Ford Transit 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford Transit 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.2% in E down to 69.6% in DD — 18.7 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 115 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 18.7-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2017 Ford Transit in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.9 extra failures — about £49–£136 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
59 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Jaguar Xe (18.8). Narrower: Nissan Note (18.6).
Rates are for the 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DD | 69.6% | 726 |
| AB | 70.9% | 1,098 |
| KY | 71.5% | 975 |
| IV | 71.8% | 731 |
| PH | 72.4% | 848 |
| EH | 74.4% | 2,090 |
| HU | 75.0% | 895 |
| YO | 75.0% | 1,682 |
| PA | 75.1% | 675 |
| HD | 75.4% | 625 |
| BN | 75.5% | 1,933 |
| TQ | 75.7% | 1,175 |
| TR | 75.9% | 1,171 |
| SR | 75.9% | 403 |
| LS | 76.1% | 1,903 |
| SK | 76.4% | 1,634 |
| KW | 76.5% | 230 |
| PL | 76.7% | 1,976 |
| LN | 77.1% | 782 |
| BD | 77.5% | 1,744 |
| CH | 77.5% | 1,375 |
| ML | 77.6% | 997 |
| FK | 77.7% | 615 |
| TD | 77.8% | 406 |
| NG | 77.9% | 2,876 |
| PO | 77.9% | 2,664 |
| HG | 78.0% | 313 |
| EX | 78.0% | 2,035 |
| FY | 78.3% | 613 |
| BS | 78.5% | 3,619 |
| DN | 78.5% | 1,726 |
| GL | 78.5% | 1,831 |
| G | 78.6% | 2,506 |
| WD | 79.0% | 895 |
| CF | 79.0% | 3,241 |
| CW | 79.5% | 868 |
| BH | 79.5% | 1,621 |
| WN | 79.5% | 850 |
| NE | 79.6% | 2,497 |
| SO | 79.6% | 2,038 |
| SA | 79.7% | 2,345 |
| DT | 79.7% | 542 |
| ST | 79.8% | 1,572 |
| WA | 79.8% | 1,479 |
| NR | 79.8% | 1,884 |
| DL | 79.9% | 889 |
| SN | 80.0% | 1,383 |
| KA | 80.1% | 667 |
| NN | 80.2% | 1,604 |
| CO | 80.3% | 1,357 |
| PE | 80.3% | 2,152 |
| TS | 80.5% | 1,170 |
| NP | 80.5% | 1,516 |
| BA | 80.6% | 1,608 |
| TA | 80.7% | 1,247 |
| CT | 80.7% | 846 |
| LA | 80.7% | 966 |
| SP | 80.8% | 816 |
| DH | 81.0% | 848 |
| CB | 81.2% | 878 |
| LE | 81.2% | 2,314 |
| ME | 81.3% | 1,854 |
| PR | 81.4% | 1,509 |
| IP | 81.5% | 1,512 |
| LL | 81.6% | 1,550 |
| OL | 81.7% | 973 |
| GU | 81.7% | 1,681 |
| M | 81.8% | 2,184 |
| W | 81.8% | 446 |
| DE | 81.9% | 1,600 |
| SY | 82.0% | 1,154 |
| SG | 82.1% | 1,092 |
| WF | 82.1% | 1,334 |
| KT | 82.1% | 1,252 |
| CV | 82.2% | 1,708 |
| TF | 82.2% | 461 |
| BB | 82.2% | 1,299 |
| HP | 82.2% | 1,322 |
| HX | 82.2% | 394 |
| BL | 82.3% | 971 |
| OX | 82.4% | 1,468 |
| WS | 82.4% | 1,074 |
| WR | 82.4% | 631 |
| CA | 82.5% | 1,238 |
| DY | 82.6% | 757 |
| SW | 82.7% | 678 |
| NW | 82.8% | 1,540 |
| L | 82.9% | 1,904 |
| HR | 83.1% | 617 |
| RH | 83.2% | 1,689 |
| TN | 83.3% | 2,018 |
| TW | 83.3% | 1,369 |
| B | 83.3% | 3,390 |
| MK | 83.4% | 1,204 |
| BR | 83.4% | 621 |
| WV | 83.5% | 820 |
| CR | 83.6% | 1,547 |
| S | 83.7% | 3,348 |
| CM | 83.7% | 2,287 |
| IG | 84.2% | 872 |
| SM | 84.3% | 720 |
| DG | 84.5% | 380 |
| HA | 84.5% | 1,306 |
| AL | 84.7% | 738 |
| RG | 85.0% | 1,990 |
| DA | 85.2% | 1,801 |
| SS | 86.3% | 1,637 |
| SL | 86.6% | 1,150 |
| UB | 86.8% | 1,384 |
| LU | 86.9% | 887 |
| EN | 87.3% | 1,493 |
| RM | 87.4% | 1,808 |
| SE | 87.5% | 1,610 |
| N | 88.0% | 1,931 |
| E | 88.2% | 1,377 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (75.6%), 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 13 points above its own all-years national rate.