Toyota Prius 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Toyota Prius 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 98.2% in SM down to 84.0% in BS — 14.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 53 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 14.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2019 Toyota Prius in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.7 extra failures — about £13–£36 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
121 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Skoda Octavia (14.2). Narrower: Kia Niro (14.1).
Rates are for the 2019 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BS | 84.0% | 382 |
| AL | 85.3% | 225 |
| NN | 86.5% | 451 |
| EH | 87.9% | 282 |
| BN | 88.1% | 327 |
| OX | 89.5% | 477 |
| PE | 89.6% | 212 |
| WS | 90.0% | 299 |
| GU | 90.0% | 321 |
| CV | 90.2% | 396 |
| RG | 90.3% | 340 |
| CB | 90.6% | 256 |
| L | 90.7% | 227 |
| SO | 90.8% | 444 |
| CF | 90.8% | 305 |
| BB | 91.1% | 437 |
| ST | 91.4% | 695 |
| OL | 91.8% | 643 |
| N | 91.8% | 2,439 |
| MK | 91.9% | 406 |
| WV | 91.9% | 310 |
| RH | 92.1% | 241 |
| LE | 92.6% | 891 |
| DA | 92.7% | 490 |
| ME | 92.8% | 250 |
| SE | 93.0% | 1,572 |
| TN | 93.0% | 330 |
| NG | 93.2% | 502 |
| TW | 93.3% | 1,044 |
| HP | 93.4% | 519 |
| WF | 93.6% | 203 |
| S | 93.6% | 549 |
| B | 94.0% | 4,282 |
| DE | 94.1% | 370 |
| NW | 94.1% | 3,654 |
| BL | 94.2% | 703 |
| SL | 94.3% | 664 |
| M | 94.4% | 1,068 |
| KT | 94.4% | 304 |
| IG | 94.5% | 1,614 |
| RM | 94.7% | 2,166 |
| EN | 94.8% | 861 |
| E | 94.9% | 5,977 |
| UB | 95.2% | 2,708 |
| BR | 95.3% | 233 |
| CR | 96.0% | 1,842 |
| DY | 96.2% | 211 |
| HA | 96.4% | 3,282 |
| LU | 96.9% | 868 |
| BD | 96.9% | 842 |
| SW | 97.2% | 1,234 |
| W | 97.9% | 941 |
| SM | 98.2% | 341 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (88.3%), 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.