Honda Pes 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Pes 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.4% average, from 7,229 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 81.7%

2012

lowest-passing year · 76.8%

4.9pp

spread across 7 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: 2011 (81.7% of 197 tests). Lowest: 2012 (76.8% of 142).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.4%)
2006	2,434	78.3%	-0.1 pp
2007	2,212	77.1%	-1.3 pp
2008	1,293	80.6%	+2.2 pp
2009	557	79.0%	+0.6 pp
2010	391	77.7%	-0.7 pp
2011	197	81.7%	+3.3 pp
2012	142	76.8%	-1.6 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 · 2009–2025

Questions

Which Pes 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Pes 125 falls more than two points under the model's 78.4% overall pass rate.
Which Pes 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 81.7% of 197 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2011.
How much does the Pes 125 pass rate vary by year?: 4.9 percentage points between the highest (2011, 81.7%) and lowest (2012, 76.8%) 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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