Yamaha XVS 950 XR-A - SCR 950: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XVS 950 XR-A - SCR 950 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 93.8% average, from 560 DVSA tests.

2018

highest-passing year · 95.0%

2017

lowest-passing year · 92.8%

2.2pp

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: 2018 (95.0% of 120 tests). Lowest: 2017 (92.8% of 138).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (93.8%)
2017	138	92.8%	-1.0 pp
2018	120	95.0%	+1.2 pp
2019	140	92.9%	-0.9 pp
2020	152	94.1%	+0.3 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which XVS 950 XR-A - SCR 950 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha XVS 950 XR-A - SCR 950 falls more than two points under the model's 93.8% overall pass rate.
Which XVS 950 XR-A - SCR 950 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2018, at 95.0% of 120 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XVS 950 XR-A - SCR 950 pass rate vary by year?: 2.2 percentage points between the highest (2018, 95.0%) and lowest (2017, 92.8%) 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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