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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio PX 125 (vespa): MOT pass rate by registration year

Which PX 125 (vespa) years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.0% average, from 33,171 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 89.7%
1999
lowest-passing year · 76.7%
13.0pp
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: 2009 (89.7% of 68 tests). Lowest: 1999 (76.7% of 412). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2000, 2001.

74%83%92%1999: 76.7% pass (412 tests)2000: 77.6% pass (2,788 tests)2001: 78.9% pass (4,840 tests)2002: 81.2% pass (4,680 tests)2003: 80.1% pass (4,509 tests)2004: 81.1% pass (3,272 tests)2005: 81.6% pass (2,720 tests)2006: 83.2% pass (3,248 tests)2007: 82.6% pass (3,849 tests)2008: 84.2% pass (2,633 tests)2009: 89.7% pass (68 tests)199920042009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (81.0%)
1999 412 76.7% -4.3 pp
2000 2,788 77.6% -3.4 pp
2001 4,840 78.9% -2.1 pp
2002 4,680 81.2% +0.2 pp
2003 4,509 80.1% -0.9 pp
2004 3,272 81.1% +0.1 pp
2005 2,720 81.6% +0.6 pp
2006 3,248 83.2% +2.2 pp
2007 3,849 82.6% +1.6 pp
2008 2,633 84.2% +3.2 pp
2009 68 89.7% +8.7 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 · 2005–2025
75%82%89%2005: 81.8% pass (187 tests)2006: 80.2% pass (1,301 tests)2007: 81.2% pass (1,507 tests)2008: 77.2% pass (1,683 tests)2009: 78.4% pass (1,872 tests)2010: 78.7% pass (2,127 tests)2011: 78.0% pass (2,415 tests)2012: 78.2% pass (2,370 tests)2013: 80.5% pass (2,265 tests)2014: 79.8% pass (2,196 tests)2015: 80.7% pass (2,093 tests)2016: 81.2% pass (1,918 tests)2017: 82.8% pass (1,761 tests)2018: 82.5% pass (1,291 tests)2019: 84.1% pass (1,224 tests)2020: 84.8% pass (1,045 tests)2021: 84.0% pass (1,328 tests)2022: 84.2% pass (1,332 tests)2023: 83.5% pass (1,250 tests)2024: 86.5% pass (973 tests)2025: 85.8% pass (1,033 tests)20052025

Questions

Which PX 125 (vespa) years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999, 2000, 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio PX 125 (vespa) overall (81.0%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 76.7% from 412 tests.
Which PX 125 (vespa) year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 89.7% of 68 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2008, 2009.
How much does the PX 125 (vespa) pass rate vary by year?
13.0 percentage points between the highest (2009, 89.7%) and lowest (1999, 76.7%) 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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