BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Daelim S Five: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which S Five years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 67.8% average, from 678 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 76.9%
2005
lowest-passing year · 62.7%
14.2pp
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: 2006 (76.9% of 121 tests). Lowest: 2005 (62.7% of 150). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005.

60%70%80%2004: 67.3% pass (257 tests)2005: 62.7% pass (150 tests)2006: 76.9% pass (121 tests)200420052006
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (67.8%)
2004 257 67.3% -0.5 pp
2005 150 62.7% -5.1 pp
2006 121 76.9% +9.1 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 · 2007–2015
53%71%88%2007: 82.1% pass (56 tests)2008: 67.5% pass (83 tests)2009: 61.6% pass (86 tests)2010: 68.8% pass (77 tests)2011: 61.8% pass (76 tests)2012: 71.7% pass (60 tests)2013: 69.5% pass (59 tests)2014: 59.1% pass (44 tests)2015: 64.7% pass (34 tests)20072015

Questions

Which S Five years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Daelim S Five overall (67.8%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 62.7% from 150 tests.
Which S Five year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 76.9% of 121 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the S Five pass rate vary by year?
14.2 percentage points between the highest (2006, 76.9%) and lowest (2005, 62.7%) 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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