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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Benelli TNT: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TNT years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.0% average, from 1,118 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 90.6%
2006
lowest-passing year · 76.4%
14.2pp
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: 2011 (90.6% of 138 tests). Lowest: 2006 (76.4% of 89). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006.

74%84%93%2004: 87.5% pass (303 tests)2005: 85.8% pass (155 tests)2006: 76.4% pass (89 tests)2007: 89.2% pass (65 tests)2008: 88.5% pass (78 tests)2009: 87.5% pass (72 tests)2010: 88.5% pass (104 tests)2011: 90.6% pass (138 tests)2012: 87.9% pass (66 tests)200420082012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.0%)
2004 303 87.5% +0.5 pp
2005 155 85.8% -1.2 pp
2006 89 76.4% -10.6 pp
2007 65 89.2% +2.2 pp
2008 78 88.5% +1.5 pp
2009 72 87.5% +0.5 pp
2010 104 88.5% +1.5 pp
2011 138 90.6% +3.6 pp
2012 66 87.9% +0.9 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 · 2007–2025
73%86%98%2007: 93.9% pass (33 tests)2008: 83.7% pass (43 tests)2009: 77.4% pass (53 tests)2010: 86.9% pass (61 tests)2011: 87.7% pass (57 tests)2012: 85.5% pass (62 tests)2013: 79.1% pass (67 tests)2014: 89.3% pass (75 tests)2015: 92.2% pass (77 tests)2016: 88.0% pass (75 tests)2017: 85.5% pass (62 tests)2018: 84.1% pass (63 tests)2019: 91.7% pass (60 tests)2020: 82.2% pass (45 tests)2021: 94.0% pass (67 tests)2022: 89.1% pass (64 tests)2023: 90.6% pass (53 tests)2024: 81.3% pass (48 tests)2025: 88.5% pass (52 tests)20072025

Questions

Which TNT years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Benelli TNT overall (87.0%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 76.4% from 89 tests.
Which TNT year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 90.6% of 138 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2011.
How much does the TNT pass rate vary by year?
14.2 percentage points between the highest (2011, 90.6%) and lowest (2006, 76.4%) 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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