BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Sinnis Shuttle: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Shuttle years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.5% average, from 1,428 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 78.1%
2016
lowest-passing year · 62.7%
15.4pp
spread across 3 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 (78.1% of 219 tests). Lowest: 2016 (62.7% of 595). Years more than two points below the model average: 2016.

60%70%81%2015: 66.0% pass (539 tests)2016: 62.7% pass (595 tests)2017: 78.1% pass (219 tests)201520162017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (66.5%)
2015 539 66.0% -0.5 pp
2016 595 62.7% -3.8 pp
2017 219 78.1% +11.6 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 · 2018–2025
54%67%80%2018: 63.2% pass (144 tests)2019: 58.4% pass (231 tests)2020: 73.6% pass (295 tests)2021: 70.1% pass (281 tests)2022: 60.6% pass (188 tests)2023: 64.4% pass (132 tests)2024: 70.6% pass (68 tests)2025: 75.4% pass (61 tests)20182025

Questions

Which Shuttle years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2016 registered examples pass first time less often than the Sinnis Shuttle overall (66.5%); the 2016 cohort is lowest at 62.7% from 595 tests.
Which Shuttle year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 78.1% of 219 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Shuttle pass rate vary by year?
15.4 percentage points between the highest (2017, 78.1%) and lowest (2016, 62.7%) 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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