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FAILURE RATE FALLS
23rd October 2003, Page 22
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VOSAS Vehicle Inspectorate Effec6veness Repor t 2002/0.3 reveals that after a penod of increase both initial and final trailer test failure rates fell last year The initial (as-presented) failure rate decreased from 29.5% to 28.5% a welcome reduction because, with the exception of a minor decrease in 1999/2000, the failure rate has been on the increase since 1995/96 vVnen it stood at 21%.
Of the 242.000 trailers presented for test, just under 68,900 initially failed.
The final failure rate. which excludes those trailers that passed after rectification of minor defects at the time of testing. fell from 25.4% in 2001/02 to 23.7% the first time the final failure rate has decreased since 1995/96, when it stood at 16.9%.