Aprilia SR 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SR 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 69.3% average, from 5,701 DVSA tests.

2001

highest-passing year · 71.0%

2000

lowest-passing year · 67.3%

3.7pp

spread across 5 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: 2001 (71.0% of 1,755 tests). Lowest: 2000 (67.3% of 1,754).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (69.3%)
1999	968	70.7%	+1.4 pp
2000	1,754	67.3%	-2.0 pp
2001	1,755	71.0%	+1.7 pp
2002	646	67.6%	-1.7 pp
2003	487	70.0%	+0.7 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

Questions

Which SR 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Aprilia SR 125 falls more than two points under the model's 69.3% overall pass rate.
Which SR 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2001, at 71.0% of 1,755 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SR 125 pass rate vary by year?: 3.7 percentage points between the highest (2001, 71.0%) and lowest (2000, 67.3%) 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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