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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Sprint: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Sprint years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.6% average, from 132,827 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 91.7%
1996
lowest-passing year · 81.4%
10.3pp
spread across 26 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: 2015 (91.7% of 1,483 tests). Lowest: 1996 (81.4% of 2,157). Years more than two points below the model average: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

79%87%94%1992: 83.3% pass (78 tests)1993: 86.7% pass (849 tests)1994: 83.0% pass (1,902 tests)1995: 81.9% pass (2,398 tests)1996: 81.4% pass (2,157 tests)1997: 82.0% pass (1,063 tests)1998: 83.5% pass (2,498 tests)1999: 82.3% pass (9,673 tests)2000: 83.2% pass (11,536 tests)2001: 84.5% pass (9,034 tests)2002: 84.7% pass (9,367 tests)2003: 84.8% pass (9,186 tests)2004: 84.6% pass (7,760 tests)2005: 85.8% pass (13,538 tests)2006: 86.8% pass (10,035 tests)2007: 86.3% pass (9,947 tests)2008: 87.6% pass (7,892 tests)2009: 88.6% pass (6,226 tests)2010: 88.4% pass (5,658 tests)2011: 89.9% pass (2,789 tests)2012: 90.1% pass (1,491 tests)2013: 89.3% pass (2,521 tests)2014: 89.9% pass (2,535 tests)2015: 91.7% pass (1,483 tests)2016: 91.3% pass (1,059 tests)2017: 86.3% pass (102 tests)199220052017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.6%)
1992 78 83.3% -2.3 pp
1993 849 86.7% +1.1 pp
1994 1,902 83.0% -2.6 pp
1995 2,398 81.9% -3.7 pp
1996 2,157 81.4% -4.2 pp
1997 1,063 82.0% -3.6 pp
1998 2,498 83.5% -2.1 pp
1999 9,673 82.3% -3.3 pp
2000 11,536 83.2% -2.4 pp
2001 9,034 84.5% -1.1 pp
2002 9,367 84.7% -0.9 pp
2003 9,186 84.8% -0.8 pp
2004 7,760 84.6% -1.0 pp
2005 13,538 85.8% +0.2 pp
2006 10,035 86.8% +1.2 pp
2007 9,947 86.3% +0.7 pp
2008 7,892 87.6% +2.0 pp
2009 6,226 88.6% +3.0 pp
2010 5,658 88.4% +2.8 pp
2011 2,789 89.9% +4.3 pp
2012 1,491 90.1% +4.5 pp
2013 2,521 89.3% +3.7 pp
2014 2,535 89.9% +4.3 pp
2015 1,483 91.7% +6.1 pp
2016 1,059 91.3% +5.7 pp
2017 102 86.3% +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
83%86%90%2005: 88.5% pass (836 tests)2006: 87.0% pass (4,646 tests)2007: 85.9% pass (5,101 tests)2008: 84.8% pass (5,892 tests)2009: 84.1% pass (6,738 tests)2010: 84.6% pass (7,192 tests)2011: 84.3% pass (7,786 tests)2012: 84.5% pass (8,002 tests)2013: 85.4% pass (8,257 tests)2014: 85.3% pass (8,313 tests)2015: 85.6% pass (8,201 tests)2016: 85.6% pass (8,164 tests)2017: 85.5% pass (8,065 tests)2018: 86.2% pass (6,077 tests)2019: 86.1% pass (6,180 tests)2020: 86.4% pass (5,272 tests)2021: 86.7% pass (6,660 tests)2022: 85.9% pass (6,406 tests)2023: 86.4% pass (6,001 tests)2024: 86.8% pass (4,493 tests)2025: 86.8% pass (4,545 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Sprint years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Sprint overall (85.6%); the 1996 cohort is lowest at 81.4% from 2,157 tests.
Which Sprint year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 91.7% of 1,483 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
How much does the Sprint pass rate vary by year?
10.3 percentage points between the highest (2015, 91.7%) and lowest (1996, 81.4%) 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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