Royal Enfield Crusader: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Crusader years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.5% average, from 661 DVSA tests.

1963

highest-passing year · 94.1%

1959

lowest-passing year · 87.7%

6.4pp

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: 1963 (94.1% of 51 tests). Lowest: 1959 (87.7% of 65). Years more than two points below the model average: 1959, 1960.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.5%)
1959	65	87.7%	-3.8 pp
1960	77	88.3%	-3.2 pp
1961	185	93.5%	+2.0 pp
1962	77	90.9%	-0.6 pp
1963	51	94.1%	+2.6 pp
1964	67	94.0%	+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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which Crusader years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1959, 1960 registered examples pass first time less often than the Royal Enfield Crusader overall (91.5%); the 1959 cohort is lowest at 87.7% from 65 tests.
Which Crusader year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1963, at 94.1% of 51 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1963, 1964.
How much does the Crusader pass rate vary by year?: 6.4 percentage points between the highest (1963, 94.1%) and lowest (1959, 87.7%) 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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