Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Scrambler Desert Sled years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.5% average, from 2,364 DVSA tests.

2018

highest-passing year · 91.0%

2019

lowest-passing year · 84.4%

6.6pp

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: 2018 (91.0% of 566 tests). Lowest: 2019 (84.4% of 347). Years more than two points below the model average: 2019, 2020.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.5%)
2017	1,093	88.9%	+0.4 pp
2018	566	91.0%	+2.5 pp
2019	347	84.4%	-4.1 pp
2020	145	85.5%	-3.0 pp
2021	170	87.6%	-0.9 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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which Scrambler Desert Sled years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2019, 2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled overall (88.5%); the 2019 cohort is lowest at 84.4% from 347 tests.
Which Scrambler Desert Sled year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2018, at 91.0% of 566 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Scrambler Desert Sled pass rate vary by year?: 6.6 percentage points between the highest (2018, 91.0%) and lowest (2019, 84.4%) 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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