MOT Test Classes – description
A description and explanation of the current (early 2018) MOT vehicle Test classes.
New MOT Test vehicle class designations are here.
The vehicles subject to Test under the Regulations are divided into the following Test classes:
| Class | Description | Age at which first test is required (years) |
| 1 | Motor bicycles (with or without sidecars) up to 200 cm3 | 3 |
| 2 | All motor bicycles (including Class 1) (with or without sidecars). | 3 |
| 3 | 3 wheeled vehicles not more than 450 kg unladen weight (excluding motor bicycles with side cars). (3 wheeled vehicles more than 450 kg unladen are in class 4.) | 3 |
| 4 | Cars, passenger vehicles, motor caravans, Private Hire Vehicles, Motor Tricycles, Quadricycles and dual purpose vehicles in all cases with up to eight passenger seats | 3 |
| Goods vehicles not exceeding 3,000 kg Design Gross Weight (DGW). | 3 | |
| Taxis and ambulances in either case with up to eight passenger seats. | 1 | |
Passenger vehicles, ambulances, motor caravans and dual purpose vehicles in all cases with nine to twelve passenger seats that;
| 1 | |
| 4A | The class 4A test is the normal class 4 test with the addition of a check on the installation of certain seat belts. Passenger vehicles, ambulances, motor caravans and dual purpose vehicles in all cases with nine to twelve passenger seats that:
| 1 |
| 5 | Private passenger vehicles, ambulances, motor caravans and dual purpose vehicles in all cases with thirteen or more passenger seats (including community and play buses, etc.) that:
| 1 |
| 5A | The class 5A test is the normal class 5 test with the addition of a check on the installation of certain seat belts. Passenger vehicles, ambulances, motor caravans and dual purpose vehicles in all cases with thirteen or more passenger seats (including community buses, etc.) that:
| 1 |
| 6, 6A | Public service vehicles (PSVs). Tested by DVSA at DVSA Testing Stations, or other designated premises. | 1 |
| 7 | Goods Vehicles over 3,000 kg up to and including 3,500 kg DGW | 3 |