Halfords Autocentre
Unit 5, Oxford Trade Centre, Watlington Road, Oxford, OX4 6NU
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Oxford. Site number V105542.
Unit 5, Oxford Trade Centre, Watlington Road, Oxford, OX4 6NU
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 OX (Oxford) postcode area failed 23.1% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.5 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 346,127 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.56% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.43% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.09% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.33% | 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.
Unit 1 Oxford Trade Centre, Watlington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 6NF
Unit 6, Ashville Way, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 6TU
Unit B, 12 Transport Way, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 6LX
Oxford Audi, Oxford Business Park, Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2JY
Alec Issigonis Way, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford, OX4 2ZY