| Table 4.1.6 Rider Knowledge Test Yearly pass rates by selected variables |
| Demographic Breakdown | YEAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | |
| TOTAL | 36,442 | 56.9% | 33,159 | 55.5% | 34,752 | 55.6% | 37,317 | 55.4% | 29,029 | 62.1% | 27,649 | 67.0% | 27,987 | 70.8% | 28,927 | 73.6% | 30,803 | 76.2% | 33,677 | 77.0% | 39,956 | 79.0% | 44,340 | 79.4% | 39,975 | 77.1% | 41,453 | 77.3% | 44,697 | 77.2% | 43,954 | 78.5% | 42,507 | 78.1% | 40,322 | 78.8% | 40,842 | 79.1% | 40,862 | 79.1% | 40,596 | 80.1% | 44,696 | 79.8% | 48,672 | 81.4% | 41,614 | 81.9% | 22,014 | 82.2% |
| GENDER: Male | 32,381 | 56.9% | 29,064 | 55.6% | 30,146 | 55.6% | 32,220 | 55.2% | 25,124 | 61.6% | 23,711 | 66.5% | 23,680 | 70.1% | 24,533 | 72.9% | 25,406 | 75.8% | 27,884 | 76.5% | 32,885 | 78.7% | 36,143 | 79.2% | 32,675 | 76.5% | 34,029 | 77.1% | 37,088 | 76.9% | 36,164 | 78.2% | 35,367 | 77.7% | 33,338 | 78.4% | 33,497 | 78.8% | 33,547 | 78.5% | 33,170 | 79.8% | 36,763 | 79.3% | 39,799 | 80.8% | 33,271 | 81.5% | 17,708 | 82.0% |
| GENDER: Female | 4,061 | 57.1% | 4,095 | 55.1% | 4,606 | 55.5% | 5,097 | 56.5% | 3,905 | 65.7% | 3,938 | 70.1% | 4,307 | 74.9% | 4,394 | 77.7% | 5,397 | 77.8% | 5,793 | 79.1% | 7,071 | 80.3% | 8,197 | 80.4% | 7,300 | 79.8% | 7,424 | 78.0% | 7,609 | 78.6% | 7,790 | 80.1% | 7,140 | 80.0% | 6,984 | 80.7% | 7,345 | 80.6% | 7,315 | 81.9% | 7,426 | 81.4% | 7,933 | 81.9% | 8,873 | 84.1% | 8,343 | 83.6% | 4,306 | 82.9% |
| AGE: 16-19 | 8,417 | 46.8% | 7,528 | 46.9% | 7,447 | 46.2% | 7,554 | 46.0% | 5,237 | 52.7% | 4,816 | 58.8% | 4,727 | 63.5% | 4,845 | 69.3% | 4,948 | 73.1% | 5,363 | 74.7% | 6,636 | 75.9% | 8,040 | 75.9% | 7,367 | 73.3% | 7,311 | 73.2% | 7,905 | 73.7% | 7,559 | 74.1% | 7,278 | 73.9% | 6,697 | 75.1% | 6,529 | 75.8% | 6,556 | 75.1% | 6,466 | 76.3% | 6,672 | 76.6% | 6,574 | 77.3% | 6,542 | 78.5% | 3,741 | 78.9% |
| AGE: 20-24 | 9,392 | 61.1% | 8,686 | 59.1% | 8,834 | 57.5% | 9,715 | 56.9% | 7,942 | 61.1% | 7,430 | 64.0% | 7,360 | 67.6% | 7,684 | 69.5% | 7,185 | 73.1% | 7,613 | 73.9% | 8,890 | 76.8% | 9,854 | 77.3% | 8,945 | 75.9% | 9,675 | 76.4% | 10,306 | 76.7% | 10,443 | 78.0% | 9,925 | 77.3% | 9,476 | 77.3% | 9,233 | 77.5% | 9,063 | 77.5% | 8,422 | 79.4% | 9,622 | 77.9% | 10,220 | 79.6% | 8,325 | 80.7% | 4,492 | 80.2% |
| AGE: 25-29 | 7,123 | 61.6% | 6,113 | 60.1% | 6,397 | 61.2% | 6,804 | 60.1% | 5,360 | 65.6% | 4,927 | 70.8% | 4,834 | 75.2% | 5,030 | 76.4% | 5,490 | 78.3% | 6,068 | 77.9% | 7,199 | 78.6% | 7,832 | 80.5% | 7,736 | 77.3% | 7,665 | 78.2% | 8,234 | 77.5% | 7,880 | 79.7% | 7,601 | 78.8% | 7,370 | 80.3% | 7,699 | 80.8% | 8,014 | 80.6% | 7,921 | 79.9% | 9,516 | 78.8% | 10,003 | 80.8% | 7,513 | 81.9% | 3,781 | 84.2% |
