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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio Typhoon 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Typhoon 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.9% average, from 9,714 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 80.0%
2000
lowest-passing year · 67.5%
12.5pp
spread across 16 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: 2017 (80.0% of 170 tests). Lowest: 2000 (67.5% of 1,596). Years more than two points below the model average: 1995, 2000, 2001, 2011.

65%74%83%1995: 68.5% pass (73 tests)1996: 73.3% pass (434 tests)1997: 76.4% pass (444 tests)1998: 77.6% pass (201 tests)1999: 69.9% pass (584 tests)2000: 67.5% pass (1,596 tests)2001: 69.5% pass (1,491 tests)2002: 71.2% pass (955 tests)2003: 71.7% pass (1,023 tests)2011: 68.2% pass (233 tests)2012: 73.9% pass (564 tests)2013: 77.7% pass (651 tests)2014: 74.6% pass (539 tests)2015: 79.0% pass (357 tests)2016: 73.9% pass (326 tests)2017: 80.0% pass (170 tests)199520032017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (71.9%)
1995 73 68.5% -3.4 pp
1996 434 73.3% +1.4 pp
1997 444 76.4% +4.5 pp
1998 201 77.6% +5.7 pp
1999 584 69.9% -2.0 pp
2000 1,596 67.5% -4.4 pp
2001 1,491 69.5% -2.4 pp
2002 955 71.2% -0.7 pp
2003 1,023 71.7% -0.2 pp
2011 233 68.2% -3.7 pp
2012 564 73.9% +2.0 pp
2013 651 77.7% +5.8 pp
2014 539 74.6% +2.7 pp
2015 357 79.0% +7.1 pp
2016 326 73.9% +2.0 pp
2017 170 80.0% +8.1 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
60%75%89%2005: 73.9% pass (272 tests)2006: 72.3% pass (1,238 tests)2007: 70.7% pass (979 tests)2008: 67.1% pass (790 tests)2009: 65.1% pass (651 tests)2010: 65.6% pass (515 tests)2011: 67.7% pass (465 tests)2012: 68.6% pass (395 tests)2013: 69.4% pass (330 tests)2014: 69.2% pass (305 tests)2015: 74.8% pass (337 tests)2016: 71.3% pass (460 tests)2017: 73.7% pass (438 tests)2018: 77.7% pass (395 tests)2019: 74.3% pass (370 tests)2020: 76.6% pass (406 tests)2021: 77.7% pass (372 tests)2022: 78.0% pass (359 tests)2023: 79.6% pass (284 tests)2024: 84.0% pass (175 tests)2025: 80.3% pass (178 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Typhoon 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1995, 2000, 2001, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Typhoon 125 overall (71.9%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 67.5% from 1,596 tests.
Which Typhoon 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 80.0% of 170 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1997, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017.
How much does the Typhoon 125 pass rate vary by year?
12.5 percentage points between the highest (2017, 80.0%) and lowest (2000, 67.5%) 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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