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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio FLY 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which FLY 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.4% average, from 6,444 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 73.8%
2007
lowest-passing year · 66.4%
7.4pp
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: 2012 (73.8% of 470 tests). Lowest: 2007 (66.4% of 690). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007, 2008, 2009.

65%70%75%2005: 72.8% pass (1,150 tests)2006: 72.2% pass (562 tests)2007: 66.4% pass (690 tests)2008: 67.6% pass (1,012 tests)2009: 68.2% pass (812 tests)2010: 71.7% pass (867 tests)2011: 70.3% pass (817 tests)2012: 73.8% pass (470 tests)200520092012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (70.4%)
2005 1,150 72.8% +2.4 pp
2006 562 72.2% +1.8 pp
2007 690 66.4% -4.0 pp
2008 1,012 67.6% -2.8 pp
2009 812 68.2% -2.2 pp
2010 867 71.7% +1.3 pp
2011 817 70.3% -0.1 pp
2012 470 73.8% +3.4 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 · 2008–2025
59%70%81%2008: 73.4% pass (139 tests)2009: 77.5% pass (209 tests)2010: 69.8% pass (308 tests)2011: 72.3% pass (455 tests)2012: 62.9% pass (561 tests)2013: 68.2% pass (638 tests)2014: 70.2% pass (754 tests)2015: 72.4% pass (749 tests)2016: 68.9% pass (589 tests)2017: 69.8% pass (529 tests)2018: 76.1% pass (326 tests)2019: 66.7% pass (258 tests)2020: 73.3% pass (191 tests)2021: 71.2% pass (226 tests)2022: 74.4% pass (199 tests)2023: 71.1% pass (128 tests)2024: 70.2% pass (94 tests)2025: 73.3% pass (86 tests)20082025

Questions

Which FLY 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007, 2008, 2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio FLY 125 overall (70.4%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 66.4% from 690 tests.
Which FLY 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 73.8% of 470 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2005, 2012.
How much does the FLY 125 pass rate vary by year?
7.4 percentage points between the highest (2012, 73.8%) and lowest (2007, 66.4%) 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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