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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Speed: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Speed years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.2% average, from 16,959 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 94.9%
1998
lowest-passing year · 79.9%
15.0pp
spread across 18 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: 2010 (94.9% of 59 tests). Lowest: 1998 (79.9% of 432). Years more than two points below the model average: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003.

77%87%98%1994: 85.7% pass (821 tests)1995: 84.7% pass (908 tests)1996: 83.8% pass (703 tests)1997: 80.8% pass (976 tests)1998: 79.9% pass (432 tests)1999: 80.1% pass (241 tests)2003: 85.2% pass (54 tests)2010: 94.9% pass (59 tests)2011: 89.3% pass (56 tests)2012: 88.3% pass (308 tests)2013: 88.2% pass (711 tests)2014: 87.6% pass (1,249 tests)2015: 89.3% pass (779 tests)2016: 89.6% pass (737 tests)2018: 91.4% pass (2,175 tests)2019: 90.6% pass (3,851 tests)2020: 90.1% pass (2,056 tests)2021: 87.5% pass (487 tests)199420122021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.2%)
1994 821 85.7% -2.5 pp
1995 908 84.7% -3.5 pp
1996 703 83.8% -4.4 pp
1997 976 80.8% -7.4 pp
1998 432 79.9% -8.3 pp
1999 241 80.1% -8.1 pp
2003 54 85.2% -3.0 pp
2010 59 94.9% +6.7 pp
2011 56 89.3% +1.1 pp
2012 308 88.3% +0.1 pp
2013 711 88.2% +0.0 pp
2014 1,249 87.6% -0.6 pp
2015 779 89.3% +1.1 pp
2016 737 89.6% +1.4 pp
2018 2,175 91.4% +3.2 pp
2019 3,851 90.6% +2.4 pp
2020 2,056 90.1% +1.9 pp
2021 487 87.5% -0.7 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 · 2005–2025
72%83%94%2005: 75.7% pass (70 tests)2006: 83.5% pass (357 tests)2007: 81.0% pass (357 tests)2008: 81.2% pass (314 tests)2009: 79.4% pass (320 tests)2010: 81.5% pass (302 tests)2011: 78.7% pass (277 tests)2012: 81.2% pass (271 tests)2013: 80.5% pass (246 tests)2014: 80.9% pass (225 tests)2015: 83.3% pass (258 tests)2016: 86.8% pass (356 tests)2017: 88.8% pass (525 tests)2018: 86.4% pass (487 tests)2019: 88.3% pass (608 tests)2020: 89.2% pass (517 tests)2021: 89.8% pass (1,182 tests)2022: 89.4% pass (2,198 tests)2023: 90.0% pass (2,918 tests)2024: 90.5% pass (2,471 tests)2025: 90.5% pass (2,700 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Speed years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Speed overall (88.2%); the 1998 cohort is lowest at 79.9% from 432 tests.
Which Speed year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 94.9% of 59 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2010, 2018, 2019.
How much does the Speed pass rate vary by year?
15.0 percentage points between the highest (2010, 94.9%) and lowest (1998, 79.9%) 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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