Daelim VS 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VS 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 64.1% average, from 728 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 66.3%

2001

lowest-passing year · 56.5%

9.8pp

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: 2003 (66.3% of 365 tests). Lowest: 2001 (56.5% of 69). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001, 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (64.1%)
2000	108	65.7%	+1.6 pp
2001	69	56.5%	-7.6 pp
2002	156	60.9%	-3.2 pp
2003	365	66.3%	+2.2 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which VS 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Daelim VS 125 overall (64.1%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 56.5% from 69 tests.
Which VS 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 66.3% of 365 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VS 125 pass rate vary by year?: 9.8 percentage points between the highest (2003, 66.3%) and lowest (2001, 56.5%) 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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