxhall | 3,392 | 44.0% | 43.7% | +1% |
| Renault | 1,618 | 44.8% | 49.9% | −10% |
| MG | 115 | 46.1% | 45.3% | +2% |
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