BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kymco Agility: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Agility years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.5% average, from 18,102 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 85.0%
2005
lowest-passing year · 75.8%
9.2pp
spread across 14 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: 2018 (85.0% of 100 tests). Lowest: 2005 (75.8% of 654). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005.

74%80%87%2005: 75.8% pass (654 tests)2006: 76.6% pass (1,590 tests)2007: 77.3% pass (1,807 tests)2008: 77.1% pass (1,693 tests)2009: 78.2% pass (1,735 tests)2010: 78.9% pass (2,347 tests)2011: 80.0% pass (1,784 tests)2012: 79.4% pass (1,743 tests)2013: 77.7% pass (1,312 tests)2014: 76.9% pass (1,126 tests)2015: 82.3% pass (925 tests)2016: 81.4% pass (849 tests)2017: 82.5% pass (423 tests)2018: 85.0% pass (100 tests)200520122018
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (78.5%)
2005 654 75.8% -2.7 pp
2006 1,590 76.6% -1.9 pp
2007 1,807 77.3% -1.2 pp
2008 1,693 77.1% -1.4 pp
2009 1,735 78.2% -0.3 pp
2010 2,347 78.9% +0.4 pp
2011 1,784 80.0% +1.5 pp
2012 1,743 79.4% +0.9 pp
2013 1,312 77.7% -0.8 pp
2014 1,126 76.9% -1.6 pp
2015 925 82.3% +3.8 pp
2016 849 81.4% +2.9 pp
2017 423 82.5% +4.0 pp
2018 100 85.0% +6.5 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 · 2008–2025
75%79%84%2008: 82.6% pass (109 tests)2009: 78.5% pass (391 tests)2010: 78.7% pass (672 tests)2011: 77.1% pass (953 tests)2012: 78.1% pass (1,132 tests)2013: 76.3% pass (1,422 tests)2014: 78.3% pass (1,609 tests)2015: 79.0% pass (1,668 tests)2016: 78.3% pass (1,614 tests)2017: 80.0% pass (1,566 tests)2018: 76.8% pass (1,136 tests)2019: 80.5% pass (1,169 tests)2020: 80.9% pass (1,085 tests)2021: 78.7% pass (1,076 tests)2022: 77.3% pass (920 tests)2023: 79.9% pass (720 tests)2024: 77.4% pass (470 tests)2025: 78.9% pass (388 tests)20082025

Questions

Which Agility years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Agility overall (78.5%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 75.8% from 654 tests.
Which Agility year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 85.0% of 100 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
How much does the Agility pass rate vary by year?
9.2 percentage points between the highest (2018, 85.0%) and lowest (2005, 75.8%) 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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