BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

KSR Moto TW: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TW years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 54.3% average, from 864 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 63.8%
2016
lowest-passing year · 49.7%
14.1pp
spread across 4 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 (63.8% of 174 tests). Lowest: 2016 (49.7% of 306). Years more than two points below the model average: 2016.

47%57%67%2015: 55.5% pass (272 tests)2016: 49.7% pass (306 tests)2017: 63.8% pass (174 tests)2018: 54.4% pass (57 tests)201520172018
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (54.3%)
2015 272 55.5% +1.2 pp
2016 306 49.7% -4.6 pp
2017 174 63.8% +9.5 pp
2018 57 54.4% +0.1 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 · 2018–2025
38%53%68%2018: 43.1% pass (51 tests)2019: 50.0% pass (110 tests)2020: 63.0% pass (162 tests)2021: 58.5% pass (142 tests)2022: 50.0% pass (128 tests)2023: 49.6% pass (121 tests)2024: 51.9% pass (79 tests)2025: 56.9% pass (65 tests)20182025

Questions

Which TW years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2016 registered examples pass first time less often than the KSR Moto TW overall (54.3%); the 2016 cohort is lowest at 49.7% from 306 tests.
Which TW year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 63.8% of 174 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the TW pass rate vary by year?
14.1 percentage points between the highest (2017, 63.8%) and lowest (2016, 49.7%) 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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