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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Keeway TX: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TX years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 58.1% average, from 1,433 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 66.9%
2014
lowest-passing year · 54.4%
12.5pp
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: 2017 (66.9% of 136 tests). Lowest: 2014 (54.4% of 296). Years more than two points below the model average: 2014, 2015.

52%61%69%2013: 58.6% pass (133 tests)2014: 54.4% pass (296 tests)2015: 55.4% pass (285 tests)2016: 59.0% pass (488 tests)2017: 66.9% pass (136 tests)201320152017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (58.1%)
2013 133 58.6% +0.5 pp
2014 296 54.4% -3.7 pp
2015 285 55.4% -2.7 pp
2016 488 59.0% +0.9 pp
2017 136 66.9% +8.8 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 · 2017–2025
53%59%64%2017: 54.9% pass (122 tests)2018: 57.7% pass (137 tests)2019: 58.2% pass (201 tests)2020: 60.1% pass (243 tests)2021: 54.7% pass (232 tests)2022: 57.1% pass (182 tests)2023: 59.3% pass (145 tests)2024: 62.4% pass (85 tests)2025: 58.9% pass (73 tests)20172025

Questions

Which TX years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2014, 2015 registered examples pass first time less often than the Keeway TX overall (58.1%); the 2014 cohort is lowest at 54.4% from 296 tests.
Which TX year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 66.9% of 136 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the TX pass rate vary by year?
12.5 percentage points between the highest (2017, 66.9%) and lowest (2014, 54.4%) 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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