Garages in West Sussex

What they can test

All 61 test cars and small vans. Of those, 6 take motorbikes, 18 handle larger vans up to 3,500kg and 10 can test minibuses and coaches. Crawley has the most, with 42 of them. 53 of the 61 are independents rather than chain branches.

How MOTs go in West Sussex

Drivers in West Sussex saw 70.5% of MOTs pass first time in 2025. Great Britain managed 72.5%, so this is 2.0 points behind. Within the county the range runs from 67.3% in Worthing to 74.2% in Crawley.

Cars here averaged 11.5 years old against 10.7 nationally, and age is what drives the difference. Clocks read 74,000 miles on average, and 1.9% of tests were electric cars.

Town by town

Pass rates are by postcode area. Age is the average for everything tested there during 2025.

Towns in West Sussex