Damside Garage
259 Allanton Road, Allanton, Shotts, ML7 5AQ
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Shotts. Site number 9056A1.
259 Allanton Road, Allanton, Shotts, ML7 5AQ
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 ML (Hamilton) postcode area failed 26.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 152,589 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 11.48% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 9.48% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 6.92% | 5.95% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.48% | 6.95% |
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.
Station Road, Shotts, ML7 5DZ
10 Main Street, Stain, Shotts, ML7 5EE
1a Gilburn Place, Shotts, ML7 5ES
48 Westwood Road, Newmains, Wishaw, ML2 9DA
Unit B, 25 Woodhall Road, Wishaw, ML2 8PY