Colin Appleyard Limited
Cavendish Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7QL
MOT stations / Ashton Under Lyne
Colin Appleyard Limited
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Ashton Under Lyne. Site number 1ALQ32.
What Colin Appleyard Limited can test
- Class 4: Cars, vans and minibuses
Before you book
The maximum fee for a class 4 car MOT is £54.85 and £29.65 for a motorcycle; many garages charge less. You can book up to a month (minus a day) before the current certificate runs out and keep the same renewal date. Take the registration; you don’t need the V5C.
Details are from the DVSA register published 30 Sep 2026 (source). Phone numbers and ownership change, so ring first.
MOT results around Ashton Under Lyne
Cars and light vans tested in the OL (Oldham) postcode area failed 21.3% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 1.3 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 211,946 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 9.67% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.83% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 6.62% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 5.32% | 5.95% |
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.
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