MBK Booster: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Booster years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.5% average, from 890 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 71.9%

2000

lowest-passing year · 58.8%

13.1pp

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: 2003 (71.9% of 64 tests). Lowest: 2000 (58.8% of 85). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (66.5%)
1998	117	66.7%	+0.2 pp
1999	127	68.5%	+2.0 pp
2000	85	58.8%	-7.7 pp
2001	346	66.2%	-0.3 pp
2002	92	59.8%	-6.7 pp
2003	64	71.9%	+5.4 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 · 2005–2014

Questions

Which Booster years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2000, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the MBK Booster overall (66.5%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 58.8% from 85 tests.
Which Booster year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 71.9% of 64 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Booster pass rate vary by year?: 13.1 percentage points between the highest (2003, 71.9%) and lowest (2000, 58.8%) 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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