Keeway RKF 125 E4: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RKF 125 E4 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 68.4% average, from 668 DVSA tests.

2020

highest-passing year · 69.1%

2019

lowest-passing year · 63.7%

5.4pp

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: 2020 (69.1% of 440 tests). Lowest: 2019 (63.7% of 135). Years more than two points below the model average: 2019, 2021.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (68.4%)
2019	135	63.7%	-4.7 pp
2020	440	69.1%	+0.7 pp
2021	58	65.5%	-2.9 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 · 2022–2025

Questions

Which RKF 125 E4 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2019, 2021 registered examples pass first time less often than the Keeway RKF 125 E4 overall (68.4%); the 2019 cohort is lowest at 63.7% from 135 tests.
Which RKF 125 E4 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2020, at 69.1% of 440 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RKF 125 E4 pass rate vary by year?: 5.4 percentage points between the highest (2020, 69.1%) and lowest (2019, 63.7%) 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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