Station Tyres & Service Centre, Block A Pipers Industrial Estate, Pipers Way, Thatcham, RG19 4NA
MOT test stations in Thatcham
10 garages in Thatcham (South East, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. None of them tests 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.
Unit 3 Pipers Court, Berkshire Drive, Thatcham, RG19 4ER
Unit 7, Pipers Court, Berkshire Drive, Thatcham, RG19 4ER
Long Lane, Hermitage, Thatcham, RG18 9LU
Hermitage Road, Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9JN
Stoney Lane, Ashmore Green, Thatcham, RG18 9HE
77 Greenham Business Park, Greenham, Thatcham, RG19 6HW
Pipers Lane Industrial Estate, Thatcham, RG19 4NA
Units 3 & 7, 65-67 Bath Road, Thatcham, RG18 3BD
Frilsham Road, Yattendon, Thatcham, RG18 0XR
MOT results around Thatcham
Cars and light vans tested in the RG (Reading) postcode area failed 20.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 2.4 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 470,659 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6.96% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 6.13% | 5.95% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.99% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 4.37% | 6.1% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 19,099 | 22.7% | 27.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 14,283 | 20.3% | 20.9% |
| Ford Focus | 12,639 | 22.7% | 25.4% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 12,577 | 25.3% | 28.5% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 10,554 | 25.3% | 27% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 8,510 | 23.6% | 27.6% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 8,115 | 25.9% | 26.6% |
| BMW 3 Series | 7,724 | 21.1% | 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 Thatcham
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 10 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 4 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 4 |
Nearby towns
- Newbury 33
- Tadley 5
- Berkshire 10
- Hungerford 9
- Basingstoke 59
- Reading 87
- Didcot 9
- Wallingford 9
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