Citroen C3 2012 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Citroen C3 2012 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 83.8% in LU down to 62.9% in KY — 20.9 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 94 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 20.9-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2012 Citroen C3 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.0 extra failures — about £30–£86 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
32 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Renault Clio (21.1). Narrower: Ford B-Max (20.7).
Rates are for the 2012 model year only, in areas with at least 200 tests of it. Mileage, trim and use are pooled — a city van and a motorway van are one line here. Method. Compare it with the model's full history or this exact year.
Every postcode area, worst first
| Area | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| KY | 62.9% | 345 |
| DD | 63.8% | 293 |
| KA | 66.7% | 387 |
| AB | 66.7% | 255 |
| IV | 66.7% | 240 |
| EH | 66.7% | 824 |
| SR | 68.2% | 390 |
| DL | 68.7% | 540 |
| YO | 69.8% | 865 |
| TR | 70.1% | 569 |
| CF | 70.1% | 1,423 |
| PL | 70.3% | 1,160 |
| ML | 70.3% | 249 |
| G | 70.4% | 703 |
| NP | 70.5% | 695 |
| SP | 70.9% | 251 |
| HD | 71.0% | 238 |
| WN | 71.1% | 349 |
| LS | 71.2% | 740 |
| HU | 71.4% | 828 |
| NN | 71.5% | 604 |
| HX | 71.6% | 211 |
| CH | 71.8% | 758 |
| DH | 71.8% | 489 |
| NG | 71.9% | 1,112 |
| LN | 72.0% | 496 |
| BH | 72.1% | 655 |
| DG | 72.3% | 213 |
| WA | 72.3% | 567 |
| SA | 72.4% | 1,195 |
| LL | 72.5% | 1,024 |
| CW | 72.6% | 321 |
| SK | 72.6% | 522 |
| TF | 72.7% | 245 |
| LA | 72.9% | 501 |
| NE | 72.9% | 1,268 |
| BL | 72.9% | 377 |
| BD | 73.0% | 629 |
| OX | 73.0% | 441 |
| ST | 73.4% | 732 |
| BB | 73.5% | 543 |
| TQ | 73.7% | 376 |
| TS | 73.8% | 702 |
| EX | 73.9% | 815 |
| BN | 74.0% | 926 |
| GL | 74.0% | 788 |
| CA | 74.1% | 351 |
| BS | 74.2% | 1,068 |
| SN | 74.2% | 515 |
| FY | 74.4% | 360 |
| MK | 74.5% | 282 |
| TN | 74.5% | 882 |
| WR | 74.7% | 367 |
| WS | 74.7% | 451 |
| NR | 74.8% | 1,051 |
| DN | 74.9% | 968 |
| PR | 75.0% | 776 |
| SO | 75.1% | 518 |
| LE | 75.4% | 874 |
| HP | 75.5% | 371 |
| WF | 75.5% | 620 |
| SY | 75.6% | 381 |
| HR | 75.6% | 234 |
| M | 75.7% | 971 |
| S | 75.8% | 1,477 |
| GU | 75.8% | 582 |
| CO | 76.0% | 675 |
| BA | 76.0% | 559 |
| TA | 76.1% | 472 |
| CV | 76.1% | 861 |
| L | 76.1% | 623 |
| CT | 76.1% | 553 |
| CB | 76.3% | 414 |
| PO | 76.4% | 936 |
| PE | 76.5% | 1,219 |
| OL | 76.5% | 358 |
| DE | 76.6% | 828 |
| RH | 76.9% | 412 |
| SG | 77.4% | 363 |
| DY | 77.4% | 399 |
| IP | 77.5% | 813 |
| TW | 77.6% | 245 |
| RG | 77.9% | 485 |
| DT | 78.1% | 288 |
| B | 78.2% | 1,558 |
| CM | 78.8% | 504 |
| WV | 78.8% | 335 |
| ME | 79.2% | 548 |
| DA | 79.6% | 275 |
| SL | 80.9% | 272 |
| SE | 81.0% | 242 |
| KT | 81.0% | 221 |
| SS | 81.2% | 325 |
| LU | 83.8% | 229 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (77.7%), not against the national rate for all cars — a number that would flatter a new model and punish an old one.
What this cannot tell you
- Which garage to use. There is no test-station field in the anonymised data, so no station is implicated by any of this — why. The station directory lists what is near you.
- That the area causes it. Cars in some areas do more short trips, see more salt, or have owners who wait for an advisory to become a failure. The test cannot separate those.
- Anything about a single car. These are rates over hundreds or thousands of tests, not a prediction for one vehicle — one car with a bad exhaust is one car with a bad exhaust.
For context, this model's best area runs 6 points above its own all-years national rate.