Uralmoto Dalesman: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Dalesman years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.8% average, from 557 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 86.2%

2002

lowest-passing year · 82.3%

3.9pp

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: 2003 (86.2% of 116 tests). Lowest: 2002 (82.3% of 158). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.8%)
2001	50	86.0%	+0.2 pp
2002	158	82.3%	-3.5 pp
2003	116	86.2%	+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 · 2008–2017

Questions

Which Dalesman years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Uralmoto Dalesman overall (85.8%); the 2002 cohort is lowest at 82.3% from 158 tests.
Which Dalesman year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 86.2% of 116 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Dalesman pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (2003, 86.2%) and lowest (2002, 82.3%) 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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