MOT Risk Rating

DVSA is responsible for helping the MOT industry test to the right standards by supporting testers, as well as detecting and dealing with deliberate and fraudulent behaviours that compromise the MOT service. This is achieved using various interactions with testers and testing stations, such as site visits or off site reviews, vehicle re-inspections. The tool was designed to help prioritise the order in which the DVSA visits and contacts garages. These visits could be for a range of reasons, including: to provide...

There are a number of touch points for review. If vehicle examiners feel the RAG rating is inaccurate for specific testers and testing stations this information is fed back via the MOT product team and these insights are used for further development of the risk rating tool. This insight would be obtained following their review of the supporting information alongside the RAG or following a visit to a testing station.

Details of all MOT tests completed are entered into the MOT testing service by the testers. Details entered here make up the MOT test data.