Ducati Streetfighter S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Streetfighter S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.5% average, from 989 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 90.3%

2009

lowest-passing year · 87.3%

3.0pp

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: 2011 (90.3% of 155 tests). Lowest: 2009 (87.3% of 472).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.5%)
2009	472	87.3%	-1.2 pp
2010	205	88.8%	+0.3 pp
2011	155	90.3%	+1.8 pp
2012	88	88.6%	+0.1 pp
2013	62	90.3%	+1.8 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 · 2012–2025

Questions

Which Streetfighter S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Streetfighter S falls more than two points under the model's 88.5% overall pass rate.
Which Streetfighter S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 90.3% of 155 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Streetfighter S pass rate vary by year?: 3.0 percentage points between the highest (2011, 90.3%) and lowest (2009, 87.3%) 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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