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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gilera SKP: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SKP years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 67.0% average, from 1,745 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 69.4%
2005
lowest-passing year · 55.6%
13.8pp
spread across 9 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: 2001 (69.4% of 219 tests). Lowest: 2005 (55.6% of 54). Years more than two points below the model average: 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005.

53%63%72%1997: 63.5% pass (52 tests)1998: 69.2% pass (292 tests)1999: 66.9% pass (356 tests)2000: 67.5% pass (308 tests)2001: 69.4% pass (219 tests)2002: 63.8% pass (69 tests)2003: 62.5% pass (240 tests)2004: 69.4% pass (124 tests)2005: 55.6% pass (54 tests)199720012005
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (67.0%)
1997 52 63.5% -3.5 pp
1998 292 69.2% +2.2 pp
1999 356 66.9% -0.1 pp
2000 308 67.5% +0.5 pp
2001 219 69.4% +2.4 pp
2002 69 63.8% -3.2 pp
2003 240 62.5% -4.5 pp
2004 124 69.4% +2.4 pp
2005 54 55.6% -11.4 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 · 2005–2011
57%70%82%2005: 65.4% pass (127 tests)2006: 66.8% pass (449 tests)2007: 63.4% pass (388 tests)2008: 61.2% pass (237 tests)2009: 62.0% pass (142 tests)2010: 77.8% pass (63 tests)2011: 67.3% pass (49 tests)20052011

Questions

Which SKP years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1997, 2002, 2003, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gilera SKP overall (67.0%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 55.6% from 54 tests.
Which SKP year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 69.4% of 219 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1998, 2001, 2004.
How much does the SKP pass rate vary by year?
13.8 percentage points between the highest (2001, 69.4%) and lowest (2005, 55.6%) 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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