Nissan Leaf 2020 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Nissan Leaf 2020 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 96.0% in HP down to 84.0% in DD — 12 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 46 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 12-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2020 Nissan Leaf 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 £18–£44 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
140 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Honda Cr-V (12.1). Narrower: Volkswagen Golf (12).
Rates are for the 2020 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 | 84.0% | 381 |
| PO | 86.8% | 295 |
| NN | 87.1% | 388 |
| GL | 88.1% | 243 |
| SE | 89.0% | 498 |
| SN | 89.1% | 266 |
| BA | 89.7% | 203 |
| EH | 89.8% | 725 |
| TN | 89.8% | 285 |
| MK | 90.4% | 365 |
| EX | 90.5% | 211 |
| M | 90.7% | 205 |
| DE | 90.7% | 367 |
| RG | 90.8% | 400 |
| LS | 90.9% | 219 |
| KT | 90.9% | 263 |
| G | 91.1% | 834 |
| HA | 91.4% | 220 |
| RH | 91.4% | 220 |
| OX | 91.4% | 407 |
| S | 91.4% | 489 |
| ST | 91.7% | 253 |
| NW | 91.8% | 376 |
| N | 91.9% | 310 |
| SO | 92.3% | 286 |
| YO | 92.3% | 208 |
| BH | 92.5% | 226 |
| WA | 92.6% | 297 |
| PE | 92.7% | 382 |
| KY | 92.7% | 232 |
| CR | 92.9% | 210 |
| NE | 93.0% | 483 |
| CF | 93.2% | 235 |
| BN | 93.3% | 283 |
| LE | 93.8% | 289 |
| B | 93.9% | 396 |
| TW | 94.1% | 205 |
| BS | 94.2% | 398 |
| NR | 94.5% | 237 |
| CV | 94.6% | 298 |
| IP | 94.7% | 243 |
| DN | 94.7% | 206 |
| NG | 94.7% | 360 |
| E | 94.8% | 363 |
| GU | 94.9% | 311 |
| HP | 96.0% | 200 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (85.6%), 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 10 points above its own all-years national rate.