Bsa Golden Flash: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Golden Flash years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.3% average, from 714 DVSA tests.

1960

highest-passing year · 98.1%

1959

lowest-passing year · 91.7%

6.4pp

spread across 4 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: 1960 (98.1% of 53 tests). Lowest: 1959 (91.7% of 60).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.3%)
1954	118	92.4%	+0.1 pp
1959	60	91.7%	-0.6 pp
1960	53	98.1%	+5.8 pp
1961	118	94.9%	+2.6 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 · 2006–2012

Questions

Which Golden Flash years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Bsa Golden Flash falls more than two points under the model's 92.3% overall pass rate.
Which Golden Flash year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1960, at 98.1% of 53 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1960, 1961.
How much does the Golden Flash pass rate vary by year?: 6.4 percentage points between the highest (1960, 98.1%) and lowest (1959, 91.7%) 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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