Honda SH 300 A-8: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SH 300 A-8 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.8% average, from 1,719 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 89.9%

2008

lowest-passing year · 86.4%

3.5pp

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: 2010 (89.9% of 148 tests). Lowest: 2008 (86.4% of 706).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.8%)
2008	706	86.4%	-0.4 pp
2009	861	86.5%	-0.3 pp
2010	148	89.9%	+3.1 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which SH 300 A-8 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda SH 300 A-8 falls more than two points under the model's 86.8% overall pass rate.
Which SH 300 A-8 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 89.9% of 148 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SH 300 A-8 pass rate vary by year?: 3.5 percentage points between the highest (2010, 89.9%) and lowest (2008, 86.4%) 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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