NCT Athlone Pass Rate: 41.7% in 2025, Results Since 2013

41.7%first-time pass rate, 2025

47 / 50national ranking

89.4%retests passed

26,498initial tests in 2025

NCT Athlone pass rate by year

Best year 2020 (56.1%), weakest 2024 (41%). The dashed line is Ireland as a whole.

AthloneIreland

Year	Tests	Athlone	Ireland	Rank
2025	26,498	41.7%	49.2%	47 of 50
2024	27,737	41%	50.6%	49 of 50
2023	27,707	47.5%	52.9%	38 of 50
2022	19,512	54.3%	54.3%	24 of 49
2021	19,632	54.8%	52.8%	15 of 49
2020	15,834	56.1%	43.7%	2 of 47
2019	18,279	49.3%	50%	24 of 47
2018	18,167	47.3%	49.2%	35 of 47
2017	17,164	44.4%	48.5%	41 of 47
2016	19,031	45.8%	47.2%	25 of 47
2015	18,165	48.8%	48.1%	17 of 47
2014	17,120	50%	48.4%	18 of 47
2013	15,446	46.4%	46.6%	22 of 47

How NCT Athlone compares

#	Centre	Pass rate 2025
45	Carlow	43.7%
46	Monaghan	42.2%
47	Athlone	41.7%
48	Longford	41.7%
49	Cavan	41.6%

All 50 centres ranked · Ireland since 2013

The car matters more than the centre

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Volkswagen Golf · 50%Ford Focus · 41.8%Toyota Corolla · 48.4%Nissan Qashqai · 38.9%Toyota Yaris · 50.5%Volkswagen Passat · 42.9%Ford Fiesta · 46.5%Volkswagen Polo · 46.8%Škoda Octavia · 52.2%Audi A4 · 43.6%Toyota Auris · 48.6%BMW 520 · 50.2%

NCT Athlone pass rate: questions

What is the NCT pass rate in Athlone?

In 2025, 41.7% of cars passed the full NCT at Athlone on the first attempt (11,053 of 26,498 initial tests), 7.5 points below the national rate of 49.2%. 89.4% of retests passed.

Has the pass rate at Athlone gone up or down?

Results go back to 2013 (46.4%). The best year was 2020 (56.1%) and the weakest 2024 (41%). In 2025 it was 41.7%.

Is it easier to pass the NCT in Athlone?

Pass rates mostly reflect the age and condition of the cars tested locally, not how strict a centre is: every centre uses the same standard. Preparing the car makes far more difference than the centre.

RSA NCT Pass Fail Rates 2025 and the NCTS annual reviews 2013–2024 (initial tests; from 2018 "pass pending recheck" counts as a pass, as in the RSA open data). Reviewed 2 October 2026.