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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia Shiver: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Shiver years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.9% average, from 1,573 DVSA tests.

2019
highest-passing year · 89.7%
2011
lowest-passing year · 80.6%
9.1pp
spread across 11 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: 2019 (89.7% of 78 tests). Lowest: 2011 (80.6% of 67). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007, 2011.

79%85%92%2007: 81.8% pass (77 tests)2008: 88.6% pass (254 tests)2009: 88.4% pass (277 tests)2010: 87.5% pass (144 tests)2011: 80.6% pass (67 tests)2014: 87.3% pass (102 tests)2015: 86.2% pass (123 tests)2016: 87.2% pass (188 tests)2017: 86.6% pass (97 tests)2018: 85.6% pass (139 tests)2019: 89.7% pass (78 tests)200720142019
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.9%)
2007 77 81.8% -5.1 pp
2008 254 88.6% +1.7 pp
2009 277 88.4% +1.5 pp
2010 144 87.5% +0.6 pp
2011 67 80.6% -6.3 pp
2014 102 87.3% +0.4 pp
2015 123 86.2% -0.7 pp
2016 188 87.2% +0.3 pp
2017 97 86.6% -0.3 pp
2018 139 85.6% -1.3 pp
2019 78 89.7% +2.8 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 · 2011–2025
78%87%96%2011: 83.3% pass (30 tests)2012: 82.8% pass (58 tests)2013: 86.1% pass (79 tests)2014: 85.9% pass (78 tests)2015: 91.7% pass (72 tests)2016: 92.9% pass (70 tests)2017: 91.5% pass (82 tests)2018: 88.9% pass (81 tests)2019: 89.2% pass (102 tests)2020: 88.3% pass (103 tests)2021: 83.3% pass (162 tests)2022: 83.6% pass (195 tests)2023: 90.0% pass (180 tests)2024: 88.3% pass (137 tests)2025: 81.3% pass (139 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Shiver years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Shiver overall (86.9%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 80.6% from 67 tests.
Which Shiver year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2019, at 89.7% of 78 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Shiver pass rate vary by year?
9.1 percentage points between the highest (2019, 89.7%) and lowest (2011, 80.6%) 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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