NCT audit finds 2.5% of checks deemed 'unacceptable'

An annual audit of inspectors at National Car Test centres found 2.5% of checks on vehicles were deemed “unacceptable”.

The latest annual review of the performance of NCT centres reveals that 64 out of 2,586 reviews of test results during 2018 were rated poor or unacceptable. It established that inspectors in each case had incorrectly assessed or omitted one major item or six minor items.