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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Moto Roma Roadrunner 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Roadrunner 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 72.3% average, from 701 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 77.0%
2002
lowest-passing year · 65.7%
11.3pp
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: 2001 (77.0% of 100 tests). Lowest: 2002 (65.7% of 134). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002.

63%71%79%2001: 77.0% pass (100 tests)2002: 65.7% pass (134 tests)2003: 72.5% pass (131 tests)2004: 74.2% pass (132 tests)2005: 74.0% pass (100 tests)200120032005
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (72.3%)
2001 100 77.0% +4.7 pp
2002 134 65.7% -6.6 pp
2003 131 72.5% +0.2 pp
2004 132 74.2% +1.9 pp
2005 100 74.0% +1.7 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 · 2006–2012
53%71%89%2006: 75.4% pass (118 tests)2007: 74.5% pass (106 tests)2008: 73.3% pass (105 tests)2009: 68.4% pass (79 tests)2010: 71.2% pass (66 tests)2011: 58.5% pass (65 tests)2012: 82.5% pass (40 tests)20062012

Questions

Which Roadrunner 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Moto Roma Roadrunner 50 overall (72.3%); the 2002 cohort is lowest at 65.7% from 134 tests.
Which Roadrunner 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 77.0% of 100 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Roadrunner 50 pass rate vary by year?
11.3 percentage points between the highest (2001, 77.0%) and lowest (2002, 65.7%) 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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