| AGE: 30-39 | 7,334 | 59.0% | 6,772 | 58.0% | 7,741 | 59.3% | 8,534 | 59.4% | 6,631 | 66.6% | 6,540 | 71.3% | 6,742 | 74.7% | 6,804 | 77.2% | 7,565 | 79.2% | 8,174 | 79.6% | 9,419 | 82.1% | 10,307 | 82.3% | 8,845 | 79.3% | 9,094 | 79.5% | 9,640 | 79.1% | 9,457 | 79.9% | 9,260 | 80.3% | 8,754 | 80.0% | 9,093 | 79.4% | 9,037 | 80.1% | 9,324 | 81.7% | 9,936 | 81.7% | 11,385 | 83.1% | 9,646 | 83.0% | 4,904 | 82.8% |
| AGE: 40-49 | 2,960 | 58.2% | 2,838 | 54.8% | 3,033 | 54.5% | 3,263 | 55.3% | 2,734 | 66.5% | 2,859 | 72.2% | 3,097 | 73.7% | 3,223 | 78.2% | 3,883 | 76.7% | 4,312 | 79.2% | 5,290 | 81.4% | 5,649 | 81.2% | 4,773 | 80.6% | 5,127 | 78.5% | 5,607 | 79.5% | 5,595 | 80.8% | 5,356 | 80.3% | 5,101 | 81.7% | 5,125 | 82.4% | 4,945 | 82.8% | 5,089 | 83.1% | 5,297 | 83.0% | 6,256 | 84.6% | 5,594 | 84.4% | 2,910 | 83.9% |
| AGE: 50-59 | 967 | 52.6% | 974 | 49.0% | 969 | 52.1% | 1,094 | 51.5% | 884 | 63.3% | 849 | 67.7% | 970 | 72.8% | 1,038 | 76.0% | 1,365 | 77.1% | 1,680 | 78.2% | 1,974 | 80.4% | 2,173 | 80.3% | 1,880 | 78.1% | 2,085 | 80.4% | 2,433 | 79.1% | 2,438 | 81.0% | 2,469 | 80.0% | 2,387 | 79.8% | 2,542 | 81.4% | 2,631 | 80.3% | 2,705 | 81.1% | 2,914 | 83.9% | 3,479 | 84.4% | 3,200 | 84.0% | 1,732 | 84.7% |
| AGE: 60-69 | 222 | 44.1% | 219 | 47.9% | 275 | 39.6% | 268 | 38.4% | 190 | 56.3% | 193 | 62.7% | 219 | 73.1% | 241 | 68.9% | 310 | 76.5% | 400 | 74.0% | 469 | 75.3% | 421 | 81.7% | 356 | 76.1% | 434 | 74.4% | 519 | 71.1% | 534 | 78.7% | 556 | 74.3% | 473 | 81.2% | 535 | 77.6% | 561 | 79.3% | 613 | 78.1% | 662 | 80.1% | 682 | 83.3% | 738 | 84.3% | 409 | 84.4% |
| AGE: 70+ | 27 | 29.6% | 29 | 37.9% | 56 | 35.7% | 85 | 24.7% | 51 | 27.5% | 35 | 60.0% | 38 | 60.5% | 62 | 43.5% | 57 | 63.2% | 67 | 55.2% | 79 | 62.0% | 64 | 68.8% | 73 | 67.1% | 62 | 75.8% | 53 | 62.3% | 48 | 66.7% | 62 | 66.1% | 64 | 50.0% | 86 | 58.1% | 55 | 67.3% | 56 | 73.2% | 77 | 76.6% | 73 | 76.7% | 56 | 85.7% | 45 | 80.0% |
| ATTEMPT # 1 | 22,228 | 58.7% | 19,553 | 57.5% | 20,446 | 57.2% | 21,797 | 57.6% | 19,208 | 63.6% | 19,210 | 68.4% | 20,442 | 72.1% | 21,795 | 74.8% | 23,891 | 77.2% | 26,360 | 78.0% | 31,854 | 80.8% | 35,548 | 81.1% | 31,296 | 78.7% | 32,460 | 79.2% | 34,995 | 78.9% | 34,963 | 80.4% | 33,713 | 80.0% | 32,070 | 80.5% | 32,716 | 80.8% | 32,769 | 80.8% | 33,107 | 81.5% | 36,225 | 81.2% | 40,307 | 82.8% | 34,643 | 83.3% | 18,235 | 83.5% |
| ATTEMPT # 2 | 8,224 | 58.3% | 7,701 | 56.3% | 8,121 | 56.5% | 8,608 | 57.2% | 6,253 | 62.2% | 5,622 | 66.7% | 5,258 | 70.0% | 5,180 | 72.6% | 5,142 | 75.3% | 5,518 | 75.8% | 5,916 | 74.2% | 6,492 | 74.5% | 6,368 | 73.6% | 6,494 | 72.5% | 7,068 | 73.0% | 6,609 | 73.2% | 6,446 | 72.8% | 6,099 | 73.9% | 6,023 | 73.3% | 5,999 | 73.8% | 5,708 | 74.6% | 6,423 | 75.0% | 6,415 | 76.5% | 5,428 | 76.6% | 2,918 | 76.9% |
