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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Yamaha WR: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which WR years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.7% average, from 12,124 DVSA tests.

2019
highest-passing year · 86.6%
2009
lowest-passing year · 63.1%
23.5pp
spread across 23 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: 2019 (86.6% of 454 tests). Lowest: 2009 (63.1% of 157). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014.

58%75%91%1999: 71.3% pass (108 tests)2000: 82.2% pass (180 tests)2001: 81.9% pass (127 tests)2002: 73.4% pass (143 tests)2003: 71.5% pass (130 tests)2004: 73.4% pass (154 tests)2005: 77.2% pass (79 tests)2007: 78.3% pass (115 tests)2008: 80.2% pass (96 tests)2009: 63.1% pass (157 tests)2010: 66.2% pass (195 tests)2011: 66.0% pass (212 tests)2012: 74.4% pass (234 tests)2013: 69.1% pass (951 tests)2014: 69.8% pass (3,034 tests)2015: 73.1% pass (1,963 tests)2016: 74.7% pass (2,310 tests)2017: 80.1% pass (517 tests)2018: 82.2% pass (338 tests)2019: 86.6% pass (454 tests)2020: 84.5% pass (264 tests)2021: 80.4% pass (102 tests)2022: 79.7% pass (69 tests)199920112022
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (73.7%)
1999 108 71.3% -2.4 pp
2000 180 82.2% +8.5 pp
2001 127 81.9% +8.2 pp
2002 143 73.4% -0.3 pp
2003 130 71.5% -2.2 pp
2004 154 73.4% -0.3 pp
2005 79 77.2% +3.5 pp
2007 115 78.3% +4.6 pp
2008 96 80.2% +6.5 pp
2009 157 63.1% -10.6 pp
2010 195 66.2% -7.5 pp
2011 212 66.0% -7.7 pp
2012 234 74.4% +0.7 pp
2013 951 69.1% -4.6 pp
2014 3,034 69.8% -3.9 pp
2015 1,963 73.1% -0.6 pp
2016 2,310 74.7% +1.0 pp
2017 517 80.1% +6.4 pp
2018 338 82.2% +8.5 pp
2019 454 86.6% +12.9 pp
2020 264 84.5% +10.8 pp
2021 102 80.4% +6.7 pp
2022 69 79.7% +6.0 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 · 2006–2025
57%71%85%2006: 79.5% pass (73 tests)2007: 75.8% pass (66 tests)2008: 78.8% pass (66 tests)2009: 71.2% pass (66 tests)2010: 76.9% pass (65 tests)2011: 74.6% pass (67 tests)2012: 69.4% pass (85 tests)2013: 61.2% pass (116 tests)2014: 67.4% pass (132 tests)2015: 77.0% pass (122 tests)2016: 80.0% pass (165 tests)2017: 70.1% pass (826 tests)2018: 70.2% pass (830 tests)2019: 71.6% pass (1,182 tests)2020: 73.8% pass (1,218 tests)2021: 72.5% pass (1,550 tests)2022: 73.0% pass (1,529 tests)2023: 76.8% pass (1,568 tests)2024: 75.1% pass (1,143 tests)2025: 77.5% pass (1,238 tests)20062025

Questions

Which WR years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha WR overall (73.7%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 63.1% from 157 tests.
Which WR year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2019, at 86.6% of 454 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.
How much does the WR pass rate vary by year?
23.5 percentage points between the highest (2019, 86.6%) and lowest (2009, 63.1%) 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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