BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ural Dalesman: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Dalesman years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.0% average, from 1,072 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 94.0%
2004
lowest-passing year · 83.6%
10.4pp
spread across 8 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: 2009 (94.0% of 50 tests). Lowest: 2004 (83.6% of 152). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004, 2010.

82%89%96%2003: 89.5% pass (95 tests)2004: 83.6% pass (152 tests)2005: 87.6% pass (129 tests)2006: 88.9% pass (199 tests)2007: 92.3% pass (156 tests)2008: 92.5% pass (133 tests)2009: 94.0% pass (50 tests)2010: 86.4% pass (66 tests)200320072010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.0%)
2003 95 89.5% +0.5 pp
2004 152 83.6% -5.4 pp
2005 129 87.6% -1.4 pp
2006 199 88.9% -0.1 pp
2007 156 92.3% +3.3 pp
2008 133 92.5% +3.5 pp
2009 50 94.0% +5.0 pp
2010 66 86.4% -2.6 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 · 2008–2025
77%88%100%2008: 86.5% pass (37 tests)2009: 84.9% pass (53 tests)2010: 82.3% pass (62 tests)2011: 83.8% pass (68 tests)2012: 88.5% pass (78 tests)2013: 91.8% pass (85 tests)2014: 89.0% pass (82 tests)2015: 92.0% pass (75 tests)2016: 94.1% pass (68 tests)2017: 90.3% pass (62 tests)2018: 92.2% pass (51 tests)2019: 81.1% pass (53 tests)2020: 88.1% pass (42 tests)2021: 90.4% pass (52 tests)2022: 84.9% pass (53 tests)2023: 97.8% pass (45 tests)2025: 97.4% pass (38 tests)20082025

Questions

Which Dalesman years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004, 2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ural Dalesman overall (89.0%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 83.6% from 152 tests.
Which Dalesman year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 94.0% of 50 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2008, 2009.
How much does the Dalesman pass rate vary by year?
10.4 percentage points between the highest (2009, 94.0%) and lowest (2004, 83.6%) 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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