| ATTEMPT # 3 | 3,125 | 53.8% | 3,081 | 53.8% | 3,232 | 54.1% | 3,396 | 53.4% | 2,104 | 59.6% | 1,723 | 63.3% | 1,464 | 64.1% | 1,292 | 65.9% | 1,177 | 68.6% | 1,216 | 68.8% | 1,465 | 69.1% | 1,571 | 71.5% | 1,541 | 69.2% | 1,674 | 68.5% | 1,796 | 70.7% | 1,635 | 69.3% | 1,603 | 68.6% | 1,502 | 71.0% | 1,485 | 71.6% | 1,455 | 70.4% | 1,303 | 71.5% | 1,467 | 73.5% | 1,379 | 70.6% | 1,100 | 72.9% | 633 | 77.3% |
| ATTEMPT # 4+ | 2,865 | 41.8% | 2,824 | 41.8% | 2,953 | 42.9% | 3,516 | 38.9% | 1,464 | 46.1% | 1,094 | 50.0% | 823 | 56.3% | 660 | 57.0% | 593 | 58.0% | 583 | 59.2% | 721 | 58.4% | 729 | 58.8% | 770 | 55.3% | 825 | 58.5% | 838 | 57.4% | 747 | 59.0% | 745 | 60.3% | 651 | 58.2% | 618 | 62.0% | 639 | 61.5% | 478 | 68.0% | 581 | 58.2% | 571 | 61.6% | 443 | 61.6% | 228 | 57.0% |
| TEST LANGUAGE: English | 35,947 | 57.3% | 32,701 | 55.9% | 34,210 | 56.0% | 36,771 | 55.8% | 28,662 | 62.6% | 27,364 | 67.3% | 27,745 | 71.0% | 28,680 | 73.8% | 30,554 | 76.3% | 33,410 | 77.1% | 39,523 | 79.1% | 43,822 | 79.6% | 39,518 | 77.2% | 40,957 | 77.5% | 43,994 | 77.4% | 43,308 | 78.7% | 41,880 | 78.3% | 39,617 | 78.9% | 40,078 | 79.3% | 39,866 | 79.3% | 39,712 | 80.2% | 43,420 | 80.0% | 47,469 | 81.5% | 40,800 | 82.1% | 21,550 | 82.2% |
| TEST LANGUAGE: Non-English | 495 | 29.9% | 458 | 26.6% | 542 | 26.4% | 546 | 26.2% | 367 | 27.2% | 285 | 38.6% | 242 | 50.4% | 247 | 60.3% | 249 | 61.4% | 267 | 64.8% | 433 | 64.9% | 518 | 64.7% | 457 | 65.4% | 496 | 62.7% | 703 | 63.0% | 646 | 70.1% | 627 | 64.4% | 705 | 68.9% | 764 | 69.2% | 996 | 72.0% | 884 | 74.2% | 1,276 | 72.3% | 1,203 | 76.6% | 814 | 74.3% | 464 | 78.7% |
| INTERPRETER LANGUAGE: None | 36,416 | 56.9% | 33,150 | 55.5% | 34,726 | 55.6% | 37,288 | 55.4% | 28,983 | 62.2% | 27,620 | 67.0% | 27,965 | 70.8% | 28,912 | 73.6% | 30,792 | 76.2% | 33,667 | 77.0% | 39,939 | 79.0% | 44,319 | 79.4% | 39,949 | 77.1% | 41,437 | 77.3% | 44,668 | 77.2% | 43,915 | 78.6% | 42,425 | 78.1% | 40,266 | 78.8% | 40,790 | 79.1% | 40,799 | 79.2% | 40,566 | 80.1% | 44,661 | 79.8% | 48,642 | 81.4% | 41,588 | 81.9% | 21,998 | 82.2% |
| INTERPRETER LANGUAGE: ALL Non-English | 26 | 42.3% | 9 | 55.6% | 26 | 46.2% | 29 | 48.3% | 46 | 43.5% | 29 | 44.8% | 22 | 50.0% | 15 | 60.0% | 11 | 54.5% | 10 | 60.0% | 17 | 58.8% | 21 | 52.4% | 26 | 38.5% | 16 | 56.3% | 29 | 48.3% | 39 | 38.5% | 82 | 57.3% | 56 | 50.0% | 52 | 48.1% | 63 | 47.6% | 30 | 43.3% | 35 | 57.1% | 30 | 43.3% | 26 | 50.0% | 16 | 50.0% |
| * 2022 data include tests up to and including 30JUN2022 |