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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia RX 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RX 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 62.8% average, from 1,517 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 70.4%
2008
lowest-passing year · 47.3%
23.1pp
spread across 13 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: 2018 (70.4% of 152 tests). Lowest: 2008 (47.3% of 55). Years more than two points below the model average: 1993, 2008, 2019.

43%59%75%1992: 65.8% pass (73 tests)1993: 53.8% pass (78 tests)1994: 65.1% pass (83 tests)1995: 67.8% pass (118 tests)1996: 62.0% pass (108 tests)2008: 47.3% pass (55 tests)2009: 65.1% pass (63 tests)2010: 61.8% pass (55 tests)2018: 70.4% pass (152 tests)2019: 57.1% pass (105 tests)2020: 63.0% pass (100 tests)2021: 65.5% pass (119 tests)2022: 63.2% pass (106 tests)199220092022
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (62.8%)
1992 73 65.8% +3.0 pp
1993 78 53.8% -9.0 pp
1994 83 65.1% +2.3 pp
1995 118 67.8% +5.0 pp
1996 108 62.0% -0.8 pp
2008 55 47.3% -15.5 pp
2009 63 65.1% +2.3 pp
2010 55 61.8% -1.0 pp
2018 152 70.4% +7.6 pp
2019 105 57.1% -5.7 pp
2020 100 63.0% +0.2 pp
2021 119 65.5% +2.7 pp
2022 106 63.2% +0.4 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 · 2005–2025
51%61%71%2005: 54.8% pass (31 tests)2006: 66.7% pass (102 tests)2007: 60.0% pass (75 tests)2008: 62.0% pass (71 tests)2009: 66.0% pass (50 tests)2010: 55.4% pass (56 tests)2011: 55.1% pass (49 tests)2012: 65.6% pass (61 tests)2013: 54.8% pass (62 tests)2014: 55.6% pass (63 tests)2015: 59.6% pass (47 tests)2016: 61.4% pass (44 tests)2017: 58.5% pass (41 tests)2021: 66.7% pass (57 tests)2022: 68.1% pass (94 tests)2023: 60.9% pass (128 tests)2024: 64.5% pass (152 tests)2025: 67.1% pass (258 tests)20052025

Questions

Which RX 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1993, 2008, 2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia RX 125 overall (62.8%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 47.3% from 55 tests.
Which RX 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 70.4% of 152 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1992, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2018, 2021.
How much does the RX 125 pass rate vary by year?
23.1 percentage points between the highest (2018, 70.4%) and lowest (2008, 47.3%) 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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