373 To 375 Warrington Road, Rainhill, L35 8LD
MOT test stations in Rainhill
3 garages in Rainhill (North West, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. None of them tests motorcycles.
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 7, Victoria Works, Rainhill, L35 0LB
Tasker Terrace, Rainhill, L35 4NX
MOT results around Rainhill
Cars and light vans tested in the L (Liverpool) postcode area failed 20.4% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 2.2 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 337,223 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 7.71% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.32% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5.57% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.5% | 6.1% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 22,017 | 24.3% | 27.3% |
| Ford Focus | 16,359 | 21.7% | 25.4% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 9,781 | 26.8% | 28.5% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 6,774 | 23.8% | 26.6% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 6,447 | 24.6% | 27.6% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 5,820 | 18.6% | 20.9% |
| Ford Kuga | 5,732 | 13.8% | 16.3% |
| BMW 3 Series | 4,816 | 15.7% | 19.8% |
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 Rainhill
| Class 3 · Three-wheelers up to 450kg | 1 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 3 |
Nearby towns
- Prescot 5
- Huyton 3
- Merseyside 3
- St Helens 48
- Widnes 33
- Runcorn 10
- Newton Le Willows 6
- Liverpool 191
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