Unit 1 Shipyard Road, Selby, YO8 8BN
MOT test stations in Selby
16 garages in Selby (Yorkshire and The Humber, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 4 of them can test motorcycles, and 4 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.
Ashville, Hull Road, Hemingbrough, Selby, YO8 6QG
Unit 3a Flaxley Road, Selby, YO8 4BG
131 Main Road, Hambleton, Selby, YO8 9JH
Market Weighton Road, Barlby, Selby, YO8 5LE
Bawtry Road, Selby, YO8 8LY
Bubwith, Selby, YO8 7DN
Unit 1, Canal Road, Selby, YO8 8AG
Unit 1, Park Row, Selby, YO8 4PR
Unit 5, 7 Oakney Wood Avenue, Selby, Y08 8FQ
Canal Road, Selby, YO8 8AG
Unit 6 Oakney Wood Court, Selby, YO8 8FN
Unit 5, The Shipyard Complex, Cochrane Street, Selby, YO8 8AP
The Garage, Holmes Lane, Selby, YO8 3GD
The Vauxhall Garage, Flaxley Road, Selby, YO8 4BG
Holmes Lane, Selby, YO8 3EL
MOT results around Selby
Cars and light vans tested in the YO (York) postcode area failed 26.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 293,050 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 11.9% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 8.2% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.31% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5.97% | 5.95% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 12,068 | 32.9% | 27.3% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 7,902 | 33.7% | 28.5% |
| Ford Focus | 7,023 | 27.7% | 25.4% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 6,948 | 24.3% | 20.9% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 5,136 | 32.1% | 27.6% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 4,660 | 30.3% | 27% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 4,374 | 30.9% | 26.6% |
| MINI Hatch | 3,969 | 13% | 12.8% |
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 Selby
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 4 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 4 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 16 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 3 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 4 |
Nearby towns
- Goole 20
- Knottingley 9
- Tadcaster 5
- Castleford 21
- York 112
- Pontefract 29
- Featherstone 3
- Richmond 13
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