Simpsons (preston) LTD
Boundary Garage, Burnley Road, Colne, BB8 8LF
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Colne. Site number 1ALP99.
Boundary Garage, Burnley Road, Colne, BB8 8LF
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 BB (Blackburn) postcode area failed 19% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.6 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 268,571 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.86% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 5.72% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.28% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 4.76% | 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.
Unit 17, Primet Business Park, Burnley Road, Colne, BB8 8DR
Burnley Road, Colne, BB8 8DY
140 Leeds Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 9XB
Bradley Fold, Off Bankhouse Road, Nelson, BB9 7QJ
Unit 5, North Valley Forge Business Park, Reedyford Road, Nelson, BB9 8TU