Honda PS125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which PS125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.8% average, from 1,231 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 81.5%

2006

lowest-passing year · 75.0%

6.5pp

spread across 6 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 (81.5% of 233 tests). Lowest: 2006 (75.0% of 216). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2010.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.8%)
2006	216	75.0%	-3.8 pp
2007	186	78.0%	-0.8 pp
2008	324	80.6%	+1.8 pp
2009	233	81.5%	+2.7 pp
2010	131	75.6%	-3.2 pp
2011	80	80.0%	+1.2 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 · 2010–2023

Questions

Which PS125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2006, 2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda PS125 overall (78.8%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 75.0% from 216 tests.
Which PS125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 81.5% of 233 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the PS125 pass rate vary by year?: 6.5 percentage points between the highest (2009, 81.5%) and lowest (2006, 75.0%) 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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