Unit 1 and 11, Raywinfield Industrial Estate, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, WF7 7AA
MOT test stations in Ackworth
One garage in Ackworth (Yorkshire and The Humber, England) is on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. None of them tests motorcycles.
From the DVSA list published 30 Sep 2026. Ring ahead to book; prices are set by the garage, capped at £54.85 for a car.
MOT results around Ackworth
Cars and light vans tested in the WF (Wakefield) postcode area failed 21.9% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.7 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 274,247 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 9.44% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 6.6% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.01% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5.97% | 5.95% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 12,282 | 27.8% | 27.3% |
| Ford Focus | 8,197 | 24.1% | 25.4% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 7,610 | 29.6% | 28.5% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 7,312 | 20.9% | 20.9% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 5,335 | 27.5% | 27.6% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 4,782 | 28.5% | 26.6% |
| Audi A3 | 4,530 | 19.5% | 20.2% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 4,494 | 25.9% | 27% |
From DVSA’s anonymised MOT results for 2025, by the postcode area of the test station. The data has no garage identifier, so these are figures for the area, not for any one garage. An area with older cars fails more for that reason alone. Every area compared.
What they can test in Ackworth
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 1 |
Nearby towns
- Pontefract 29
- Featherstone 3
- Normanton 4
- Castleford 21
- Knottingley 9
- Richmond 13
- Wakefield 78
- Barnsley 74
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