Honda SH 125-4: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SH 125-4 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.0% average, from 2,088 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 79.8%

2004

lowest-passing year · 77.2%

2.6pp

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: 2006 (79.8% of 104 tests). Lowest: 2004 (77.2% of 452).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.0%)
2004	452	77.2%	-0.8 pp
2005	1,508	77.9%	-0.1 pp
2006	104	79.8%	+1.8 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 · 2007–2023

Questions

Which SH 125-4 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda SH 125-4 falls more than two points under the model's 78.0% overall pass rate.
Which SH 125-4 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 79.8% of 104 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SH 125-4 pass rate vary by year?: 2.6 percentage points between the highest (2006, 79.8%) and lowest (2004, 77.2%) 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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