BMW R1250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which R1250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 95.8% average, from 33,642 DVSA tests.

2020

highest-passing year · 96.1%

2023

lowest-passing year · 94.9%

1.2pp

spread across 6 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: 2020 (96.1% of 8,229 tests). Lowest: 2023 (94.9% of 137).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (95.8%)
2018	1,474	95.7%	-0.1 pp
2019	14,053	95.5%	-0.3 pp
2020	8,229	96.1%	+0.3 pp
2021	6,535	96.1%	+0.3 pp
2022	3,200	96.0%	+0.2 pp
2023	137	94.9%	-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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which R1250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW R1250 falls more than two points under the model's 95.8% overall pass rate.
Which R1250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2020, at 96.1% of 8,229 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the R1250 pass rate vary by year?: 1.2 percentage points between the highest (2020, 96.1%) and lowest (2023, 94.9%) 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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