MoT Data for Canterbury
Canterbury is in the bottom half of the pass rate table, with an overall pass rate of 59%. The tables below feature a mixture of red and green, indicating mixed performance - though there are more red numbers than green in the tables for failure rates by year and failure rates by manufacturer.
Chevrolet, which is at the top of the manufacturer table has a failure rate of 25.4% versus its average failure rate of 32% in other postcodes. On the other hand, Porsche models perform 24% worse in Canterbury than they do on average, although relatively few were tested in the area.
Most common reasons for MoT failure
| Test Item | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9.5% | 11.9% | −21% |
| Suspension | 7.8% | 9.6% | −18% |
| Tyres | 5.9% | 5.8% | +2% |
| Brakes | 5.9% | 7.7% | −24% |
| Visibility | 5.4% | 5.3% | +1% |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3.5% | 3.6% | −1% |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3.4% | 4.1% | −18% |
| Steering | 1.7% | 1.9% | −13% |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1.3% | 1.3% | −1% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
| Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| 2020 | 68 | 16.2% | 16.7% | −3% |
| 2019 | 714 | 8.4% | 10.3% | −18% |
| 2018 | 14,933 | 12.6% | 11.7% | +8% |
| 2017 | 15,794 | 13.8% | 13.2% | +4% |
| 2016 | 16,893 | 16.3% | 16.5% | −1% |
| 2015 | 16,848 | 18.6% | 19.5% | −5% |
| 2014 | 15,971 | 22.0% | 23.0% | −4% |
| 2013 | 14,656 | 25.5% | 27.2% | −6% |
| 2012 | 13,034 | 29.0% | 30.5% | −5% |
| 2011 | 12,264 | 32.1% | 33.4% | −4% |
| 2010 | 12,953 | 36.1% | 36.8% | −2% |
| 2009 | 12,673 | 38.6% | 39.1% | −1% |
| 2008 | 11,920 | 41.0% | 41.5% | −1% |
| 2007 | 12,157 | 42.9% | 42.6% | +1% |
| 2006 | 10,211 | 43.9% | 43.9% | −0% |
| 2005 | 8,317 | 45.1% | 44.9% | +1% |
| 2004 | 7,016 | 47.6% | 45.7% | +4% |
| 2003 | 5,501 | 47.0% | 45.6% | +3% |
| 2002 | 3,888 | 47.8% | 45.2% | +6% |
| 2001 | 2,652 | 45.3% | 43.9% | +3% |
| 2000 | 1,646 | 44.2% | 42.5% | +4% |
| 1999 | 1,122 | 42.5% | 40.8% | +4% |
| 1998 | 765 | 39.5% | 38.5% | +3% |
| 1997 | 594 | 42.9% | 37.5% | +15% |
| 1996 | 320 | 37.5% | 36.5% | +3% |
| 1995 | 277 | 39.0% | 35.3% | +10% |
| 1994 | 212 | 42.0% | 34.4% | +22% |
| 1993 | 165 | 40.0% | 34.7% | +15% |
| 1992 | 148 | 37.8% | 32.9% | +15% |
| 1991 | 170 | 41.2% | 32.3% | +27% |
| 1990 | 182 | 29.7% | 30.9% | −4% |
| 1989 | 186 | 24.7% | 29.6% | −16% |
| 1988 | 106 | 27.4% | 30.2% | −10% |
| 1987 | 121 | 29.8% | 29.5% | +1% |
| 1986 | 86 | 24.4% | 28.9% | −15% |
| 1985 | 65 | 26.2% | 28.3% | −8% |
| 1983 | 50 | 24.0% | 27.5% | −13% |
MoT failure rates by make
| Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Aston Martin | 121 | 13.2% | 10.3% | +28% |
| Bentley | 134 | 14.2% | 10.3% | +37% |
| Porsche | 839 | 16.7% | 14.9% | +12% |
| Abarth | 264 | 19.3% | 20.8% | −7% |
| Dacia | 1,136 | 22.0% | 24.7% | −11% |
| Hyundai | 4,986 | 23.6% | 26.1% | −9% |
| Audi | 9,594 | 24.4% | 22.3% | +10% |
| Skoda | 6,213 | 24.8% | 23.5% | +6% |
| Lexus | 1,190 | 25.6% | 18.7% | +37% |
| Land Rover | 6,163 | 25.9% | 25.2% | +3% |
| Kia | 6,321 | 26.0% | 26.5% | −2% |
| BMW | 11,380 | 26.1% | 22.9% | +14% |
| Toyota | 9,417 | 26.5% | 27.1% | −2% |
| Jaguar | 2,883 | 26.7% | 23.9% | +12% |
| Subaru | 375 | 26.9% | 27.8% | −3% |
| Suzuki | 2,801 | 27.2% | 27.5% | −1% |
| MINI | 6,037 | 28.3% | 25.5% | +11% |
| SEAT | 3,356 | 28.4% | 27.1% | +5% |
| Honda | 5,748 | 28.6% | 28.2% | +1% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 6,715 | 28.7% | 22.3% | +29% |
| Jeep | 565 | 29.4% | 26.1% | +13% |
| smart | 136 | 29.4% | 31.9% | −8% |
| Nissan | 14,310 | 30.4% | 29.5% | +3% |
| Volkswagen | 21,765 | 31.1% | 29.0% | +7% |
| DS | 901 | 31.3% | 36.3% | −14% |
| Mazda | 3,400 | 31.4% | 28.2% | +11% |
| SsangYong | 118 | 31.4% | 30.6% | +2% |
| FIAT | 8,537 | 31.6% | 32.2% | −2% |
| Volvo | 4,105 | 32.0% | 28.9% | +10% |
| MG | 455 | 33.0% | 28.9% | +14% |
| Alfa Romeo | 777 | 33.2% | 33.7% | −1% |
| Ford | 35,565 | 33.5% | 31.5% | +6% |
| Vauxhall | 24,692 | 33.6% | 34.2% | −2% |
| Isuzu | 193 | 34.7% | 40.7% | −15% |
| Peugeot | 15,355 | 34.8% | 34.0% | +2% |
| Mitsubishi | 1,699 | 35.3% | 28.7% | +23% |
| Citroen | 9,599 | 36.3% | 34.2% | +6% |
| Daihatsu | 299 | 36.8% | 36.3% | +1% |
| SAAB | 789 | 36.9% | 39.5% | −7% |
| Renault | 10,129 | 40.0% | 38.6% | +4% |
| Rover | 336 | 40.2% | 42.5% | −5% |
| Chevrolet | 795 | 41.8% | 45.1% | −7% |
| Chrysler | 232 | 47.4% | 41.2% | +15% |
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