BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Beta Xtrainer: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Xtrainer years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.2% average, from 1,959 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 88.0%
2018
lowest-passing year · 77.8%
10.2pp
spread across 8 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: 2015 (88.0% of 150 tests). Lowest: 2018 (77.8% of 270). Years more than two points below the model average: 2017, 2018.

76%83%90%2015: 88.0% pass (150 tests)2016: 80.4% pass (408 tests)2017: 78.6% pass (471 tests)2018: 77.8% pass (270 tests)2019: 84.3% pass (178 tests)2020: 84.7% pass (202 tests)2021: 80.9% pass (183 tests)2022: 83.2% pass (95 tests)201520192022
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (81.2%)
2015 150 88.0% +6.8 pp
2016 408 80.4% -0.8 pp
2017 471 78.6% -2.6 pp
2018 270 77.8% -3.4 pp
2019 178 84.3% +3.1 pp
2020 202 84.7% +3.5 pp
2021 183 80.9% -0.3 pp
2022 95 83.2% +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 · 2019–2025
75%81%86%2019: 79.5% pass (83 tests)2020: 82.6% pass (167 tests)2021: 76.7% pass (275 tests)2022: 78.8% pass (293 tests)2023: 82.0% pass (366 tests)2024: 81.3% pass (326 tests)2025: 84.4% pass (424 tests)20192025

Questions

Which Xtrainer years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2017, 2018 registered examples pass first time less often than the Beta Xtrainer overall (81.2%); the 2018 cohort is lowest at 77.8% from 270 tests.
Which Xtrainer year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 88.0% of 150 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2015, 2019, 2020.
How much does the Xtrainer pass rate vary by year?
10.2 percentage points between the highest (2015, 88.0%) and lowest (2018, 77.8%) 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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