Audi A1 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Audi A1 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 90.3% in UB down to 73.5% in DD — 16.8 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 111 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 16.8-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Audi A1 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.8 extra failures — about £36–£97 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
84 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Adam (16.9). Narrower: BMW 3 Series (16.8).
Rates are for the 2016 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 | 73.5% | 548 |
| AB | 74.8% | 1,058 |
| KY | 75.4% | 712 |
| PH | 75.6% | 320 |
| PA | 76.7% | 571 |
| FK | 77.0% | 513 |
| EH | 77.1% | 1,323 |
| ML | 77.7% | 620 |
| LN | 77.8% | 567 |
| G | 78.1% | 1,909 |
| KA | 78.2% | 738 |
| LS | 78.2% | 1,147 |
| SR | 78.6% | 529 |
| YO | 79.0% | 848 |
| HG | 79.0% | 305 |
| DH | 79.2% | 457 |
| NE | 79.8% | 2,113 |
| SA | 79.8% | 1,275 |
| NN | 79.9% | 1,148 |
| WN | 79.9% | 503 |
| TS | 79.9% | 997 |
| DL | 80.2% | 591 |
| CF | 80.3% | 2,247 |
| TQ | 80.3% | 274 |
| CW | 80.4% | 663 |
| ST | 80.4% | 1,017 |
| NP | 80.5% | 1,081 |
| HD | 80.9% | 497 |
| NG | 81.1% | 1,627 |
| WA | 81.1% | 954 |
| IV | 81.2% | 414 |
| CH | 81.2% | 943 |
| FY | 81.5% | 373 |
| BS | 81.5% | 1,781 |
| TR | 81.6% | 365 |
| IP | 81.7% | 914 |
| BN | 81.8% | 1,021 |
| SN | 81.8% | 670 |
| WS | 81.9% | 701 |
| TF | 81.9% | 310 |
| BD | 82.0% | 616 |
| WR | 82.2% | 506 |
| PL | 82.2% | 704 |
| HU | 82.3% | 654 |
| EX | 82.4% | 624 |
| WF | 82.4% | 942 |
| GL | 82.6% | 889 |
| BL | 82.7% | 751 |
| DE | 82.7% | 1,197 |
| L | 82.7% | 886 |
| LL | 82.8% | 752 |
| WD | 82.9% | 357 |
| PR | 82.9% | 908 |
| CB | 83.0% | 630 |
| OL | 83.0% | 654 |
| HX | 83.1% | 254 |
| OX | 83.1% | 763 |
| HR | 83.1% | 290 |
| MK | 83.2% | 853 |
| LE | 83.6% | 1,548 |
| PO | 83.6% | 720 |
| CA | 83.7% | 612 |
| DN | 83.8% | 1,257 |
| M | 83.8% | 1,347 |
| CV | 83.9% | 1,172 |
| SK | 83.9% | 957 |
| SP | 84.0% | 337 |
| RG | 84.0% | 1,208 |
| TN | 84.0% | 1,015 |
| AL | 84.1% | 477 |
| SO | 84.2% | 800 |
| SW | 84.3% | 502 |
| BH | 84.3% | 772 |
| WV | 84.4% | 572 |
| PE | 84.5% | 1,501 |
| SG | 84.6% | 781 |
| ME | 84.8% | 914 |
| CO | 84.8% | 592 |
| S | 85.0% | 2,114 |
| BA | 85.0% | 701 |
| NR | 85.0% | 1,284 |
| CM | 85.2% | 1,392 |
| SY | 85.3% | 496 |
| SS | 85.4% | 891 |
| BB | 85.6% | 667 |
| DY | 85.7% | 574 |
| W | 85.7% | 203 |
| NW | 85.8% | 592 |
| GU | 85.8% | 1,144 |
| LU | 86.4% | 440 |
| B | 86.5% | 2,851 |
| CR | 86.8% | 551 |
| RH | 86.9% | 862 |
| LA | 86.9% | 459 |
| HP | 87.0% | 854 |
| KT | 87.2% | 895 |
| CT | 87.2% | 548 |
| N | 87.5% | 606 |
| RM | 87.6% | 671 |
| IG | 87.9% | 348 |
| EN | 88.0% | 608 |
| SM | 88.0% | 225 |
| DA | 88.0% | 685 |
| TA | 88.1% | 327 |
| HA | 88.6% | 456 |
| BR | 88.7% | 424 |
| SE | 89.4% | 621 |
| SL | 89.6% | 527 |
| TW | 89.9% | 603 |
| E | 90.2% | 643 |
| UB | 90.3% | 435 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (83.2%), 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 7 points above its own all-years national rate.