The DVSA records every UK MOT test. The raw history is always free - no account, no payment.
Always free - no Bib neededWhat MOT History Tells You
Every MOT test in the UK is recorded and publicly available via the DVSA. For any car that's been through a test, you can access:
Pass or Fail
Whether the car passed or failed each test, and the date it was tested.
Failure Reasons
The exact items that caused each failure – component, location, and severity classification.
Mileage Records
The recorded mileage at each test, building a timeline you can check for consistency.
Advisory Warnings
Items flagged as not yet failing but worth monitoring before the next test.
The Problem with Raw Data
The DVSA makes MOT history freely available – and it's a good start. But raw data without context leaves the most important questions unanswered:
Is one failure bad? Depends entirely on the model. One failure on a car where every example passes first time is very different from one failure on a model that commonly struggles.
What does mileage mean? 80,000 miles on a 2015 diesel may be completely typical – or significantly above average for that model. Without a comparison, you can't tell.
Are advisories serious? Some advisories appear on nearly every car of a given model and are routine. Others indicate a pattern of neglect on this specific vehicle. The data alone won't tell you which is which.
What it looks like in your report
App screengrab
Every MOT result for this specific car with BIB's analysis of the failure pattern, advisory history, and what the mileage record tells you.
How BIB Adds Intelligence
BIB runs this car's MOT history against 143 million records from every comparable vehicle in the dataset, so the numbers mean something: