MOT TEST STATIONS

MOT test stations in SOUTHEND on Sea (SS)

31 stations in SOUTHEND on Sea, 20% of the 152 in the SS area — from the DVSA's active list

Test stations

DVSA active station list, pulled 30 September 2026.

MOT test stations in SOUTHEND on Sea

MOT test stations in SOUTHEND on Sea: 31 are licensed to test class 4 vehicles — cars, vans, motorhomes and people carriers. That is 20% of the 152 in the SS postcode area.

All 31 stations in SOUTHEND on Sea

MOTs in SOUTHEND on Sea vs the country

Cars tested in the SS postcode area pass 84.9% of MOT tests, and 84.8% once the local mix of ages and mileage is adjusted to the national one — 17 of 118 areas. Nationally it is 81.0%.

The common failures here add up to £487–£1,323 of parts per 100 tests, against £615–£1,675 nationally — 19 of 118 areas, cheapest first.

That is about the cars, not about the garages below. The anonymised test data has no station field, so there is no per-station pass rate on this site. The full area picture →

What an MOT costs

The maximum fee for a car is £54.85, with no VAT on top; stations may charge less. A fail gets a free retest if you leave the car for repair and return within 10 working days, or for a listed set of items before the end of the next working day — the rules in full. The common failures are priced on the repair price list, and the calculator adds up your own items.