Generic Cracker: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Cracker years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.2% average, from 1,188 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 79.2%

2005

lowest-passing year · 59.8%

19.4pp

spread across 6 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: 2010 (79.2% of 53 tests). Lowest: 2005 (59.8% of 117). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2008.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (66.2%)
2005	117	59.8%	-6.4 pp
2006	219	67.1%	+0.9 pp
2007	136	69.9%	+3.7 pp
2008	394	62.4%	-3.8 pp
2009	175	67.4%	+1.2 pp
2010	53	79.2%	+13.0 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 · 2009–2018

Questions

Which Cracker years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2005, 2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Generic Cracker overall (66.2%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 59.8% from 117 tests.
Which Cracker year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 79.2% of 53 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2010.
How much does the Cracker pass rate vary by year?: 19.4 percentage points between the highest (2010, 79.2%) and lowest (2005, 59.8%) 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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