Brayleys Cars LTD
17 Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 2UA
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Harpenden. Site number 8388AV.
17 Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 2UA
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 AL (St Albans) postcode area failed 19.3% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.3 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 136,354 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6.58% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 5.86% | 5.95% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.7% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 3.72% | 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.
74 - 76 High Street, Harpenden, AL5 2SP
50 Westfield Road, Harpenden, AL5 4HW
Unit 1, 48 Coldharbour Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4UN
Unit 3, Southdown Ind Est, Harpenden, AL5 1PW
Unit 3 Batford Mill, Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5BZ