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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Jungle: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Jungle years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.2% average, from 946 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 77.6%
1999
lowest-passing year · 64.9%
12.7pp
spread across 4 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: 2001 (77.6% of 174 tests). Lowest: 1999 (64.9% of 333). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999.

62%71%80%1999: 64.9% pass (333 tests)2000: 72.9% pass (262 tests)2001: 77.6% pass (174 tests)2002: 75.6% pass (86 tests)199920012002
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (70.2%)
1999 333 64.9% -5.3 pp
2000 262 72.9% +2.7 pp
2001 174 77.6% +7.4 pp
2002 86 75.6% +5.4 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 · 2005–2014
59%69%79%2005: 71.4% pass (42 tests)2006: 75.9% pass (158 tests)2007: 70.5% pass (139 tests)2008: 68.8% pass (109 tests)2009: 64.5% pass (93 tests)2010: 71.8% pass (78 tests)2011: 69.0% pass (58 tests)2012: 62.5% pass (56 tests)2013: 75.0% pass (48 tests)2014: 75.6% pass (41 tests)20052014

Questions

Which Jungle years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Jungle overall (70.2%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 64.9% from 333 tests.
Which Jungle year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 77.6% of 174 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2000, 2001, 2002.
How much does the Jungle pass rate vary by year?
12.7 percentage points between the highest (2001, 77.6%) and lowest (1999, 64.9%) 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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