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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Mio: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Mio years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.0% average, from 1,957 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 79.9%
2006
lowest-passing year · 69.6%
10.3pp
spread across 8 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: 2007 (79.9% of 139 tests). Lowest: 2006 (69.6% of 181). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2009, 2011.

68%75%82%2005: 77.2% pass (101 tests)2006: 69.6% pass (181 tests)2007: 79.9% pass (139 tests)2008: 76.2% pass (429 tests)2009: 72.2% pass (324 tests)2010: 76.2% pass (340 tests)2011: 72.7% pass (264 tests)2012: 74.7% pass (75 tests)200520092012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (75.0%)
2005 101 77.2% +2.2 pp
2006 181 69.6% -5.4 pp
2007 139 79.9% +4.9 pp
2008 429 76.2% +1.2 pp
2009 324 72.2% -2.8 pp
2010 340 76.2% +1.2 pp
2011 264 72.7% -2.3 pp
2012 75 74.7% -0.3 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 · 2009–2025
64%76%88%2009: 83.8% pass (37 tests)2010: 79.6% pass (54 tests)2011: 79.2% pass (120 tests)2012: 69.5% pass (154 tests)2013: 73.5% pass (189 tests)2014: 71.9% pass (231 tests)2015: 69.8% pass (215 tests)2016: 78.3% pass (184 tests)2017: 79.6% pass (167 tests)2018: 77.5% pass (102 tests)2019: 78.8% pass (85 tests)2020: 76.5% pass (81 tests)2021: 73.4% pass (94 tests)2022: 67.6% pass (71 tests)2023: 82.4% pass (68 tests)2024: 74.5% pass (47 tests)2025: 78.6% pass (42 tests)20092025

Questions

Which Mio years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006, 2009, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Mio overall (75.0%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 69.6% from 181 tests.
Which Mio year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 79.9% of 139 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2005, 2007.
How much does the Mio pass rate vary by year?
10.3 percentage points between the highest (2007, 79.9%) and lowest (2006, 69.6%) 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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