BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Peugeot Squab: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Squab years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.6% average, from 767 DVSA tests.

1996
highest-passing year · 68.0%
1998
lowest-passing year · 62.2%
5.8pp
spread across 3 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: 1996 (68.0% of 253 tests). Lowest: 1998 (62.2% of 90). Years more than two points below the model average: 1998.

61%65%69%1996: 68.0% pass (253 tests)1997: 66.5% pass (358 tests)1998: 62.2% pass (90 tests)199619971998
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (66.6%)
1996 253 68.0% +1.4 pp
1997 358 66.5% -0.1 pp
1998 90 62.2% -4.4 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 · 2005–2013
54%65%76%2005: 66.7% pass (33 tests)2006: 69.6% pass (148 tests)2007: 58.4% pass (101 tests)2008: 72.5% pass (91 tests)2009: 69.8% pass (63 tests)2010: 70.3% pass (64 tests)2011: 62.7% pass (51 tests)2012: 57.9% pass (38 tests)2013: 71.8% pass (39 tests)20052013

Questions

Which Squab years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1998 registered examples pass first time less often than the Peugeot Squab overall (66.6%); the 1998 cohort is lowest at 62.2% from 90 tests.
Which Squab year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1996, at 68.0% of 253 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Squab pass rate vary by year?
5.8 percentage points between the highest (1996, 68.0%) and lowest (1998, 62.2%) 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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