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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Street Triple R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Street Triple R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.7% average, from 20,614 DVSA tests.

2020
highest-passing year · 95.4%
2013
lowest-passing year · 85.9%
9.5pp
spread across 11 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: 2020 (95.4% of 152 tests). Lowest: 2013 (85.9% of 1,365).

84%91%97%2008: 90.2% pass (528 tests)2009: 86.5% pass (4,652 tests)2010: 87.3% pass (5,316 tests)2011: 89.1% pass (3,544 tests)2012: 88.3% pass (4,531 tests)2013: 85.9% pass (1,365 tests)2014: 88.8% pass (107 tests)2015: 89.7% pass (68 tests)2016: 86.4% pass (66 tests)2020: 95.4% pass (152 tests)2021: 88.6% pass (210 tests)200820132021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.7%)
2008 528 90.2% +2.5 pp
2009 4,652 86.5% -1.2 pp
2010 5,316 87.3% -0.4 pp
2011 3,544 89.1% +1.4 pp
2012 4,531 88.3% +0.6 pp
2013 1,365 85.9% -1.8 pp
2014 107 88.8% +1.1 pp
2015 68 89.7% +2.0 pp
2016 66 86.4% -1.3 pp
2020 152 95.4% +7.7 pp
2021 210 88.6% +0.9 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 · 2011–2025
81%89%98%2011: 95.0% pass (40 tests)2012: 83.4% pass (483 tests)2013: 86.7% pass (1,012 tests)2014: 87.0% pass (1,407 tests)2015: 88.1% pass (1,892 tests)2016: 89.0% pass (2,007 tests)2017: 88.2% pass (1,928 tests)2018: 87.9% pass (1,501 tests)2019: 87.9% pass (1,492 tests)2020: 87.5% pass (1,229 tests)2021: 87.8% pass (1,607 tests)2022: 85.9% pass (1,592 tests)2023: 87.0% pass (1,612 tests)2024: 88.0% pass (1,337 tests)2025: 89.8% pass (1,475 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Street Triple R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Triumph Street Triple R falls more than two points under the model's 87.7% overall pass rate.
Which Street Triple R year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2020, at 95.4% of 152 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2020.
How much does the Street Triple R pass rate vary by year?
9.5 percentage points between the highest (2020, 95.4%) and lowest (2013, 85.9%) 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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