BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Derbi Atlantis: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Atlantis years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.4% average, from 1,505 DVSA tests.

2003
highest-passing year · 80.2%
2005
lowest-passing year · 68.8%
11.4pp
spread across 9 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 (80.2% of 232 tests). Lowest: 2005 (68.8% of 160). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006.

67%75%82%1999: 73.4% pass (94 tests)2000: 70.3% pass (266 tests)2001: 76.5% pass (243 tests)2002: 72.6% pass (226 tests)2003: 80.2% pass (232 tests)2004: 69.0% pass (58 tests)2005: 68.8% pass (160 tests)2006: 70.0% pass (160 tests)2007: 73.8% pass (61 tests)199920032007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (73.4%)
1999 94 73.4% +0.0 pp
2000 266 70.3% -3.1 pp
2001 243 76.5% +3.1 pp
2002 226 72.6% -0.8 pp
2003 232 80.2% +6.8 pp
2004 58 69.0% -4.4 pp
2005 160 68.8% -4.6 pp
2006 160 70.0% -3.4 pp
2007 61 73.8% +0.4 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 · 2005–2016
57%70%83%2005: 78.0% pass (41 tests)2006: 78.8% pass (226 tests)2007: 77.7% pass (179 tests)2008: 72.3% pass (166 tests)2009: 68.8% pass (157 tests)2010: 72.1% pass (140 tests)2011: 78.7% pass (127 tests)2012: 75.4% pass (122 tests)2013: 61.7% pass (94 tests)2014: 67.2% pass (67 tests)2015: 70.2% pass (47 tests)2016: 69.7% pass (33 tests)20052016

Questions

Which Atlantis years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Derbi Atlantis overall (73.4%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 68.8% from 160 tests.
Which Atlantis year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2003, at 80.2% of 232 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2003.
How much does the Atlantis pass rate vary by year?
11.4 percentage points between the highest (2003, 80.2%) and lowest (2005, 68.8%) 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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