Central Auto Tech
29 Freeth Street, Birmingham, B16 0QN
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Birmingham. Site number 55377.
29 Freeth Street, Birmingham, B16 0QN
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.
Cars and light vans tested in the B (Birmingham) postcode area failed 17% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 5.6 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 966,538 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6.43% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.11% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 4.62% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 4.25% | 6.1% |
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.
78 Stour Street, Ladywood, Birmingham, B18 7AJ
8 Eyre Street, Lady Wood, Birmingham, B18 7AA
395-401 Park Road, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 6PR
367 Dudley Road, Winson Green, Birmingham, B18 4HB
Unit 9, 321 Heath Street, Smethwick, Birmingham, B66 2QY