Lexmoto Venom: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Venom years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 60.1% average, from 5,664 DVSA tests.

2017

highest-passing year · 67.5%

2015

lowest-passing year · 56.7%

10.8pp

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: 2017 (67.5% of 689 tests). Lowest: 2015 (56.7% of 1,411). Years more than two points below the model average: 2015, 2019.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (60.1%)
2015	1,411	56.7%	-3.4 pp
2016	2,788	60.0%	-0.1 pp
2017	689	67.5%	+7.4 pp
2018	318	62.3%	+2.2 pp
2019	225	57.8%	-2.3 pp
2020	225	60.9%	+0.8 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 · 2018–2025

Questions

Which Venom years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2015, 2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Venom overall (60.1%); the 2015 cohort is lowest at 56.7% from 1,411 tests.
Which Venom year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2017, at 67.5% of 689 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2017, 2018.
How much does the Venom pass rate vary by year?: 10.8 percentage points between the highest (2017, 67.5%) and lowest (2015, 56.7%) 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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