SYM Voyager 250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Voyager 250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.0% average, from 723 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 90.6%

2007

lowest-passing year · 82.3%

8.3pp

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: 2009 (90.6% of 149 tests). Lowest: 2007 (82.3% of 96). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2007.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.0%)
2006	89	83.1%	-3.9 pp
2007	96	82.3%	-4.7 pp
2008	286	87.8%	+0.8 pp
2009	149	90.6%	+3.6 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 · 2011–2022

Questions

Which Voyager 250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2006, 2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Voyager 250 overall (87.0%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 82.3% from 96 tests.
Which Voyager 250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 90.6% of 149 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Voyager 250 pass rate vary by year?: 8.3 percentage points between the highest (2009, 90.6%) and lowest (2007, 82.3%) 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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