Kawasaki ZX 1002 BJF SX Se: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZX 1002 BJF SX Se years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 93.7% average, from 1,693 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 94.3%

2018

lowest-passing year · 93.5%

0.8pp

spread across 3 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: 2019 (94.3% of 404 tests). Lowest: 2018 (93.5% of 1,184).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (93.7%)
2018	1,184	93.5%	-0.2 pp
2019	404	94.3%	+0.6 pp
2020	105	94.3%	+0.6 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 ZX 1002 BJF SX Se years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZX 1002 BJF SX Se falls more than two points under the model's 93.7% overall pass rate.
Which ZX 1002 BJF SX Se year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 94.3% of 404 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZX 1002 BJF SX Se pass rate vary by year?: 0.8 percentage points between the highest (2019, 94.3%) and lowest (2018, 93.5%) 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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