Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8BB
MOT test stations in Wantage
9 garages in Wantage (South East, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 2 of them can test motorcycles, and 1 is 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.
Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7HS
Unit 4 Station Yard, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DH
Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DH
Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8BA
Unit B the New Station Yard, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DH
Unit 5 Station Yard, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DH
Unit 5, Elms Farm Business Park, Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7PD
Ex-Ridgeway Garage, Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7DR
MOT results around Wantage
Cars and light vans tested in the OX (Oxford) postcode area failed 23.1% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.5 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 346,127 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.56% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.43% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.09% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.33% | 6.1% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 13,069 | 27.9% | 27.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 12,945 | 22.1% | 20.9% |
| Ford Focus | 9,026 | 26.6% | 25.4% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 8,428 | 28.6% | 27% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 7,525 | 27.4% | 28.5% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 6,340 | 27% | 26.6% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 5,773 | 26.3% | 27.6% |
| MINI Hatch | 5,222 | 10.8% | 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 Wantage
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 2 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 2 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 8 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 1 |
Nearby towns
- Faringdon 6
- Abingdon 25
- Didcot 9
- Oxfordshire 4
- Hungerford 9
- Wallingford 9
- Oxford 68
- Carterton 4
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