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NCT Longford · Pass rate

NCT Longford pass rate

In 2025, 41.7% of cars passed first time at Longford, 7.5 points below the Irish average of 49.2%, down 2.9 points on 2024. It ranks 48 of 50 centres. 88% of retests passed.

41.7%first-time pass rate, 2025
48 / 50national ranking
88%retests passed
15,552initial tests in 2025

NCT Longford pass rate by year

Best year 2022 (55.5%), weakest 2020 (37.1%), when Covid disrupted testing. The dashed line is Ireland as a whole.

35%40%45%50%55%60% 2013201520172019202120232025
LongfordIreland
YearTestsLongfordIrelandRank
202515,55241.7%49.2%48 of 50
202414,56044.6%50.6%45 of 50
202314,28351%52.9%29 of 50
202214,15355.5%54.3%22 of 49
202112,86248.7%52.8%37 of 49
20209,11937.1%43.7%36 of 47
201914,39948.1%50%34 of 47
201814,03646.9%49.2%36 of 47
201713,39742.3%48.5%45 of 47
201614,69141.4%47.2%45 of 47
201515,09741.5%48.1%45 of 47
201415,77145.5%48.4%33 of 47
201312,98146%46.6%26 of 47

How NCT Longford compares

#CentrePass rate 2025
46Monaghan42.2%
47Athlone41.7%
48Longford41.7%
49Cavan41.6%
50Ennis41.5%

All 50 centres ranked · Ireland since 2013

The car matters more than the centre

NCT Longford pass rate: questions

What is the NCT pass rate in Longford?

In 2025, 41.7% of cars passed the full NCT at Longford on the first attempt (6,488 of 15,552 initial tests), 7.5 points below the national rate of 49.2%. 88% of retests passed.

Has the pass rate at Longford gone up or down?

Results go back to 2013 (46%). The best year was 2022 (55.5%) and the weakest 2020 (37.1%). In 2025 it was 41.7%.

Is it easier to pass the NCT in Longford?

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.