Yamaha XVS 950 A Midnight Star: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XVS 950 A Midnight Star years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.8% average, from 3,609 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 90.9%

2009

lowest-passing year · 88.4%

2.5pp

spread across 5 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: 2013 (90.9% of 887 tests). Lowest: 2009 (88.4% of 793).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.8%)
2009	793	88.4%	-1.4 pp
2010	650	89.4%	-0.4 pp
2011	472	89.8%	+0.0 pp
2012	786	90.5%	+0.7 pp
2013	887	90.9%	+1.1 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 · 2012–2025

Questions

Which XVS 950 A Midnight Star years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha XVS 950 A Midnight Star falls more than two points under the model's 89.8% overall pass rate.
Which XVS 950 A Midnight Star year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 90.9% of 887 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XVS 950 A Midnight Star pass rate vary by year?: 2.5 percentage points between the highest (2013, 90.9%) and lowest (2009, 88.4%) 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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