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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Daytona 955I SS: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Daytona 955I SS years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.3% average, from 802 DVSA tests.

2002
highest-passing year · 94.0%
2003
lowest-passing year · 83.2%
10.8pp
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: 2002 (94.0% of 50 tests). Lowest: 2003 (83.2% of 101). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003.

81%89%96%2002: 94.0% pass (50 tests)2003: 83.2% pass (101 tests)2004: 89.0% pass (154 tests)2005: 89.2% pass (120 tests)2006: 87.7% pass (284 tests)2007: 91.1% pass (90 tests)200220052007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.3%)
2002 50 94.0% +5.7 pp
2003 101 83.2% -5.1 pp
2004 154 89.0% +0.7 pp
2005 120 89.2% +0.9 pp
2006 284 87.7% -0.6 pp
2007 90 91.1% +2.8 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 · 2007–2023
79%89%100%2007: 82.5% pass (40 tests)2008: 86.0% pass (43 tests)2009: 82.5% pass (63 tests)2010: 83.6% pass (55 tests)2011: 90.9% pass (55 tests)2012: 91.8% pass (49 tests)2013: 93.5% pass (46 tests)2014: 88.4% pass (43 tests)2015: 86.3% pass (51 tests)2016: 86.7% pass (45 tests)2017: 89.5% pass (38 tests)2018: 97.0% pass (33 tests)2019: 89.7% pass (39 tests)2021: 86.1% pass (36 tests)2022: 95.3% pass (43 tests)2023: 84.8% pass (33 tests)20072023

Questions

Which Daytona 955I SS years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Daytona 955I SS overall (88.3%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 83.2% from 101 tests.
Which Daytona 955I SS year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2002, at 94.0% of 50 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2002, 2007.
How much does the Daytona 955I SS pass rate vary by year?
10.8 percentage points between the highest (2002, 94.0%) and lowest (2003, 83.2%) 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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