Kia Picanto 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Kia Picanto 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 95.4% in LE down to 83.0% in KY — 12.4 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 98 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 12.4-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2018 Kia Picanto in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.6 extra failures — about £20–£53 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
136 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Mitsubishi L200 (12.5). Narrower: Vauxhall Grandland (12.4).
Rates are for the 2018 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 | 83.0% | 584 |
| AB | 83.9% | 347 |
| CR | 85.0% | 373 |
| DD | 85.2% | 378 |
| CW | 85.4% | 403 |
| NN | 85.9% | 696 |
| ML | 86.3% | 270 |
| G | 86.7% | 862 |
| FK | 86.7% | 345 |
| WD | 86.9% | 251 |
| EH | 87.2% | 932 |
| KA | 87.2% | 290 |
| LS | 87.3% | 637 |
| CF | 87.3% | 1,275 |
| SO | 87.6% | 702 |
| TR | 87.8% | 401 |
| RH | 87.9% | 688 |
| PR | 88.0% | 552 |
| TQ | 88.1% | 277 |
| BN | 88.2% | 711 |
| BL | 88.5% | 710 |
| NG | 88.5% | 1,269 |
| HD | 88.6% | 315 |
| LU | 88.6% | 315 |
| L | 88.6% | 561 |
| NW | 88.6% | 263 |
| BS | 88.6% | 869 |
| SP | 88.6% | 220 |
| OX | 88.7% | 476 |
| FY | 88.8% | 240 |
| SG | 88.8% | 525 |
| CB | 88.9% | 443 |
| LL | 89.1% | 257 |
| NP | 89.2% | 563 |
| WN | 89.3% | 205 |
| M | 89.3% | 619 |
| DH | 89.3% | 291 |
| WS | 89.4% | 320 |
| WF | 89.4% | 518 |
| ST | 89.5% | 626 |
| SS | 89.6% | 279 |
| DE | 89.6% | 713 |
| WA | 89.6% | 762 |
| NE | 89.6% | 811 |
| GL | 89.7% | 426 |
| CV | 89.7% | 563 |
| CM | 89.7% | 739 |
| TN | 89.7% | 564 |
| WR | 89.8% | 235 |
| EX | 89.8% | 480 |
| SE | 89.9% | 207 |
| CO | 90.0% | 271 |
| HU | 90.1% | 283 |
| HG | 90.2% | 234 |
| AL | 90.2% | 357 |
| BB | 90.2% | 368 |
| NR | 90.2% | 634 |
| DL | 90.3% | 349 |
| MK | 90.4% | 585 |
| YO | 90.5% | 754 |
| CT | 90.5% | 475 |
| CH | 90.8% | 435 |
| B | 90.9% | 1,146 |
| IP | 91.0% | 456 |
| PO | 91.0% | 1,203 |
| HA | 91.1% | 369 |
| SA | 91.1% | 1,056 |
| HP | 91.1% | 360 |
| ME | 91.2% | 588 |
| TS | 91.2% | 477 |
| DN | 91.2% | 627 |
| LA | 91.3% | 346 |
| GU | 91.3% | 808 |
| BA | 91.3% | 416 |
| SN | 91.5% | 472 |
| SK | 91.6% | 926 |
| TW | 91.7% | 348 |
| OL | 91.7% | 541 |
| PL | 91.8% | 559 |
| IV | 91.8% | 232 |
| BR | 92.1% | 253 |
| PE | 92.1% | 760 |
| S | 92.1% | 1,195 |
| TA | 92.2% | 243 |
| CA | 92.4% | 250 |
| WV | 92.5% | 281 |
| BD | 92.7% | 395 |
| SL | 92.7% | 274 |
| SY | 92.9% | 239 |
| DA | 93.1% | 478 |
| LN | 93.1% | 233 |
| DY | 93.4% | 392 |
| EN | 93.5% | 309 |
| RG | 93.7% | 600 |
| RM | 94.0% | 266 |
| BH | 95.2% | 481 |
| KT | 95.4% | 476 |
| LE | 95.4% | 636 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (80.5%), 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 15 points above its own all-years national rate.