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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia SR: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SR years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.3% average, from 3,817 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 80.0%
1999
lowest-passing year · 68.3%
11.7pp
spread across 14 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: 2017 (80.0% of 120 tests). Lowest: 1999 (68.3% of 142). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2014.

66%74%82%1999: 68.3% pass (142 tests)2000: 69.2% pass (211 tests)2001: 75.5% pass (298 tests)2002: 68.4% pass (190 tests)2003: 77.3% pass (66 tests)2012: 78.2% pass (55 tests)2013: 72.4% pass (243 tests)2014: 71.9% pass (764 tests)2015: 75.1% pass (582 tests)2016: 76.6% pass (591 tests)2017: 80.0% pass (120 tests)2018: 78.4% pass (153 tests)2019: 77.4% pass (190 tests)2020: 76.3% pass (135 tests)199920142020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (74.3%)
1999 142 68.3% -6.0 pp
2000 211 69.2% -5.1 pp
2001 298 75.5% +1.2 pp
2002 190 68.4% -5.9 pp
2003 66 77.3% +3.0 pp
2012 55 78.2% +3.9 pp
2013 243 72.4% -1.9 pp
2014 764 71.9% -2.4 pp
2015 582 75.1% +0.8 pp
2016 591 76.6% +2.3 pp
2017 120 80.0% +5.7 pp
2018 153 78.4% +4.1 pp
2019 190 77.4% +3.1 pp
2020 135 76.3% +2.0 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
61%73%85%2005: 65.1% pass (43 tests)2006: 74.3% pass (171 tests)2007: 75.2% pass (117 tests)2008: 67.4% pass (89 tests)2009: 76.6% pass (77 tests)2010: 72.1% pass (61 tests)2011: 72.2% pass (54 tests)2012: 75.0% pass (60 tests)2013: 69.6% pass (56 tests)2014: 70.2% pass (57 tests)2015: 66.7% pass (51 tests)2016: 73.9% pass (46 tests)2017: 72.7% pass (245 tests)2018: 74.3% pass (249 tests)2019: 74.0% pass (331 tests)2020: 75.5% pass (335 tests)2021: 75.7% pass (383 tests)2022: 75.4% pass (399 tests)2023: 73.1% pass (413 tests)2024: 73.2% pass (314 tests)2025: 80.8% pass (266 tests)20052025

Questions

Which SR years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999, 2000, 2002, 2014 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia SR overall (74.3%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 68.3% from 142 tests.
Which SR year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 80.0% of 120 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2003, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
How much does the SR pass rate vary by year?
11.7 percentage points between the highest (2017, 80.0%) and lowest (1999, 68.3%) 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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