Daelim NS125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NS125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.6% average, from 611 DVSA tests.

2000

highest-passing year · 76.6%

2005

lowest-passing year · 68.9%

7.7pp

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: 2000 (76.6% of 137 tests). Lowest: 2005 (68.9% of 122). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001, 2005.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (73.6%)
2000	137	76.6%	+3.0 pp
2001	60	70.0%	-3.6 pp
2004	110	72.7%	-0.9 pp
2005	122	68.9%	-4.7 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 · 2006–2014

Questions

Which NS125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Daelim NS125 overall (73.6%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 68.9% from 122 tests.
Which NS125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2000, at 76.6% of 137 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NS125 pass rate vary by year?: 7.7 percentage points between the highest (2000, 76.6%) and lowest (2005, 68.9%) 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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