Honda Pes 125 A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Pes 125 A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.3% average, from 7,342 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 79.1%

2012

lowest-passing year · 77.0%

2.1pp

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: 2010 (79.1% of 1,647 tests). Lowest: 2012 (77.0% of 2,131).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.3%)
2010	1,647	79.1%	+0.8 pp
2011	2,509	78.8%	+0.5 pp
2012	2,131	77.0%	-1.3 pp
2013	1,032	78.9%	+0.6 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 Pes 125 A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Pes 125 A falls more than two points under the model's 78.3% overall pass rate.
Which Pes 125 A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 79.1% of 1,647 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Pes 125 A pass rate vary by year?: 2.1 percentage points between the highest (2010, 79.1%) and lowest (2012, 77.0%) 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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