Kaisar KS 125-23: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which KS 125-23 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 46.7% average, from 655 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 51.5%

2008

lowest-passing year · 46.2%

5.3pp

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: 2009 (51.5% of 101 tests). Lowest: 2008 (46.2% of 260).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (46.7%)
2006	53	50.9%	+4.2 pp
2007	203	47.8%	+1.1 pp
2008	260	46.2%	-0.5 pp
2009	101	51.5%	+4.8 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 · 2010–2016

Questions

Which KS 125-23 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kaisar KS 125-23 falls more than two points under the model's 46.7% overall pass rate.
Which KS 125-23 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 51.5% of 101 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2009.
How much does the KS 125-23 pass rate vary by year?: 5.3 percentage points between the highest (2009, 51.5%) and lowest (2008, 46.2%) 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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