Bsa Super Rocket: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Super Rocket years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 93.6% average, from 1,549 DVSA tests.

1962

highest-passing year · 96.4%

1959

lowest-passing year · 90.1%

6.3pp

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: 1962 (96.4% of 167 tests). Lowest: 1959 (90.1% of 223). Years more than two points below the model average: 1959, 1963.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (93.6%)
1958	144	94.4%	+0.8 pp
1959	223	90.1%	-3.5 pp
1960	386	92.5%	-1.1 pp
1961	438	95.7%	+2.1 pp
1962	167	96.4%	+2.8 pp
1963	78	91.0%	-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 · 2006–2018

Questions

Which Super Rocket years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1959, 1963 registered examples pass first time less often than the Bsa Super Rocket overall (93.6%); the 1959 cohort is lowest at 90.1% from 223 tests.
Which Super Rocket year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1962, at 96.4% of 167 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1961, 1962.
How much does the Super Rocket pass rate vary by year?: 6.3 percentage points between the highest (1962, 96.4%) and lowest (1959, 90.1%) 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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