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Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT): percentage of vehicles failing: by type of defect: 1990-2000/01

Percentage
1990 1991
/92
1
1992
/93
1993
/94
1994
/95
1995
/96
1996
/97
1997
/98
1998
/99
1999
/00
2000
/01
Motor cycles: 2
Brakes 13.2 7.7 8.9 9.3 8.7 8.9 9.3 7.9 7.4 8.6 6.5
Steering 12.0 8.3 8.4 9.8 9.5 10.4 10.1 8.3 8.9 9.2 7.9
Lights 12.5 11.2 11.3 13.1 12.3 12.3 12.6 10.7 11.4 11.6 10.1
Tyres 10.3 6.3 6.9 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.7 5.2 5.5 6.2 4.9
Other 11.2 6.6 7.6 9.8 8.9 10.0 10.3 7.5 7.2 5.9 6.4
Cars and other passenger vehicles: 3
  Brakes .. .. .. 16.1 15.5 15.4 14.7 15.1 14.3 13.4 12.4
Steering .. .. .. 17.9 17.3 17.4 16.7 16.8 16.8 15.8 14.4
Lights .. .. .. 22.5 20.3 20.0 18.6 18.4 18.0 17.6 15.9
Tyres .. .. .. 9.3 9.6 9.6 10.0 9.2 9.3 8.9 8.1
Petrol emission 4 .. .. .. 7.4| 6.0 7.4 7.9 7.1 6.4 5.6 4.3
Diesel emission 4 .. .. .. 0.3| 8.5 10.6 9.6 8.5 7.3 5.9 6.1
Seat belts 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Other .. .. .. 20.2 18.0 18.0 16.4 16.4 15.6 14.0 12.8
Light goods vehicles:
  Brakes 16.2 16.0 15.5 17.7 15.4 16.7 18.4 18.7 18.1 14.2 16.8
Steering 18.5 16.7 17.5 19.6 17.5 20.5 22.1 21.2 20.3 17.3 19.3
Lights 14.8 16.7 20.1 22.1 19.6 22.7 22.9 22.5 22.4 18.7 21.2
Tyres 9.2 9.0 8.7 7.5 7.5 8.5 9.6 9.2 8.1 7.0 7.2
Petrol emission 4 ..   }

13.0

{    .. 5.2| 5.9 7.7 9.4 8.4 6.9 5.6 5.0
Diesel emission 4 ..   {    .. 1.3| 4.0 8.3 7.4 6.4 5.6 4.6 4.6
Seat belts 5 1.8 1.9 2.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Reg. plates and VIN . . . 2.4 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.0 1.8 2.1 1.9
Other 19.2 18.4 19.4 19.9 16.9 20.4 18.5 19.8 18.6 13.9 16.7
Private passenger vehicles: 6
  Brakes .. .. .. 6.9 15.5 12.6 8.5 13.0 9.7 7.8 7.8
Steering .. .. .. 5.5 15.7 15.8 8.6 10.6 10.8 8.1 7.6
Lights .. .. .. 9.5 20.8 17.2 10.1 12.7 12.3 10.0 9.8
Tyres .. .. .. 2.8 8.2 6.9 3.3 5.9 4.3 3.0 4.0
Petrol emission 4 .. .. .. 2.0| 8.6 6.9 9.8 4.5 4.1 2.5 2.6
Diesel emission 4 .. .. .. 0.3| 4.2 5.6 6.2 3.8 5.1 3.7 3.2
Seat belts 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Other .. .. .. 7.7 22.9 18.4 10.2 14.1 19.2 12.6 10.7
The figures in this table are outside the scope of National Statistics.
Source - Vehicle Inspectorate Executive Agency.
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1 Emissions figures for cars and light goods vehicles are only available from November 1991, when this item was added to the MOT test. The figures shown are therefore for the period November 1991- March 1992.
2 Emissions testing is not carried out on motorcycles.
3 Figures up to 1993/94 include light goods vehicles and private passenger vehicles.
4 From 1994/95 petrol and diesel emissions tests are calculated individually as a percentage of petrol or diesel vehicles tested. Previously this was a percentage of all vehicles (petrol and diesel) tested.
5 From 1993/94 figures for seat belts have been included in the 'other' category.
6 Figures from 1994/95 for private passenger vehicles come from a much more accurate sample due to a revised method of estimating the number of tests.
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