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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Keeway Superlight: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Superlight years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 63.5% average, from 9,217 DVSA tests.

2020
highest-passing year · 70.8%
2012
lowest-passing year · 54.5%
16.3pp
spread across 15 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 (70.8% of 1,081 tests). Lowest: 2012 (54.5% of 224). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019.

51%63%74%2007: 60.0% pass (290 tests)2008: 60.5% pass (233 tests)2009: 62.4% pass (178 tests)2010: 65.1% pass (169 tests)2011: 61.0% pass (290 tests)2012: 54.5% pass (224 tests)2013: 58.0% pass (524 tests)2014: 64.2% pass (858 tests)2015: 61.4% pass (997 tests)2016: 64.4% pass (1,810 tests)2017: 64.0% pass (631 tests)2018: 65.5% pass (904 tests)2019: 60.8% pass (835 tests)2020: 70.8% pass (1,081 tests)2021: 66.1% pass (165 tests)200720142021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (63.5%)
2007 290 60.0% -3.5 pp
2008 233 60.5% -3.0 pp
2009 178 62.4% -1.1 pp
2010 169 65.1% +1.6 pp
2011 290 61.0% -2.5 pp
2012 224 54.5% -9.0 pp
2013 524 58.0% -5.5 pp
2014 858 64.2% +0.7 pp
2015 997 61.4% -2.1 pp
2016 1,810 64.4% +0.9 pp
2017 631 64.0% +0.5 pp
2018 904 65.5% +2.0 pp
2019 835 60.8% -2.7 pp
2020 1,081 70.8% +7.3 pp
2021 165 66.1% +2.6 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 · 2010–2025
45%58%71%2010: 48.9% pass (45 tests)2011: 55.1% pass (78 tests)2012: 60.9% pass (92 tests)2013: 61.1% pass (113 tests)2014: 65.4% pass (156 tests)2015: 65.5% pass (197 tests)2016: 58.5% pass (282 tests)2017: 64.1% pass (401 tests)2018: 60.9% pass (430 tests)2019: 62.0% pass (669 tests)2020: 66.3% pass (733 tests)2021: 64.7% pass (1,126 tests)2022: 63.5% pass (1,186 tests)2023: 63.4% pass (1,479 tests)2024: 65.9% pass (1,177 tests)2025: 62.4% pass (1,052 tests)20102025

Questions

Which Superlight years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Keeway Superlight overall (63.5%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 54.5% from 224 tests.
Which Superlight year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2020, at 70.8% of 1,081 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2020, 2021.
How much does the Superlight pass rate vary by year?
16.3 percentage points between the highest (2020, 70.8%) and lowest (2012, 54.5%) 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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