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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda ANF125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ANF125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.8% average, from 19,221 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 86.9%
2004
lowest-passing year · 77.7%
9.2pp
spread across 10 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: 2009 (86.9% of 719 tests). Lowest: 2004 (77.7% of 5,389). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004.

76%82%89%2003: 79.2% pass (5,094 tests)2004: 77.7% pass (5,389 tests)2005: 78.6% pass (2,391 tests)2006: 79.6% pass (1,684 tests)2007: 80.1% pass (1,288 tests)2008: 84.7% pass (1,022 tests)2009: 86.9% pass (719 tests)2010: 83.8% pass (881 tests)2011: 84.7% pass (569 tests)2012: 81.7% pass (153 tests)200320082012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.8%)
2003 5,094 79.2% -0.6 pp
2004 5,389 77.7% -2.1 pp
2005 2,391 78.6% -1.2 pp
2006 1,684 79.6% -0.2 pp
2007 1,288 80.1% +0.3 pp
2008 1,022 84.7% +4.9 pp
2009 719 86.9% +7.1 pp
2010 881 83.8% +4.0 pp
2011 569 84.7% +4.9 pp
2012 153 81.7% +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 · 2006–2020
74%80%85%2006: 80.9% pass (592 tests)2007: 82.6% pass (1,172 tests)2008: 79.4% pass (1,458 tests)2009: 76.4% pass (1,621 tests)2010: 77.7% pass (1,706 tests)2011: 75.8% pass (1,798 tests)2012: 77.3% pass (1,823 tests)2013: 81.0% pass (1,810 tests)2014: 81.9% pass (1,683 tests)2015: 83.0% pass (1,557 tests)2016: 80.0% pass (1,234 tests)2017: 81.2% pass (997 tests)2018: 81.4% pass (641 tests)2019: 83.0% pass (575 tests)2020: 83.3% pass (514 tests)20062020

Questions

Which ANF125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda ANF125 overall (79.8%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 77.7% from 5,389 tests.
Which ANF125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 86.9% of 719 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
How much does the ANF125 pass rate vary by year?
9.2 percentage points between the highest (2009, 86.9%) and lowest (2004, 77.7%) 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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