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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gas Gas Ec 300: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ec 300 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.8% average, from 2,832 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 82.7%
2006
lowest-passing year · 75.7%
7.0pp
spread across 11 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: 2012 (82.7% of 98 tests). Lowest: 2006 (75.7% of 350). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2006.

74%79%84%2000: 79.2% pass (125 tests)2001: 77.5% pass (293 tests)2002: 80.7% pass (399 tests)2003: 79.1% pass (311 tests)2004: 79.7% pass (212 tests)2005: 76.6% pass (380 tests)2006: 75.7% pass (350 tests)2007: 80.4% pass (285 tests)2008: 78.3% pass (129 tests)2009: 82.0% pass (122 tests)2012: 82.7% pass (98 tests)200020052012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (78.8%)
2000 125 79.2% +0.4 pp
2001 293 77.5% -1.3 pp
2002 399 80.7% +1.9 pp
2003 311 79.1% +0.3 pp
2004 212 79.7% +0.9 pp
2005 380 76.6% -2.2 pp
2006 350 75.7% -3.1 pp
2007 285 80.4% +1.6 pp
2008 129 78.3% -0.5 pp
2009 122 82.0% +3.2 pp
2012 98 82.7% +3.9 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 · 2006–2025
69%78%88%2006: 78.0% pass (118 tests)2007: 82.6% pass (109 tests)2008: 81.8% pass (132 tests)2009: 76.9% pass (156 tests)2010: 74.5% pass (192 tests)2011: 77.1% pass (205 tests)2012: 75.1% pass (213 tests)2013: 77.8% pass (212 tests)2014: 80.1% pass (211 tests)2015: 82.5% pass (189 tests)2016: 77.5% pass (182 tests)2017: 80.8% pass (146 tests)2018: 71.8% pass (110 tests)2019: 79.0% pass (119 tests)2020: 78.1% pass (105 tests)2021: 81.0% pass (121 tests)2022: 83.3% pass (102 tests)2023: 83.3% pass (78 tests)2024: 84.7% pass (59 tests)2025: 82.1% pass (56 tests)20062025

Questions

Which Ec 300 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2005, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gas Gas Ec 300 overall (78.8%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 75.7% from 350 tests.
Which Ec 300 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 82.7% of 98 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2009, 2012.
How much does the Ec 300 pass rate vary by year?
7.0 percentage points between the highest (2012, 82.7%) and lowest (2006, 75.7%) 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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