Honda NT 700 Va-A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NT 700 Va-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.1% average, from 1,474 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 89.6%

2010

lowest-passing year · 83.5%

6.1pp

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: 2009 (89.6% of 193 tests). Lowest: 2010 (83.5% of 768).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.1%)
2009	193	89.6%	+4.5 pp
2010	768	83.5%	-1.6 pp
2011	492	86.2%	+1.1 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which NT 700 Va-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda NT 700 Va-A falls more than two points under the model's 85.1% overall pass rate.
Which NT 700 Va-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 89.6% of 193 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NT 700 Va-A pass rate vary by year?: 6.1 percentage points between the highest (2009, 89.6%) and lowest (2010, 83.5%) 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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