From real MOT records
MOT statistics
Figures built from the MOT histories of the cars people have checked on this site: 25,257 cars and 202,102 MOT visits, recalculated daily. They describe the used-car market, since these are mostly cars people were about to buy, and every page says how many records sit behind each figure.
Average car mileage by age
The median mileage of a car at each age from 3 to 20 years, the middle range, and figures for the most-checked models.
Open →MOT pass rate by age
How often cars of each age fail at the first attempt, with retests counted as part of the same visit.
Open →MOT advisories and failures explained
50 MOT wordings explained in plain English, with how often each turns up, how often it comes back, and the models it is recorded on most.
Open →Cars by make and model
Every make and model checked here, with its pass rate, and the advisories and failures recorded more often than on same-age cars.
Open →Check one car against the figures
Enter a registration to see its MOT history, mileage record and a condition score, free.
Check a carUpdated 22 Sept 2026 · figures as of 4 Oct 2026.