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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

BMW R1200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which R1200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.9% average, from 299,381 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 95.9%
2001
lowest-passing year · 86.0%
9.9pp
spread across 23 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: 2018 (95.9% of 14,273 tests). Lowest: 2001 (86.0% of 1,047). Years more than two points below the model average: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006.

84%91%98%1997: 86.2% pass (970 tests)1998: 88.2% pass (2,356 tests)1999: 87.6% pass (1,179 tests)2000: 86.5% pass (842 tests)2001: 86.0% pass (1,047 tests)2002: 90.8% pass (1,198 tests)2003: 91.3% pass (1,545 tests)2004: 91.8% pass (13,506 tests)2005: 90.6% pass (29,925 tests)2006: 90.6% pass (27,614 tests)2007: 91.4% pass (24,092 tests)2008: 92.0% pass (21,983 tests)2009: 92.6% pass (18,232 tests)2010: 93.1% pass (20,287 tests)2011: 93.9% pass (15,481 tests)2012: 93.8% pass (14,425 tests)2013: 93.5% pass (17,000 tests)2014: 94.2% pass (16,865 tests)2015: 94.8% pass (19,606 tests)2016: 95.6% pass (18,499 tests)2017: 95.5% pass (17,767 tests)2018: 95.9% pass (14,273 tests)2019: 94.7% pass (624 tests)199720082019
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (92.9%)
1997 970 86.2% -6.7 pp
1998 2,356 88.2% -4.7 pp
1999 1,179 87.6% -5.3 pp
2000 842 86.5% -6.4 pp
2001 1,047 86.0% -6.9 pp
2002 1,198 90.8% -2.1 pp
2003 1,545 91.3% -1.6 pp
2004 13,506 91.8% -1.1 pp
2005 29,925 90.6% -2.3 pp
2006 27,614 90.6% -2.3 pp
2007 24,092 91.4% -1.5 pp
2008 21,983 92.0% -0.9 pp
2009 18,232 92.6% -0.3 pp
2010 20,287 93.1% +0.2 pp
2011 15,481 93.9% +1.0 pp
2012 14,425 93.8% +0.9 pp
2013 17,000 93.5% +0.6 pp
2014 16,865 94.2% +1.3 pp
2015 19,606 94.8% +1.9 pp
2016 18,499 95.6% +2.7 pp
2017 17,767 95.5% +2.6 pp
2018 14,273 95.9% +3.0 pp
2019 624 94.7% +1.8 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 · 2005–2025
89%92%95%2005: 91.9% pass (111 tests)2006: 90.3% pass (722 tests)2007: 92.2% pass (1,788 tests)2008: 90.8% pass (4,341 tests)2009: 90.0% pass (6,751 tests)2010: 89.8% pass (8,491 tests)2011: 90.5% pass (10,492 tests)2012: 90.5% pass (11,565 tests)2013: 91.1% pass (13,464 tests)2014: 91.7% pass (14,604 tests)2015: 92.4% pass (16,035 tests)2016: 92.4% pass (17,947 tests)2017: 92.8% pass (19,484 tests)2018: 93.0% pass (16,672 tests)2019: 93.6% pass (18,839 tests)2020: 94.0% pass (20,561 tests)2021: 93.9% pass (26,605 tests)2022: 93.8% pass (26,058 tests)2023: 94.1% pass (25,162 tests)2024: 94.0% pass (19,402 tests)2025: 94.2% pass (20,287 tests)20052025

Questions

Which R1200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the BMW R1200 overall (92.9%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 86.0% from 1,047 tests.
Which R1200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 95.9% of 14,273 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2016, 2017, 2018.
How much does the R1200 pass rate vary by year?
9.9 percentage points between the highest (2018, 95.9%) and lowest (2001, 86.0%) 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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