MOT Risk Index.co.uk

Data sources

Every figure on this site traces to a named public dataset, retrieved on a recorded date, with the ingested file's hash pinned. Current release: dvsa-2024-v1.

In the current release

SourceLicenceRetrievedSHA-256 (first 16)
DVSA — Anonymised MOT tests and results (2024), test results fileOGL v3.02026-07-301432996ede0e7fe8
DVSA — same dataset, failure items file (2024)OGL v3.02026-07-30765d3267be071737
DVSA — lookup tables (defect taxonomy)OGL v3.02026-07-30

Downloadable evidence capsule

Release motriskindex-families-2024-v2 publishes aggregate-only data for all 34 live vehicle families. Download the family table, the family-by-defect-group table, or the machine-readable manifest. The manifest defines the source, licence, unit, denominator and meaning of every column; the package contains no vehicle-level or geographic records. SHA-256 values for the release files are in checksums.txt.

Queued for future layers

DfT vehicle licensing statistics (fleet denominators, OGL) · VCA fuel and CO₂ data (OGL) · DVSA MOT History API (aggregate freshness) · RDW Netherlands APK open data (CC0) · Norway PKK inspection data (NLOD/CC BY 4.0) · Finland Traficom inspection statistics (CC BY 4.0) · US NHTSA recalls and complaints (public domain). Each layer ships only after its licence gate and join-QA pass — seemethodology and the changelog.