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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda Afs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Afs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.5% average, from 2,268 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 92.6%
2014
lowest-passing year · 80.0%
12.6pp
spread across 5 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 (92.6% of 54 tests). Lowest: 2014 (80.0% of 780). Years more than two points below the model average: 2014.

77%86%95%2013: 80.7% pass (332 tests)2014: 80.0% pass (780 tests)2015: 82.0% pass (654 tests)2016: 89.2% pass (424 tests)2017: 92.6% pass (54 tests)201320152017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (82.5%)
2013 332 80.7% -1.8 pp
2014 780 80.0% -2.5 pp
2015 654 82.0% -0.5 pp
2016 424 89.2% +6.7 pp
2017 54 92.6% +10.1 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 · 2016–2025
70%79%88%2016: 72.7% pass (33 tests)2017: 83.8% pass (204 tests)2018: 80.2% pass (278 tests)2019: 85.2% pass (325 tests)2020: 82.0% pass (278 tests)2021: 84.0% pass (312 tests)2022: 82.2% pass (275 tests)2023: 82.3% pass (237 tests)2024: 82.7% pass (162 tests)2025: 81.5% pass (162 tests)20162025

Questions

Which Afs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2014 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda Afs overall (82.5%); the 2014 cohort is lowest at 80.0% from 780 tests.
Which Afs year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 92.6% of 54 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2016, 2017.
How much does the Afs pass rate vary by year?
12.6 percentage points between the highest (2017, 92.6%) and lowest (2014, 80.0%) 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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