KTM RC 125 18: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RC 125 18 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.0% average, from 813 DVSA tests.

2020

highest-passing year · 79.9%

2019

lowest-passing year · 77.9%

2.0pp

spread across 3 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 (79.9% of 224 tests). Lowest: 2019 (77.9% of 307).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.0%)
2018	280	79.3%	+0.3 pp
2019	307	77.9%	-1.1 pp
2020	224	79.9%	+0.9 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which RC 125 18 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the KTM RC 125 18 falls more than two points under the model's 79.0% overall pass rate.
Which RC 125 18 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2020, at 79.9% of 224 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RC 125 18 pass rate vary by year?: 2.0 percentage points between the highest (2020, 79.9%) and lowest (2019, 77.9%) 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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