Pass rate by year Share of car driving tests passed in Great Britain, by financial year (April to March).
30% 39% 48% 07/08 10/11 14/15 17/18 20/21 23/24 25/26 50% 30% 39% 48% 07/08 10/11 14/15 17/18 20/21 23/24 25/26 50% DVSA, DRT122A · Open Government Licence v3.0
By region Region Centres Tests Pass rate Median wait East Midlands 20 151,674 50.8% 12.1 wk East of England 24 195,108 51.4% 12.1 wk London 26 266,700 48.8% 13.0 wk North East 11 77,123 48.4% 15.1 wk North West 31 256,739 49.0% 12.1 wk South East 32 243,284 53.2% 10.6 wk South West 21 153,117 51.7% 8.8 wk West Midlands 26 231,032 46.2% 11.9 wk Yorkshire and The Humber 29 186,490 50.5% 13.3 wk Scotland 67 140,138 49.3% 16.5 wk Wales 21 96,367 52.4% 7.3 wk
Median wait: the typical centre's median weeks between booking and taking a test, September 2026
East Midlands Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Ashfield 8,144 57.3% 59.2% 15.3 wk Boston 4,784 50.7% 52.8% 3.6 wk Buxton 4,904 58.7% 61.4% 17.4 wk Chesterfield 6,605 56.2% 56.5% 7.9 wk Derby (Alvaston) 8,086 51.8% 52.9% 12.3 wk Grantham (Somerby) 7,318 57.9% 59.6% 18.4 wk Hinckley 4,866 46.4% 46.2% 9.6 wk Kettering 11,876 49.1% 50.1% 4.7 wk Leicester (Cannock Street) 14,198 40.2% 38.5% 7.9 wk Leicester (Wigston) 18,868 51.2% 50.2% 12.7 wk Lincoln 6,192 52.1% 52.5% 12.7 wk Loughborough 5,502 42.3% 42.6% 10.5 wk Louth 740 53.9% 56.0% 9.0 wk Melton Mowbray 1,984 69.7% 71.2% 20.0 wk Northampton 13,539 52.1% 51.8% 8.6 wk Nottingham (Chilwell) 9,415 49.9% 49.2% 5.1 wk Nottingham (Colwick) 15,150 46.4% 47.6% 13.3 wk Skegness 2,078 55.9% 55.4% 17.9 wk Wellingborough 1,450 60.0% 59.4% 18.0 wk Worksop 5,975 55.2% 56.2% 12.1 wk
East of England Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Basildon 8,359 49.1% 49.0% 3.7 wk Bedford 8,854 53.7% 54.4% 3.3 wk Bishops Stortford 6,409 51.3% 50.9% 5.9 wk Borehamwood (London) 7,195 50.8% 49.2% 15.6 wk Brentwood (London) 5,791 48.5% 47.1% 5.3 wk Bury St Edmunds 8,702 46.2% 46.9% 12.7 wk Cambridge (Brookmount Court) 13,689 53.8% 53.4% 24.3 wk Chelmsford 9,107 55.4% 55.0% 20.9 wk Clacton-on-Sea 4,840 48.2% 48.9% 6.4 wk Colchester 7,756 50.6% 51.1% 12.1 wk Ipswich 11,466 62.3% 63.0% 5.3 wk Kings Lynn 6,694 51.9% 52.9% 16.0 wk Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) 7,667 49.9% 48.8% 25.1 wk Letchworth 5,243 57.5% 59.3% 21.0 wk Loughton (London) 7,376 47.0% 48.0% 20.9 wk Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) 7,603 43.3% 44.1% 18.4 wk Luton 7,759 39.2% 35.8% 9.9 wk Norwich (Peachman Way) 12,541 61.7% 63.1% 9.0 wk Peterborough 10,551 52.8% 53.2% 15.4 wk Southend-on-Sea 7,526 47.0% 47.0% 17.6 wk St Albans 7,336 50.7% 49.4% 6.0 wk Stevenage 4,622 55.3% 55.8% 3.7 wk Tilbury 5,083 50.4% 50.3% 5.2 wk Watford 12,939 46.2% 44.8% 15.1 wk
London Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Barking (Tanner Street) 5,543 36.3% 30.6% — Barnet (London) 12,397 49.9% 48.8% 19.1 wk Belvedere (London) 4,245 40.5% 39.1% 4.3 wk Bromley (London) 13,228 52.9% 52.9% 7.9 wk Chingford (London) 13,120 39.9% 37.5% 12.6 wk Enfield (Brancroft Way) 362 46.1% 51.1% 2.6 wk Enfield (Innova Business Park) 8,412 53.9% 53.6% 2.4 wk Erith (London) 5,809 51.6% 49.8% 8.6 wk Goodmayes (London) 21,374 43.7% 40.6% 11.8 wk Greenford (Horsenden Lane) 7,222 41.4% 40.0% 18.4 wk Hendon (London) 11,086 51.4% 49.9% 21.1 wk Hornchurch (London) 8,694 46.3% 45.9% 22.3 wk Isleworth (Fleming Way) 12,687 50.4% 49.7% 20.9 wk Mill Hill (London) 9,797 51.4% 50.3% 16.4 wk Mitcham (London) 15,046 47.0% 46.3% 16.1 wk Morden (London) 15,770 51.0% 50.4% 19.1 wk Pinner (London) 14,367 49.7% 48.5% 23.1 wk Sidcup (London) 14,318 58.7% 59.5% 23.0 wk Southall (London) 8,543 44.8% 41.8% 5.4 wk Tolworth (London) 10,164 53.6% 53.7% 23.1 wk Tottenham 9,844 48.9% 48.1% 6.7 wk Uxbridge (London) 6,051 52.3% 50.7% 16.3 wk Wanstead (London) 8,258 44.4% 42.2% 13.0 wk West Wickham (London) 12,249 51.6% 52.3% 6.0 wk Wood Green (London) 11,379 46.8% 47.0% 11.8 wk Yeading (London) 6,735 52.8% 50.9% 3.0 wk
North East Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Alnwick 1,282 55.5% 62.5% 14.6 wk Berwick-On-Tweed 666 53.9% 52.5% 22.1 wk Blyth 6,973 50.9% 53.9% 11.7 wk Darlington 12,183 47.1% 48.9% 7.6 wk Durham 9,451 53.2% 54.8% 15.9 wk Gateshead 9,512 37.5% 37.1% 11.1 wk Gosforth 10,531 48.4% 48.7% 21.1 wk Hartlepool 5,847 51.0% 51.9% 15.1 wk Hexham 1,388 53.0% 55.0% 17.9 wk Middlesbrough 8,854 47.7% 47.1% 15.9 wk Sunderland 10,436 51.1% 51.3% 9.0 wk
North West Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Atherton (Manchester) 13,035 44.3% 45.1% 10.0 wk Barrow In Furness 1,699 69.6% 70.0% 6.4 wk Blackburn with Darwen 12,205 46.6% 45.5% 13.1 wk Blackpool 8,948 51.8% 51.9% 9.1 wk Bolton (Manchester) 11,570 51.8% 52.8% 12.4 wk Bredbury (Manchester) 10,636 56.0% 57.9% 16.1 wk Bury (Manchester) 7,024 46.3% 45.7% 5.7 wk Carlisle 3,518 58.7% 59.9% 13.8 wk Chadderton 15,988 46.8% 45.6% 16.1 wk Cheetham Hill (Manchester) 10,207 44.7% 44.1% 10.0 wk Chester 9,212 47.3% 47.9% 7.5 wk Chorley 5,415 52.8% 54.0% 5.4 wk Crewe 4,994 43.8% 42.6% 12.1 wk Heysham 3,692 59.2% 61.9% 18.3 wk Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 2,231 65.1% 67.1% 8.9 wk Macclesfield 4,509 51.9% 52.2% 16.4 wk Nelson 5,955 51.7% 52.1% 18.9 wk Norris Green (Liverpool) 13,472 37.8% 36.0% 18.0 wk Northwich 3,529 57.6% 57.3% 7.3 wk Preston 9,194 56.3% 56.9% 14.4 wk Rochdale (Manchester) 11,563 48.3% 48.6% 5.6 wk Sale (Manchester) 10,921 51.4% 53.0% 18.3 wk Southport (Liverpool) 7,949 56.5% 57.2% 18.0 wk Speke (Liverpool) 8,159 40.5% 41.5% 7.5 wk St Helens (Liverpool) 14,174 40.9% 42.1% 11.4 wk Upton 10,772 52.6% 54.9% 12.1 wk Wallasey 968 54.3% 54.4% 12.6 wk Warrington 7,550 55.5% 55.5% 17.1 wk West Didsbury (Manchester) 17,806 47.7% 48.1% 19.9 wk Widnes 6,846 42.7% 41.3% 9.1 wk Workington 2,998 61.9% 63.3% 7.8 wk
