BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Peugeot Tweet: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Tweet years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.4% average, from 6,718 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 81.9%
2012
lowest-passing year · 73.2%
8.7pp
spread across 11 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: 2018 (81.9% of 670 tests). Lowest: 2012 (73.2% of 403). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012, 2019.

71%78%84%2010: 81.1% pass (95 tests)2011: 77.0% pass (200 tests)2012: 73.2% pass (403 tests)2013: 78.6% pass (639 tests)2014: 79.6% pass (1,076 tests)2015: 76.7% pass (1,112 tests)2016: 77.2% pass (1,090 tests)2017: 80.9% pass (913 tests)2018: 81.9% pass (670 tests)2019: 73.9% pass (330 tests)2020: 80.1% pass (136 tests)201020152020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (78.4%)
2010 95 81.1% +2.7 pp
2011 200 77.0% -1.4 pp
2012 403 73.2% -5.2 pp
2013 639 78.6% +0.2 pp
2014 1,076 79.6% +1.2 pp
2015 1,112 76.7% -1.7 pp
2016 1,090 77.2% -1.2 pp
2017 913 80.9% +2.5 pp
2018 670 81.9% +3.5 pp
2019 330 73.9% -4.5 pp
2020 136 80.1% +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 · 2015–2025
74%81%87%2015: 82.4% pass (34 tests)2016: 85.2% pass (61 tests)2017: 81.4% pass (306 tests)2018: 77.8% pass (410 tests)2019: 76.5% pass (609 tests)2020: 80.5% pass (931 tests)2021: 78.5% pass (1,165 tests)2022: 78.0% pass (1,054 tests)2023: 76.3% pass (914 tests)2024: 76.8% pass (639 tests)2025: 80.0% pass (564 tests)20152025

Questions

Which Tweet years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2012, 2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Peugeot Tweet overall (78.4%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 73.2% from 403 tests.
Which Tweet year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 81.9% of 670 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2010, 2017, 2018.
How much does the Tweet pass rate vary by year?
8.7 percentage points between the highest (2018, 81.9%) and lowest (2012, 73.2%) 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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