Keeway F-Act 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F-Act 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.2% average, from 710 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 70.1%

2010

lowest-passing year · 62.2%

7.9pp

spread across 5 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: 2007 (70.1% of 241 tests). Lowest: 2010 (62.2% of 90). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009, 2010, 2011.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (66.2%)
2007	241	70.1%	+3.9 pp
2008	131	67.2%	+1.0 pp
2009	65	63.1%	-3.1 pp
2010	90	62.2%	-4.0 pp
2011	126	62.7%	-3.5 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 · 2010–2017

Questions

Which F-Act 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2009, 2010, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Keeway F-Act 50 overall (66.2%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 62.2% from 90 tests.
Which F-Act 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 70.1% of 241 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the F-Act 50 pass rate vary by year?: 7.9 percentage points between the highest (2007, 70.1%) and lowest (2010, 62.2%) 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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