Keeway Speed: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Speed years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 57.0% average, from 863 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 59.0%

2009

lowest-passing year · 50.6%

8.4pp

spread across 6 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: 2011 (59.0% of 105 tests). Lowest: 2009 (50.6% of 85). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009, 2010.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (57.0%)
2007	286	58.4%	+1.4 pp
2008	123	57.7%	+0.7 pp
2009	85	50.6%	-6.4 pp
2010	128	53.1%	-3.9 pp
2011	105	59.0%	+2.0 pp
2012	59	55.9%	-1.1 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 · 2010–2018

Questions

Which Speed years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2009, 2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Keeway Speed overall (57.0%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 50.6% from 85 tests.
Which Speed year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 59.0% of 105 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Speed pass rate vary by year?: 8.4 percentage points between the highest (2011, 59.0%) and lowest (2009, 50.6%) 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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