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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Indian Motorcycle Scout Sixty: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Scout Sixty years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.2% average, from 1,103 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 95.0%
2020
lowest-passing year · 89.3%
5.7pp
spread across 5 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: 2018 (95.0% of 180 tests). Lowest: 2020 (89.3% of 56). Years more than two points below the model average: 2020.

88%92%96%2016: 92.4% pass (488 tests)2017: 90.2% pass (256 tests)2018: 95.0% pass (180 tests)2019: 92.0% pass (88 tests)2020: 89.3% pass (56 tests)201620182020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (92.2%)
2016 488 92.4% +0.2 pp
2017 256 90.2% -2.0 pp
2018 180 95.0% +2.8 pp
2019 88 92.0% -0.2 pp
2020 56 89.3% -2.9 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 · 2019–2025
87%92%96%2019: 94.5% pass (73 tests)2020: 91.0% pass (133 tests)2021: 94.9% pass (175 tests)2022: 94.1% pass (185 tests)2023: 88.8% pass (197 tests)2024: 92.0% pass (163 tests)2025: 91.4% pass (174 tests)20192025

Questions

Which Scout Sixty years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Indian Motorcycle Scout Sixty overall (92.2%); the 2020 cohort is lowest at 89.3% from 56 tests.
Which Scout Sixty year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 95.0% of 180 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Scout Sixty pass rate vary by year?
5.7 percentage points between the highest (2018, 95.0%) and lowest (2020, 89.3%) 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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