Dacia Sandero 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Dacia Sandero 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.8% in DA down to 61.5% in KY — 27.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 92 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 27.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2015 Dacia Sandero in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.4 extra failures — about £44–£122 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
2 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Nissan Micra (29.9). Narrower: Fiat Doblo (26.2).
Rates are for the 2015 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 | 61.5% | 671 |
| DD | 64.4% | 793 |
| FK | 66.6% | 769 |
| AB | 66.8% | 800 |
| PH | 67.1% | 334 |
| ML | 67.1% | 882 |
| SR | 67.5% | 271 |
| EH | 67.7% | 1,401 |
| KA | 68.4% | 713 |
| HD | 68.5% | 273 |
| PA | 68.7% | 967 |
| YO | 68.9% | 531 |
| IV | 69.3% | 661 |
| G | 70.0% | 2,650 |
| NP | 70.3% | 693 |
| DL | 70.7% | 379 |
| LU | 70.9% | 203 |
| BD | 71.0% | 511 |
| HR | 71.2% | 229 |
| HU | 71.2% | 535 |
| WF | 71.4% | 447 |
| HX | 71.4% | 217 |
| ST | 71.4% | 711 |
| LL | 71.9% | 698 |
| SP | 71.9% | 260 |
| FY | 71.9% | 317 |
| CW | 72.1% | 301 |
| DH | 72.5% | 433 |
| TF | 72.5% | 233 |
| LS | 72.8% | 595 |
| DG | 72.9% | 369 |
| BN | 72.9% | 528 |
| CF | 72.9% | 1,732 |
| LN | 73.0% | 270 |
| GL | 73.2% | 567 |
| BL | 73.2% | 489 |
| OX | 73.3% | 468 |
| OL | 73.3% | 401 |
| WN | 73.4% | 470 |
| NE | 73.4% | 1,286 |
| SA | 73.7% | 2,565 |
| TA | 74.1% | 216 |
| DN | 74.1% | 599 |
| NR | 74.3% | 843 |
| WR | 74.4% | 273 |
| CA | 74.5% | 329 |
| TS | 74.6% | 531 |
| S | 74.6% | 852 |
| NN | 74.7% | 554 |
| SK | 74.7% | 487 |
| NG | 74.8% | 630 |
| M | 74.8% | 1,013 |
| DE | 74.9% | 455 |
| PL | 75.2% | 707 |
| CH | 75.3% | 999 |
| BS | 75.4% | 785 |
| BB | 75.4% | 358 |
| SN | 75.4% | 354 |
| EX | 75.5% | 629 |
| WV | 75.6% | 373 |
| GU | 75.6% | 320 |
| SY | 75.9% | 373 |
| CV | 75.9% | 577 |
| SO | 76.2% | 416 |
| TR | 76.4% | 420 |
| LA | 76.5% | 268 |
| PR | 76.5% | 528 |
| WS | 76.6% | 432 |
| IP | 76.6% | 501 |
| CM | 76.7% | 279 |
| CT | 76.7% | 421 |
| TN | 76.9% | 624 |
| RH | 77.0% | 339 |
| WA | 77.2% | 841 |
| BA | 77.3% | 440 |
| HP | 77.5% | 316 |
| MK | 77.6% | 389 |
| CB | 77.9% | 263 |
| ME | 78.3% | 530 |
| RG | 78.4% | 389 |
| PE | 78.6% | 579 |
| LE | 78.8% | 499 |
| BH | 78.8% | 495 |
| PO | 78.9% | 870 |
| CO | 79.0% | 243 |
| L | 79.4% | 916 |
| B | 79.5% | 1,275 |
| CR | 82.2% | 208 |
| KT | 82.7% | 243 |
| DY | 83.2% | 310 |
| SS | 85.1% | 362 |
| DA | 88.8% | 232 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (79.9%), 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 9 points above its own all-years national rate.