Kawasaki ZX 1400 Daf Abs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZX 1400 Daf Abs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.1% average, from 3,742 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 90.4%

2011

lowest-passing year · 89.2%

1.2pp

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: 2010 (90.4% of 2,769 tests). Lowest: 2011 (89.2% of 742).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.1%)
2009	197	89.8%	-0.3 pp
2010	2,769	90.4%	+0.3 pp
2011	742	89.2%	-0.9 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which ZX 1400 Daf Abs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZX 1400 Daf Abs falls more than two points under the model's 90.1% overall pass rate.
Which ZX 1400 Daf Abs year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 90.4% of 2,769 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZX 1400 Daf Abs pass rate vary by year?: 1.2 percentage points between the highest (2010, 90.4%) and lowest (2011, 89.2%) 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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