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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Derbi Senda: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Senda years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 55.0% average, from 9,050 DVSA tests.

2016
highest-passing year · 69.0%
2006
lowest-passing year · 46.5%
22.5pp
spread across 22 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: 2016 (69.0% of 568 tests). Lowest: 2006 (46.5% of 473). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009.

42%58%74%1996: 61.3% pass (80 tests)1997: 59.5% pass (111 tests)1998: 62.5% pass (120 tests)1999: 56.0% pass (134 tests)2000: 50.0% pass (276 tests)2001: 53.4% pass (294 tests)2002: 51.0% pass (390 tests)2003: 51.8% pass (514 tests)2004: 50.7% pass (596 tests)2005: 50.0% pass (746 tests)2006: 46.5% pass (473 tests)2007: 51.4% pass (601 tests)2008: 57.2% pass (939 tests)2009: 51.0% pass (768 tests)2010: 58.0% pass (517 tests)2011: 54.9% pass (514 tests)2012: 55.6% pass (462 tests)2013: 63.8% pass (207 tests)2014: 60.2% pass (93 tests)2015: 62.6% pass (350 tests)2016: 69.0% pass (568 tests)2017: 61.4% pass (236 tests)199620072017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (55.0%)
1996 80 61.3% +6.3 pp
1997 111 59.5% +4.5 pp
1998 120 62.5% +7.5 pp
1999 134 56.0% +1.0 pp
2000 276 50.0% -5.0 pp
2001 294 53.4% -1.6 pp
2002 390 51.0% -4.0 pp
2003 514 51.8% -3.2 pp
2004 596 50.7% -4.3 pp
2005 746 50.0% -5.0 pp
2006 473 46.5% -8.5 pp
2007 601 51.4% -3.6 pp
2008 939 57.2% +2.2 pp
2009 768 51.0% -4.0 pp
2010 517 58.0% +3.0 pp
2011 514 54.9% -0.1 pp
2012 462 55.6% +0.6 pp
2013 207 63.8% +8.8 pp
2014 93 60.2% +5.2 pp
2015 350 62.6% +7.6 pp
2016 568 69.0% +14.0 pp
2017 236 61.4% +6.4 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 · 2005–2025
39%57%75%2005: 56.4% pass (110 tests)2006: 57.8% pass (389 tests)2007: 55.6% pass (365 tests)2008: 49.9% pass (423 tests)2009: 49.7% pass (443 tests)2010: 49.9% pass (481 tests)2011: 44.8% pass (589 tests)2012: 50.7% pass (651 tests)2013: 51.1% pass (646 tests)2014: 52.0% pass (650 tests)2015: 56.0% pass (620 tests)2016: 56.5% pass (565 tests)2017: 56.0% pass (468 tests)2018: 50.8% pass (303 tests)2019: 60.0% pass (420 tests)2020: 69.0% pass (384 tests)2021: 62.1% pass (454 tests)2022: 59.9% pass (372 tests)2023: 63.6% pass (316 tests)2024: 65.3% pass (213 tests)2025: 59.6% pass (188 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Senda years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Derbi Senda overall (55.0%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 46.5% from 473 tests.
Which Senda year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2016, at 69.0% of 568 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
How much does the Senda pass rate vary by year?
22.5 percentage points between the highest (2016, 69.0%) and lowest (2006, 46.5%) 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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