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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Lexmoto Dfe 125-8A Street: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Dfe 125-8A Street years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 59.0% average, from 953 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 69.4%
2012
lowest-passing year · 56.0%
13.4pp
spread across 4 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: 2013 (69.4% of 124 tests). Lowest: 2012 (56.0% of 391). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012.

53%63%72%2010: 58.6% pass (116 tests)2011: 58.6% pass (319 tests)2012: 56.0% pass (391 tests)2013: 69.4% pass (124 tests)201020122013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (59.0%)
2010 116 58.6% -0.4 pp
2011 319 58.6% -0.4 pp
2012 391 56.0% -3.0 pp
2013 124 69.4% +10.4 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 · 2013–2021
50%63%76%2013: 57.1% pass (35 tests)2014: 54.2% pass (118 tests)2015: 56.1% pass (212 tests)2016: 62.6% pass (211 tests)2017: 58.9% pass (146 tests)2018: 60.0% pass (60 tests)2019: 54.8% pass (42 tests)2020: 71.9% pass (32 tests)2021: 63.9% pass (36 tests)20132021

Questions

Which Dfe 125-8A Street years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Dfe 125-8A Street overall (59.0%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 56.0% from 391 tests.
Which Dfe 125-8A Street year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 69.4% of 124 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Dfe 125-8A Street pass rate vary by year?
13.4 percentage points between the highest (2013, 69.4%) and lowest (2012, 56.0%) 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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