Units 1 & 2 Laneside Court, Fallbarn Road, Rossendale, BB4 7NT
MOT test stations in Rossendale
10 garages in Rossendale (North West, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 2 of them can test motorcycles, and 3 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.
Stoneholme Road, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, BB4 8BA
Water Street, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, BB4 8AP
Unit 1 & 2, Hugh Business Park, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 7BT
Helmshore Road, Haslingdon, Rossendale, BB4 4DJ
Unit 5 Old Towns Yard, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 5JH
Unit 3, Brookside Garage, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8LZ
Unit 4 Shawclough Garages, Shawclough Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9JZ
Lower Deardengate, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 5QJ
Wavel Mill, Holcombe Road, Helmshore, Rossendale, BB4 4NF
MOT results around Rossendale
Cars and light vans tested in the BB (Blackburn) postcode area failed 19% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.6 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 268,571 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.86% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 5.72% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.28% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 4.76% | 5.95% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 10,284 | 23.6% | 27.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 8,783 | 15.7% | 20.9% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 7,248 | 24.3% | 28.5% |
| Ford Focus | 6,092 | 22.4% | 25.4% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 5,253 | 24.2% | 26.6% |
| Toyota Yaris | 4,976 | 20.4% | 20.4% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 4,783 | 24.1% | 27% |
| Audi A3 | 4,758 | 15.4% | 20.2% |
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 Rossendale
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 2 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 2 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 10 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 3 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 3 |
Nearby towns
- Bacup 3
- Accrington 17
- Oswaldtwistle 3
- Burnley 37
- Padiham 3
- Darwen 9
- Lancashire 10
- Bury 41
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