BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Derbi Terra: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Terra years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.1% average, from 744 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 76.5%
2009
lowest-passing year · 65.3%
11.2pp
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: 2015 (76.5% of 81 tests). Lowest: 2009 (65.3% of 101). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

63%71%79%2008: 71.8% pass (71 tests)2009: 65.3% pass (101 tests)2010: 71.9% pass (64 tests)2015: 76.5% pass (81 tests)2016: 74.5% pass (290 tests)200820102016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (71.1%)
2008 71 71.8% +0.7 pp
2009 101 65.3% -5.8 pp
2010 64 71.9% +0.8 pp
2015 81 76.5% +5.4 pp
2016 290 74.5% +3.4 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 · 2013–2025
61%71%81%2013: 73.0% pass (37 tests)2014: 67.5% pass (40 tests)2015: 64.7% pass (34 tests)2017: 66.7% pass (33 tests)2018: 68.1% pass (47 tests)2019: 73.2% pass (71 tests)2020: 77.8% pass (72 tests)2021: 70.0% pass (100 tests)2022: 71.3% pass (87 tests)2023: 66.7% pass (75 tests)2024: 71.4% pass (49 tests)2025: 71.8% pass (39 tests)20132025

Questions

Which Terra years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Derbi Terra overall (71.1%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 65.3% from 101 tests.
Which Terra year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 76.5% of 81 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2015, 2016.
How much does the Terra pass rate vary by year?
11.2 percentage points between the highest (2015, 76.5%) and lowest (2009, 65.3%) 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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