Gas Gas TXT: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TXT years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.9% average, from 589 DVSA tests.

2017

highest-passing year · 86.0%

2013

lowest-passing year · 82.5%

3.5pp

spread across 3 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: 2017 (86.0% of 50 tests). Lowest: 2013 (82.5% of 63). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013, 2014.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.9%)
2013	63	82.5%	-5.4 pp
2014	97	85.6%	-2.3 pp
2017	50	86.0%	-1.9 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 · 2017–2025

Questions

Which TXT years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2013, 2014 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gas Gas TXT overall (87.9%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 82.5% from 63 tests.
Which TXT year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2017, at 86.0% of 50 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the TXT pass rate vary by year?: 3.5 percentage points between the highest (2017, 86.0%) and lowest (2013, 82.5%) 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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