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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Street: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Street years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.3% average, from 23,895 DVSA tests.

2021
highest-passing year · 92.2%
2013
lowest-passing year · 73.5%
18.7pp
spread across 10 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: 2021 (92.2% of 180 tests). Lowest: 2013 (73.5% of 68). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.

70%83%96%2009: 87.0% pass (77 tests)2013: 73.5% pass (68 tests)2014: 89.2% pass (102 tests)2015: 86.1% pass (151 tests)2016: 88.4% pass (285 tests)2017: 91.5% pass (9,677 tests)2018: 91.3% pass (7,708 tests)2019: 92.0% pass (4,804 tests)2020: 91.4% pass (662 tests)2021: 92.2% pass (180 tests)200920172021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (91.3%)
2009 77 87.0% -4.3 pp
2013 68 73.5% -17.8 pp
2014 102 89.2% -2.1 pp
2015 151 86.1% -5.2 pp
2016 285 88.4% -2.9 pp
2017 9,677 91.5% +0.2 pp
2018 7,708 91.3% +0.0 pp
2019 4,804 92.0% +0.7 pp
2020 662 91.4% +0.1 pp
2021 180 92.2% +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 · 2019–2025
89%92%96%2019: 92.3% pass (39 tests)2020: 94.8% pass (2,239 tests)2021: 89.8% pass (3,528 tests)2022: 91.2% pass (4,830 tests)2023: 91.2% pass (4,976 tests)2024: 90.8% pass (3,945 tests)2025: 91.6% pass (4,266 tests)20192025

Questions

Which Street years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Street overall (91.3%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 73.5% from 68 tests.
Which Street year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2021, at 92.2% of 180 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Street pass rate vary by year?
18.7 percentage points between the highest (2021, 92.2%) and lowest (2013, 73.5%) 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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