Honda NES125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NES125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.3% average, from 536 DVSA tests.

2000

highest-passing year · 88.6%

2001

lowest-passing year · 84.4%

4.2pp

spread across 3 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: 2000 (88.6% of 70 tests). Lowest: 2001 (84.4% of 257).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.3%)
2000	70	88.6%	+4.3 pp
2001	257	84.4%	+0.1 pp
2002	175	84.6%	+0.3 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which NES125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda NES125 falls more than two points under the model's 84.3% overall pass rate.
Which NES125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2000, at 88.6% of 70 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NES125 pass rate vary by year?: 4.2 percentage points between the highest (2000, 88.6%) and lowest (2001, 84.4%) 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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