Triumph Sprint GT 1050 Abs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Sprint GT 1050 Abs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.3% average, from 1,599 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 91.0%

2011

lowest-passing year · 87.8%

3.2pp

spread across 3 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 (91.0% of 589 tests). Lowest: 2011 (87.8% of 484).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.3%)
2010	589	91.0%	+1.7 pp
2011	484	87.8%	-1.5 pp
2012	489	89.8%	+0.5 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which Sprint GT 1050 Abs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Triumph Sprint GT 1050 Abs falls more than two points under the model's 89.3% overall pass rate.
Which Sprint GT 1050 Abs year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 91.0% of 589 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Sprint GT 1050 Abs pass rate vary by year?: 3.2 percentage points between the highest (2010, 91.0%) and lowest (2011, 87.8%) 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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