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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda SCV100: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SCV100 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.7% average, from 31,347 DVSA tests.

2008
highest-passing year · 80.5%
2005
lowest-passing year · 70.1%
10.4pp
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: 2008 (80.5% of 82 tests). Lowest: 2005 (70.1% of 6,244).

68%75%83%2003: 71.0% pass (4,212 tests)2004: 71.2% pass (7,130 tests)2005: 70.1% pass (6,244 tests)2006: 70.3% pass (5,537 tests)2007: 70.7% pass (8,074 tests)2008: 80.5% pass (82 tests)200320062008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (70.7%)
2003 4,212 71.0% +0.3 pp
2004 7,130 71.2% +0.5 pp
2005 6,244 70.1% -0.6 pp
2006 5,537 70.3% -0.4 pp
2007 8,074 70.7% +0.0 pp
2008 82 80.5% +9.8 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 · 2006–2025
63%75%86%2006: 76.0% pass (495 tests)2007: 74.9% pass (1,437 tests)2008: 73.3% pass (2,162 tests)2009: 70.5% pass (2,778 tests)2010: 69.7% pass (3,626 tests)2011: 69.5% pass (3,554 tests)2012: 67.2% pass (3,244 tests)2013: 67.0% pass (2,841 tests)2014: 70.7% pass (2,451 tests)2015: 68.7% pass (1,982 tests)2016: 71.0% pass (1,623 tests)2017: 71.5% pass (1,281 tests)2018: 73.8% pass (795 tests)2019: 72.1% pass (675 tests)2020: 78.0% pass (549 tests)2021: 75.6% pass (595 tests)2022: 73.7% pass (479 tests)2023: 79.6% pass (357 tests)2024: 76.9% pass (225 tests)2025: 82.1% pass (196 tests)20062025

Questions

Which SCV100 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Honda SCV100 falls more than two points under the model's 70.7% overall pass rate.
Which SCV100 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2008, at 80.5% of 82 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SCV100 pass rate vary by year?
10.4 percentage points between the highest (2008, 80.5%) and lowest (2005, 70.1%) 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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