Raleigh Runabout: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Runabout years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.1% average, from 720 DVSA tests.

1967

highest-passing year · 96.9%

1971

lowest-passing year · 86.9%

10.0pp

spread across 6 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: 1967 (96.9% of 64 tests). Lowest: 1971 (86.9% of 61). Years more than two points below the model average: 1964, 1971.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.1%)
1964	90	87.8%	-3.3 pp
1965	162	91.4%	+0.3 pp
1966	116	91.4%	+0.3 pp
1967	64	96.9%	+5.8 pp
1969	73	90.4%	-0.7 pp
1971	61	86.9%	-4.2 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which Runabout years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1964, 1971 registered examples pass first time less often than the Raleigh Runabout overall (91.1%); the 1971 cohort is lowest at 86.9% from 61 tests.
Which Runabout year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1967, at 96.9% of 64 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Runabout pass rate vary by year?: 10.0 percentage points between the highest (1967, 96.9%) and lowest (1971, 86.9%) 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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