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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Vmoto TCM: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TCM years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.1% average, from 621 DVSA tests.

2020
highest-passing year · 82.1%
2022
lowest-passing year · 74.8%
7.3pp
spread across 4 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 (82.1% of 145 tests). Lowest: 2022 (74.8% of 143). Years more than two points below the model average: 2022.

73%78%84%2019: 78.3% pass (152 tests)2020: 82.1% pass (145 tests)2021: 77.4% pass (177 tests)2022: 74.8% pass (143 tests)201920212022
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (78.1%)
2019 152 78.3% +0.2 pp
2020 145 82.1% +4.0 pp
2021 177 77.4% -0.7 pp
2022 143 74.8% -3.3 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 · 2022–2025
74%81%87%2022: 85.1% pass (47 tests)2023: 80.8% pass (104 tests)2024: 77.2% pass (184 tests)2025: 76.6% pass (286 tests)20222025

Questions

Which TCM years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2022 registered examples pass first time less often than the Vmoto TCM overall (78.1%); the 2022 cohort is lowest at 74.8% from 143 tests.
Which TCM year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2020, at 82.1% of 145 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the TCM pass rate vary by year?
7.3 percentage points between the highest (2020, 82.1%) and lowest (2022, 74.8%) 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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