Cpi Oliver: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Oliver years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 60.2% average, from 1,135 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 64.6%

2006

lowest-passing year · 58.7%

5.9pp

spread across 3 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: 2007 (64.6% of 291 tests). Lowest: 2006 (58.7% of 549).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (60.2%)
2005	229	60.3%	+0.1 pp
2006	549	58.7%	-1.5 pp
2007	291	64.6%	+4.4 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 · 2008–2016

Questions

Which Oliver years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Cpi Oliver falls more than two points under the model's 60.2% overall pass rate.
Which Oliver year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 64.6% of 291 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Oliver pass rate vary by year?: 5.9 percentage points between the highest (2007, 64.6%) and lowest (2006, 58.7%) 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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