Triumph Trident Sprint: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Trident Sprint years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.5% average, from 880 DVSA tests.

1998

highest-passing year · 84.0%

1997

lowest-passing year · 82.0%

2.0pp

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: 1998 (84.0% of 388 tests). Lowest: 1997 (82.0% of 261).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.5%)
1997	261	82.0%	-1.5 pp
1998	388	84.0%	+0.5 pp
1999	172	83.1%	-0.4 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 · 2006–2023

Questions

Which Trident Sprint years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Triumph Trident Sprint falls more than two points under the model's 83.5% overall pass rate.
Which Trident Sprint year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1998, at 84.0% of 388 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Trident Sprint pass rate vary by year?: 2.0 percentage points between the highest (1998, 84.0%) and lowest (1997, 82.0%) 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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