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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio Beverly: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Beverly years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.2% average, from 1,692 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 90.7%
2004
lowest-passing year · 81.2%
9.5pp
spread across 8 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: 2015 (90.7% of 216 tests). Lowest: 2004 (81.2% of 313). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004.

79%86%93%2004: 81.2% pass (313 tests)2013: 89.8% pass (59 tests)2014: 90.3% pass (289 tests)2015: 90.7% pass (216 tests)2016: 87.6% pass (170 tests)2017: 87.9% pass (157 tests)2018: 89.4% pass (161 tests)2019: 89.0% pass (91 tests)200420162019
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.2%)
2004 313 81.2% -6.0 pp
2013 59 89.8% +2.6 pp
2014 289 90.3% +3.1 pp
2015 216 90.7% +3.5 pp
2016 170 87.6% +0.4 pp
2017 157 87.9% +0.7 pp
2018 161 89.4% +2.2 pp
2019 91 89.0% +1.8 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 · 2008–2025
71%83%95%2008: 84.6% pass (39 tests)2010: 87.5% pass (32 tests)2011: 79.4% pass (34 tests)2012: 83.8% pass (37 tests)2013: 79.4% pass (34 tests)2014: 75.0% pass (40 tests)2015: 78.7% pass (47 tests)2016: 81.4% pass (43 tests)2017: 86.4% pass (103 tests)2018: 88.3% pass (103 tests)2019: 85.3% pass (129 tests)2020: 91.2% pass (170 tests)2021: 87.0% pass (207 tests)2022: 89.9% pass (188 tests)2023: 89.7% pass (185 tests)2024: 89.1% pass (129 tests)2025: 88.6% pass (123 tests)20082025

Questions

Which Beverly years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Beverly overall (87.2%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 81.2% from 313 tests.
Which Beverly year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 90.7% of 216 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018.
How much does the Beverly pass rate vary by year?
9.5 percentage points between the highest (2015, 90.7%) and lowest (2004, 81.2%) 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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