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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ajs Digita: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Digita years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.7% average, from 980 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 82.8%
2020
lowest-passing year · 63.2%
19.6pp
spread across 9 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2013 (82.8% of 64 tests). Lowest: 2020 (63.2% of 87). Years more than two points below the model average: 2015, 2018, 2020.

59%73%87%2013: 82.8% pass (64 tests)2014: 72.6% pass (84 tests)2015: 66.2% pass (71 tests)2016: 77.0% pass (113 tests)2017: 80.1% pass (141 tests)2018: 66.1% pass (177 tests)2019: 76.5% pass (119 tests)2020: 63.2% pass (87 tests)2021: 80.0% pass (80 tests)201320172021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (73.7%)
2013 64 82.8% +9.1 pp
2014 84 72.6% -1.1 pp
2015 71 66.2% -7.5 pp
2016 113 77.0% +3.3 pp
2017 141 80.1% +6.4 pp
2018 177 66.1% -7.6 pp
2019 119 76.5% +2.8 pp
2020 87 63.2% -10.5 pp
2021 80 80.0% +6.3 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2017–2025
63%75%86%2017: 70.7% pass (41 tests)2018: 81.1% pass (37 tests)2019: 73.8% pass (65 tests)2020: 82.2% pass (107 tests)2021: 66.9% pass (130 tests)2022: 69.8% pass (126 tests)2023: 69.9% pass (143 tests)2024: 74.1% pass (143 tests)2025: 76.3% pass (156 tests)20172025

Questions

Which Digita years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2015, 2018, 2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ajs Digita overall (73.7%); the 2020 cohort is lowest at 63.2% from 87 tests.
Which Digita year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 82.8% of 64 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021.
How much does the Digita pass rate vary by year?
19.6 percentage points between the highest (2013, 82.8%) and lowest (2020, 63.2%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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