Darlington Auto Tech LTD
Unit 2 W K M Industrial Park, Darlington, DL1 2NH
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Darlington. Site number S004355.
Unit 2 W K M Industrial Park, Darlington, DL1 2NH
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 DL (Darlington) postcode area failed 25.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 2.6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 179,025 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 11.71% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 8.28% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.69% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5.52% | 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 11, Alliance Industrial Estate, Dodsworth Street, Darlington, DL1 2NG
Dodsworth Street, Darlington, DL1 2NG
Unit 8, Riverside Industrial Estate, Darlington, DL1 2NG
Unit 1 Riverview Ind Estate, Dodsworth Street, Albert Hill, Darlington, DL1 2UH
Units 2-3, Forge Way, Cleveland Industrial Estate, Darlington, DL1 2PJ