The blue 'three triangles' logo, which stations have to display, identifies approved MOT test stations

The MOT test (Ministry of Transport, or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in the United Kingdom for most vehicles over three years old used on any way defined as a road in the Road Traffic Act 1988; it does not apply only to highways (or in Scotland a relevant road) but includes other places available for public use, which are not highways.^[1] In Northern Ireland the equivalent requirement applies after four years.^[2] The requirement does not apply to vehicles used only on various small islands with no convenient connection 'to a road in any part of Great Britain';^[3] no similar exemption is listed at the beginning of 2014 for Northern Ireland, which has a single inhabited island, Rathlin.^[4]

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The name derives from the Ministry of Transport,^[5] a defunct government department, which was one of several ancestors of the current Department for Transport, but is still officially used. The MOT test certificates are currently issued in Great Britain under the auspices of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) (formed as a result of the merger between the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)), an executive agency of the Department for Transport, and before 1 April 2014 by VOSA. Certificates in Northern Ireland are issued by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA). The test and the pass certificate are often referred to simply as the 'MOT'. https://aaarenew.amebaownd.com/posts/19007862.

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About 20,100^[6] local car repair garages throughout Great Britain, employing about 53,000 testers,^[6] are authorised to perform testing and to issue certificates. In principle, any individual in Great Britain can apply to run a MOT station, although in order to gain an authorisation from DVSA, both the individual wanting to run the station, as well as the premises, need to meet minimal criteria set out on the government's website within the so-called VT01 form.^[7]

In Northern Ireland tests are performed exclusively at the DVA's own test centres, although currently there is an open project investigating bringing Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the United Kingdom.

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History[edit]

The MOT test was first introduced in 1960 under the direction of the-then Minister of Transport, Ernest Marples,^[8] under powers in the Road Traffic Act 1956. The test was originally a basic test including brakes, lights and steering check which was to be carried out after the vehicle was ten years old and every year thereafter. This became known as the 'ten year test', or alternatively the 'Ministry of Transport Test'. A fee is applicable to the test and the amount involved for a car when testing was first introduced in 1960 was fourteen shillings (70 new (decimal) pence) plus one shilling (5 new pence) for the certificate. The high failure rate resulted in the age that vehicles became due for testing being reduced to seven years on 31 December 1961. In 1962, the first commercial vehicle exam was created and a valid certificate was required in order to receive a tax disc, and in April 1967, the testable age for an MOT was reduced to three years. On 1 January 1983, the testable age for ambulances, taxis and vehicles with more than eight passenger seats; excluding the driver's, was reduced to one year.

The list of items tested has been continually expanded over the years, including:

1968 – a tyre check
1977 – checks of windscreen wipers and washers, indicators, brake lights, horns, exhaust system and condition of the body structure and chassis
1991 – checks of the emissions test for petrol engine vehicles, together with checks on the anti-lock braking system, rear wheel bearings, rear wheel steering (where appropriate) and rear seat belts
1992 – a stricter tyre tread depth requirement for most vehicles
1994 – a check of emissions for diesel engine vehicles
2005 – introduction of a computerised administration system for issuing non-secure test certificates, and the creation of the 'Automated Test Bay' which differed from traditional testing by installing equipment in the bay to obviate the need for a tester's assistant during the test
2012 – checks of secondary restraint systems, battery and wiring, electronic stability control (ESC), speedometers and steering locks.

Test classification[edit]

The test classes are:

Class I — Motor bicycles (with or without side cars) up to 200cc
Class II — All motor bicycles (including Class I) (with or without side cars).
Class III — 3-wheeled vehicles not more than 450 kg unladen weight (excluding motor bicycles with side cars).
Class IV — Cars, including 3-wheeled vehicles more than 450 kg unladen weight, taxis, minibuses and ambulances up to 12 passenger seats, Goods Vehicles not exceeding 3,000 kg Design Gross Weight (DGW), motor caravans and Dual Purpose Vehicles.
Class V — Private passenger vehicles, ambulances, motor caravans and dual purpose vehicles with 13 or more passenger seats
Class VII — Goods vehicles over 3,000 kg up to and including 3,500 kg DGW. If a vehicle is presented with a manufacturer’s plate and a 'Ministry plate' the weights to be used are those on the 'Ministry plate'.
PSV test (Class VI) — Public service vehicles used for hire or reward with more than eight passenger seats (test conducted by DVSA/DVA staff their own stations, or at DVSA authorised testing facilities (ATF) or designated premises (DP)).
HGV test — Goods vehicles over 3,500 kg GVW and trailers over 1,020 kg unladen weight or 3,500 kg GVW if fitted with overrun brakes (test conducted by DVSA/DVA staff their own stations, or at a DVSA authorised testing facility (ATF) or designated premises (DP)).

Fees[edit]

All test stations are required to display a 'VT9A Fees and Appeals' poster on their premises which must be available to the public. As of 6 April 2010, these are the maximum fees that can be charged. They are not subject to VAT.

Class	Vehicle Type	Age first test required (years)	Price (6 April 2010 onwards)^[9]
1	Motorcycles (up to 200cc)	3	£29.65
2	Motorcycles (all motorcycles)	3	£29.65
1 & 2	Motorcycles with side car (any engine size)	3	£37.80
3	Three-wheeled vehicles (up to 450 kg unladen weight)	3	£37.80
4	Cars & light vans (including Three-wheeled vehicles over 450 kg unladen weight)	3	£54.85
4	Ambulances and taxis	1	£54.85
4	Private passenger vehicles & ambulances (9-12 passenger seats)	1	£57.30
4a	Includes seat belt installation check	N/A	£64.00
5	Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (13-16 passenger seats)	1	£59.55
5	Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (More than 16 passenger seats)	1	£80.65
5a	Includes seat belt installation check (13-16 passenger seats)	N/A	£80.50
5a	Includes seat belt installation check (More than 16 passenger seats)	N/

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