Keeway RKS 125 STD: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RKS 125 STD years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.3% average, from 922 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 67.6%

2018

lowest-passing year · 65.1%

2.5pp

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 (67.6% of 182 tests). Lowest: 2018 (65.1% of 390).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (66.3%)
2018	390	65.1%	-1.2 pp
2019	182	67.6%	+1.3 pp
2020	283	66.8%	+0.5 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which RKS 125 STD years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Keeway RKS 125 STD falls more than two points under the model's 66.3% overall pass rate.
Which RKS 125 STD year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 67.6% of 182 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RKS 125 STD pass rate vary by year?: 2.5 percentage points between the highest (2019, 67.6%) and lowest (2018, 65.1%) 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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