KTM Freeride: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Freeride years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.8% average, from 1,387 DVSA tests.

2015

highest-passing year · 82.4%

2013

lowest-passing year · 73.8%

8.6pp

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 (82.4% of 397 tests). Lowest: 2013 (73.8% of 256). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012, 2013.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.8%)
2012	124	75.8%	-4.0 pp
2013	256	73.8%	-6.0 pp
2014	401	81.0%	+1.2 pp
2015	397	82.4%	+2.6 pp
2016	198	82.3%	+2.5 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 · 2016–2025

Questions

Which Freeride years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2012, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the KTM Freeride overall (79.8%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 73.8% from 256 tests.
Which Freeride year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2015, at 82.4% of 397 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2015, 2016.
How much does the Freeride pass rate vary by year?: 8.6 percentage points between the highest (2015, 82.4%) and lowest (2013, 73.8%) 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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