Honda Civic 2009 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Honda Civic 2009 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 85.8% in E down to 60.6% in KY — 25.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 109 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 25.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2009 Honda Civic in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.3 extra failures — about £25–£69 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
7 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Meriva (25.3). Narrower: Mercedes-Benz Vito (24.7).
Rates are for the 2009 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 | 60.6% | 546 |
| AB | 63.6% | 448 |
| IV | 64.5% | 220 |
| EH | 64.9% | 907 |
| DD | 65.1% | 249 |
| FK | 65.1% | 301 |
| LN | 65.4% | 474 |
| SP | 65.4% | 422 |
| PA | 65.6% | 273 |
| HU | 66.1% | 492 |
| PL | 66.5% | 880 |
| EX | 67.3% | 780 |
| TR | 67.4% | 411 |
| KA | 67.6% | 374 |
| YO | 67.9% | 613 |
| CA | 68.3% | 338 |
| TQ | 68.4% | 541 |
| BS | 68.5% | 1,762 |
| BA | 68.5% | 674 |
| SR | 68.9% | 206 |
| G | 69.2% | 1,098 |
| ML | 69.3% | 264 |
| CF | 69.4% | 1,048 |
| TA | 69.6% | 519 |
| PO | 69.6% | 1,107 |
| HD | 69.7% | 264 |
| TF | 69.7% | 317 |
| DL | 70.0% | 233 |
| LL | 70.1% | 575 |
| WD | 70.1% | 415 |
| NP | 70.1% | 579 |
| SN | 70.2% | 808 |
| OL | 70.3% | 519 |
| FY | 70.4% | 277 |
| NG | 70.4% | 1,524 |
| LS | 70.6% | 671 |
| ST | 70.7% | 851 |
| BN | 70.8% | 981 |
| NE | 70.9% | 924 |
| NR | 71.2% | 1,008 |
| BH | 71.4% | 953 |
| CW | 71.4% | 346 |
| TN | 71.4% | 721 |
| SK | 71.4% | 658 |
| LA | 71.4% | 448 |
| GL | 71.7% | 930 |
| CH | 71.7% | 782 |
| SO | 71.9% | 956 |
| CM | 71.9% | 544 |
| SA | 71.9% | 705 |
| PR | 72.1% | 519 |
| NN | 72.1% | 944 |
| WR | 72.2% | 370 |
| TS | 72.3% | 577 |
| SY | 72.3% | 469 |
| BL | 72.6% | 540 |
| GU | 72.7% | 884 |
| DH | 72.8% | 257 |
| CT | 72.9% | 472 |
| RH | 72.9% | 690 |
| DT | 73.1% | 342 |
| RG | 73.2% | 1,390 |
| AL | 73.5% | 328 |
| OX | 73.5% | 842 |
| DY | 73.6% | 474 |
| WN | 73.8% | 332 |
| IP | 73.8% | 902 |
| SG | 74.0% | 446 |
| PE | 74.0% | 1,378 |
| WS | 74.1% | 560 |
| DN | 74.2% | 985 |
| HR | 74.3% | 230 |
| L | 74.6% | 539 |
| CB | 74.7% | 534 |
| WA | 74.8% | 644 |
| MK | 74.9% | 904 |
| CO | 74.9% | 455 |
| CV | 75.0% | 949 |
| DE | 75.1% | 774 |
| WV | 75.1% | 554 |
| BD | 76.1% | 619 |
| W | 76.2% | 277 |
| BB | 76.2% | 630 |
| S | 76.4% | 1,613 |
| WF | 76.5% | 498 |
| M | 76.6% | 1,435 |
| ME | 76.9% | 670 |
| SM | 76.9% | 208 |
| LE | 78.1% | 1,317 |
| HP | 78.2% | 671 |
| SW | 78.7% | 305 |
| SS | 78.9% | 403 |
| NW | 79.0% | 505 |
| KT | 79.1% | 651 |
| TW | 79.8% | 590 |
| RM | 79.9% | 536 |
| DA | 80.1% | 422 |
| HA | 80.6% | 808 |
| B | 80.9% | 2,936 |
| LU | 81.1% | 665 |
| SL | 81.9% | 751 |
| SE | 82.0% | 687 |
| EN | 82.5% | 400 |
| CR | 82.9% | 580 |
| N | 83.0% | 663 |
| UB | 84.2% | 735 |
| BR | 84.8% | 217 |
| IG | 84.9% | 338 |
| E | 85.8% | 917 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (79.2%), 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.