UK 2007 MOT figures released

[jjad]

Martin Rosenbaum of the BBC has obtained MOT pass and failure rates from 2007 under the Freedom of Information Act.

He writes:
"The information relates to MOTs in 2007, since that was the latest annual data when the BBC's FOI request was made in July 2008. VOSA now says it will issue the 2008 and 2009 statistics later this year, and will publish this material routinely in future on an annual basis."

The figures for the R4 are interesting:

Year Pass Fail Failure rate
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1967 1 1 50.0%
1971* 4 2 33.3%
1973 . 2 100.0%
1974 . 1 100.0%
1976 2 5 71.4%
1977 3 3 50.0%
1979 2 1 33.3%
1980 1 1 50.0%
1981 . 2 100.0%
1982 . 1 100.0%
1983 10 4 28.6%
1984 27 29 51.8%
1985 31 34 52.3%
1986 39 43 52.4%
1987 4 3 42.9%
1989 1 1 50.0%
1990 1 2 66.7%
1991 . 1 100.0%
1992 2 3 60.0%
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TOTAL 128 139 52.1%

What I am interested in, is that this indicates how many R4s are on the roads. But I am not sure whether the cars that fail, and then are retested and pass are listed in both the 'fail' column and then the 'pass' column. For example, the one 1974 R4 in 2007 failed; as it is not also in the 'pass' column, I presume it is no longer on the road But in 2007 were there two 1989 cars (one which passed and one which failed), or one 1989 car which failed, then passed?

I guess this means that at the end of 2007, 128 R4s were on the road in the UK.

 

[jjad]

Ah, I've looked in more detail at the VOSA website and it seems that the 'pass' column is for 'initial MOT passes'. So those cars which fail, then are retested and pass do not appear in the 'pass' column. If all the R4s which initially failed were retested and then passed, there would have been 128+139 = 267 R4s

 

[malcolm]

According to SMMT figures (from exactly which year I don't know) there were 443 on the road around then. http://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1363

I don't know whether that included SORNed ones (I've got a few of those) or if the figures were from a year or two earlier. Will be interesting to see figures for the last two years when they come out.

Interesting to see how few failures were due to corrosion (compared to say the Land Rover Disco) - most R4 failures seem to be brakes, lights and suspension balljoints.

 

[Firstandbest]

MOT Tip

As an aside...Interesting what we can discover from digging around on the net. Probably known to others, but not me, you can pull up the history of a car's recent MOTs (Passes and Failures, mileage, and all the comments!). Just go to www.motinfo.gov.uk/ You will need

The vehicle registration mark from the number plate

And EITHER

The MOT test number from the VT20 MOT Test Certificate or VT30 Refusal of an MOT Certificate

OR

The document reference number from the V5C Registration Certificate issued by the DVLA.

Provides a useful summary and shows the background the MOT Test Centre inspector sees when you roll up! For example, with a re-test at a different station.

Fortunately my Millie had her full history in a boxfile and the seller was totally open - but this is not always the case!

 

[jjad]

Useful stuff! Thanks for sharing it