Sachs Madass: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Madass years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.4% average, from 1,189 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 82.1%

2005

lowest-passing year · 62.4%

19.7pp

spread across 6 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 (82.1% of 67 tests). Lowest: 2005 (62.4% of 101). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2006.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (74.4%)
2004	242	72.7%	-1.7 pp
2005	101	62.4%	-12.0 pp
2006	254	71.3%	-3.1 pp
2007	215	77.2%	+2.8 pp
2008	199	80.9%	+6.5 pp
2009	67	82.1%	+7.7 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 · 2008–2025

Questions

Which Madass years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2005, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Sachs Madass overall (74.4%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 62.4% from 101 tests.
Which Madass year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 82.1% of 67 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2008, 2009.
How much does the Madass pass rate vary by year?: 19.7 percentage points between the highest (2009, 82.1%) and lowest (2005, 62.4%) 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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