Derbi Predator: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Predator years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.3% average, from 1,298 DVSA tests.

2000

highest-passing year · 71.1%

2003

lowest-passing year · 59.8%

11.3pp

spread across 5 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 (71.1% of 363 tests). Lowest: 2003 (59.8% of 256). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2003.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (66.3%)
1999	202	68.3%	+2.0 pp
2000	363	71.1%	+4.8 pp
2001	258	64.3%	-2.0 pp
2002	161	62.7%	-3.6 pp
2003	256	59.8%	-6.5 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 · 2005–2014

Questions

Which Predator years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2002, 2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Derbi Predator overall (66.3%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 59.8% from 256 tests.
Which Predator year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2000, at 71.1% of 363 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Predator pass rate vary by year?: 11.3 percentage points between the highest (2000, 71.1%) and lowest (2003, 59.8%) 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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