Unit 9 Lakeside Industrial Estate, St Georges Road, Dorchester, DT1 1PE
MOT test stations in Dorchester
33 garages in Dorchester (South West, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 5 of them can test motorcycles, and 13 are approved for class 7 vans up to 3,500kg.
From the DVSA list published 30 Sep 2026. Ring ahead to book; prices are set by the garage, capped at £54.85 for a car.
Unit 1-2, Jonson Trading Park, Alington Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 1QB
The Grove, Dorchester, DT1 1XU
Unit 8, Pulham Business Park, Pulham, Dorchester, DT2 7DX
Loscombe Barn Farm Workshop, West Knighton, Dorchester, DT2 8LS
Green Square, The Grove Trading Estate, Dorchester, DT1 1ST
Millers Close, Grove Industrial Estate, Dorchester, DT1 1ST
Unit 4 Higher Woodsford, Crossways, Dorchester, DT2 8BL
Great Western Industrial Centre, Dorchester, DT1 1RD
Alington Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 1EX
Millers Close, Dorchester, DT1 1SS
3 Millers Close, Dorchester, DT1 1SS
Wanchard Lane, Charminster, Dorchester, DT2 9RP
Unit 23, Casterbridge Industrial Estate, Dorchester, DT1 1PL
Redbridge Road, Crossways, Dorchester, DT2 8BG
Dorchester Road, Frampton, Dorchester, DT2 9NB
88 Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester, DT1 1PR
London Road, Dorchester, DT1 1NE
Unit 8b, Hybris Business Park, Crossways, Dorchester, DT2 8BF
1 - 2 North Square, Dorchester, DT1 1HY
Long Ash Lane, Frampton, Dorchester, DT2 9NW
Unit 14c, Great Western Industrial Estate, Dorchester, DT1 1RD
Dorchester Road, Maiden Newton, Dorchester, DT2 0BA
3 Wyvern Buildings, Grove Trading Estate, Dorchester, DT1 1SU
Millers Close, Dorchester, DT1 1SS
Unit 15, The Enterprise Park, Piddlehinton, Dorchester, DT2 7UA
A 352 East Knighton, Winfrith, Dorchester, DT2 8LF
Rampisham Down, Dorchester, DT2 0HT
Unit 4, Great Western Industrial Centre, Dorchester, DT1 1RD
11 Maumbury Road, Dorchester, DT1 1QW
Unit 1, The Former Bodyworks, The Grove, Dorchester, DT1 1ST
Unit 2b Railway Triangle Industrial Estate, Dorchester, DT1 2PJ
Murco Filling Station, A35 Winterbourne Abbas, Dorchester, DT2 9LJ
MOT results around Dorchester
Cars and light vans tested in the DT (Dorchester) postcode area failed 27.3% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 4.7 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 121,661 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 11.41% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 9.73% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 7.77% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 7.06% | 5.95% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 4,234 | 30% | 27.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 4,033 | 27.6% | 20.9% |
| Ford Focus | 2,991 | 31.1% | 25.4% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 2,834 | 32.4% | 27% |
| Volkswagen Transporter | 2,555 | 31.5% | 27.2% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 2,395 | 29.2% | 28.5% |
| Honda Jazz | 2,226 | 22.1% | 19.5% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 2,088 | 31.3% | 26.6% |
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.
What they can test in Dorchester
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 5 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 5 |
| Class 3 · Three-wheelers up to 450kg | 1 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 31 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 8 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 13 |
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