KTM 1190: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 1190 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.4% average, from 5,021 DVSA tests.

2015

highest-passing year · 92.1%

2014

lowest-passing year · 89.1%

3.0pp

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: 2015 (92.1% of 1,072 tests). Lowest: 2014 (89.1% of 2,189).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.4%)
2013	398	90.7%	+0.3 pp
2014	2,189	89.1%	-1.3 pp
2015	1,072	92.1%	+1.7 pp
2016	1,207	91.1%	+0.7 pp
2017	54	90.7%	+0.3 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

Questions

Which 1190 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the KTM 1190 falls more than two points under the model's 90.4% overall pass rate.
Which 1190 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2015, at 92.1% of 1,072 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 1190 pass rate vary by year?: 3.0 percentage points between the highest (2015, 92.1%) and lowest (2014, 89.1%) 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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