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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gas Gas Ec: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ec years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.0% average, from 936 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 83.0%
2013
lowest-passing year · 74.3%
8.7pp
spread across 4 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: 2006 (83.0% of 53 tests). Lowest: 2013 (74.3% of 74). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

73%79%85%2006: 83.0% pass (53 tests)2013: 74.3% pass (74 tests)2014: 78.8% pass (165 tests)2015: 80.0% pass (185 tests)200620142015
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.0%)
2006 53 83.0% +4.0 pp
2013 74 74.3% -4.7 pp
2014 165 78.8% -0.2 pp
2015 185 80.0% +1.0 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 · 2017–2025
71%79%87%2017: 77.4% pass (62 tests)2018: 77.8% pass (81 tests)2019: 80.0% pass (80 tests)2020: 77.2% pass (92 tests)2021: 77.5% pass (120 tests)2022: 74.0% pass (123 tests)2023: 84.5% pass (103 tests)2024: 80.0% pass (80 tests)2025: 84.1% pass (63 tests)20172025

Questions

Which Ec years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gas Gas Ec overall (79.0%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 74.3% from 74 tests.
Which Ec year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 83.0% of 53 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Ec pass rate vary by year?
8.7 percentage points between the highest (2006, 83.0%) and lowest (2013, 74.3%) 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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