MOT Computerisation passes the 50 million mark!

VOSA’s MOT Computerisation system continues to go from strength to strength with the news that the 50 millionth test has now been completed. The milestone was reached at 11.44am on Wednesday 28th March by Stuart Sloan of RH Patterson & Co Ltd in Newcastle. He was testing a Ford Focus, which passed.

RH Patterson & Co Ltd will receive a plaque to commemorate the achievement, which will be presented to them at 10.30am on Tuesday 24th April.

The speed at which the database is expanding can be measured by the fact that the first 25 million tests took 15 months to record, whereas the second only took nine months. The system was launched back in 2005 in partnership with Siemens IT Solutions and Services Ltd and has been successfully introduced to all 18,700 private MOT garages throughout Great Britain at no cost to the garages themselves.

This news comes hot on the heels of MOT Computerisation’s nomination at the prestigious Government Computing Awards for Innovation. It has been nominated in the Best Project – Government to Business category, with the winner to be announced at Madame Tussaud’s in London on 26th April.

Alex Fiddes, VOSA’s Private Vehicle Director, said: “This achievement, combined with the award nomination, shows that MOT Computerisation is proving to be a great success. More MOT tests are currently being carried out and more MOT certificates are being issued than at any time in history. Over 34m tests were conducted during the past 12 months and over 25m new style MOT certificates were issued.”