BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

TGB Delivery: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Delivery years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.7% average, from 794 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 77.1%
2016
lowest-passing year · 63.8%
13.3pp
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: 2013 (77.1% of 70 tests). Lowest: 2016 (63.8% of 116). Years more than two points below the model average: 2015, 2016.

61%70%80%2004: 74.6% pass (71 tests)2005: 75.8% pass (95 tests)2012: 74.6% pass (63 tests)2013: 77.1% pass (70 tests)2015: 72.4% pass (58 tests)2016: 63.8% pass (116 tests)200420132016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (74.7%)
2004 71 74.6% -0.1 pp
2005 95 75.8% +1.1 pp
2012 63 74.6% -0.1 pp
2013 70 77.1% +2.4 pp
2015 58 72.4% -2.3 pp
2016 116 63.8% -10.9 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 · 2009–2022
62%75%89%2009: 73.6% pass (53 tests)2010: 71.8% pass (39 tests)2011: 81.8% pass (33 tests)2012: 76.5% pass (34 tests)2013: 83.8% pass (37 tests)2014: 75.8% pass (33 tests)2015: 84.4% pass (45 tests)2016: 66.1% pass (59 tests)2017: 77.2% pass (57 tests)2018: 78.0% pass (50 tests)2019: 68.5% pass (73 tests)2020: 74.1% pass (58 tests)2021: 71.4% pass (63 tests)2022: 71.1% pass (45 tests)20092022

Questions

Which Delivery years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2015, 2016 registered examples pass first time less often than the TGB Delivery overall (74.7%); the 2016 cohort is lowest at 63.8% from 116 tests.
Which Delivery year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 77.1% of 70 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Delivery pass rate vary by year?
13.3 percentage points between the highest (2013, 77.1%) and lowest (2016, 63.8%) 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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