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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Harley-Davidson Street: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Street years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.2% average, from 2,244 DVSA tests.

2014
highest-passing year · 92.5%
2013
lowest-passing year · 82.5%
10.0pp
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: 2014 (92.5% of 67 tests). Lowest: 2013 (82.5% of 80). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

81%88%95%2013: 82.5% pass (80 tests)2014: 92.5% pass (67 tests)2015: 86.1% pass (706 tests)2016: 86.1% pass (1,301 tests)201320152016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.2%)
2013 80 82.5% -3.7 pp
2014 67 92.5% +6.3 pp
2015 706 86.1% -0.1 pp
2016 1,301 86.1% -0.1 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 · 2018–2025
81%85%90%2018: 82.4% pass (102 tests)2019: 87.1% pass (317 tests)2020: 88.1% pass (294 tests)2021: 87.3% pass (354 tests)2022: 86.3% pass (335 tests)2023: 84.2% pass (311 tests)2024: 86.8% pass (243 tests)2025: 84.4% pass (256 tests)20182025

Questions

Which Street years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Street overall (86.2%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 82.5% from 80 tests.
Which Street year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2014, at 92.5% of 67 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Street pass rate vary by year?
10.0 percentage points between the highest (2014, 92.5%) 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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