Vaux Tech
12 Chapel Street, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0PA
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Birmingham. Site number V102449.
12 Chapel Street, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0PA
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.
Chapel Street, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0PA
Unit B, 64 Anne Road, Smethwick, B66 2NY
97 Alexandra Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0PL
Units 3 and 4, Holyhead Way, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0LT
Cornwall Road Industrial Estate, 2 Cornwall Road, Smethwick, Birmingham, B66 2JT