South East Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Ashford (Kent) 5,475 46.2% 45.9% 7.1 wk Aylesbury 5,255 49.3% 48.2% 7.3 wk Banbury 9,069 41.3% 39.6% 12.1 wk Basingstoke 5,009 56.8% 57.7% 10.1 wk Bletchley 9,415 51.5% 49.6% 4.0 wk Burgess Hill 11,237 45.5% 45.6% 12.1 wk Canterbury 4,670 45.8% 46.3% 5.4 wk Chertsey (London) 9,082 52.9% 52.5% 21.7 wk Chichester 6,672 61.6% 63.3% 3.7 wk Crawley 11,305 42.7% 42.7% 17.8 wk Eastbourne 6,031 55.4% 56.6% 13.4 wk Farnborough 10,482 59.7% 60.1% 19.6 wk Folkestone 7,818 42.4% 42.2% 7.1 wk Gillingham 14,886 56.4% 57.6% 12.0 wk Greenham 3,931 56.5% 55.9% 8.7 wk Guildford 4,542 57.1% 56.8% 7.8 wk Hastings (Ore) 3,892 52.4% 51.7% 17.1 wk Herne Bay 10,674 55.9% 56.3% 8.6 wk High Wycombe 3,534 51.5% 49.0% 6.1 wk Lee On The Solent 8,502 63.2% 65.5% 18.9 wk Maidstone 8,053 60.2% 61.6% 9.7 wk Newport (Isle of Wight) 3,616 54.1% 56.4% 7.1 wk Oxford (Cowley) 5,419 50.6% 49.0% 4.4 wk Portsmouth 13,518 52.8% 52.9% 16.1 wk Reading 9,237 55.4% 55.4% 6.3 wk Redhill Aerodrome 5,408 53.9% 53.5% 13.3 wk Sevenoaks 6,740 59.0% 60.9% 15.0 wk Slough (London) 10,509 50.8% 48.4% 22.1 wk Southampton (Maybush) 10,480 50.3% 50.6% 14.4 wk Tunbridge Wells 5,726 64.5% 65.4% 10.6 wk Winchester 4,602 52.2% 50.0% 11.3 wk Worthing 8,495 59.8% 60.2% 13.7 wk
South West Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Barnstaple 5,562 51.4% 53.8% 7.4 wk Bodmin 6,392 47.5% 45.2% 5.4 wk Bristol (Avonmouth) 9,400 55.5% 55.4% 12.1 wk Bristol (Kingswood) 14,863 51.9% 53.4% 5.9 wk Camborne 6,271 40.6% 37.8% 4.4 wk Cheltenham 5,161 43.2% 42.9% 17.0 wk Chippenham 9,629 56.4% 56.0% 11.7 wk Dorchester 4,353 69.0% 71.8% 10.6 wk Exeter 8,679 46.8% 45.6% 6.4 wk Gloucester 7,420 47.8% 48.3% 16.2 wk Launceston 3,991 46.3% 47.0% 6.4 wk Newton Abbot 6,591 53.8% 54.5% 16.0 wk Penzance 507 46.5% 43.4% 10.7 wk Plymouth 11,167 40.7% 38.8% 7.1 wk Poole 10,375 53.4% 53.0% 8.8 wk Salisbury 6,630 48.5% 48.3% 6.1 wk Swindon 12,857 51.1% 50.8% 12.1 wk Taunton 8,259 59.5% 59.2% 12.6 wk Trowbridge 3,074 55.2% 56.4% 5.6 wk Weston-super-Mare 4,443 61.0% 61.3% 4.0 wk Yeovil 7,493 63.4% 64.1% 13.1 wk
West Midlands Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Birmingham (Cocks Moors) 486 53.5% 55.5% 4.7 wk Birmingham (Garretts Green) 22,480 44.4% 42.0% 11.4 wk Birmingham (Kings Heath) 9,072 46.8% 45.6% 10.1 wk Birmingham (Kingstanding) 16,133 48.5% 47.2% 16.1 wk Birmingham (Shirley) 9,385 56.6% 58.3% 19.0 wk Birmingham (South Yardley) 14,471 42.8% 40.5% 11.9 wk Burton on Trent 7,273 54.7% 56.5% 13.9 wk Coventry 13,771 40.0% 38.3% 11.9 wk Dudley 13,721 45.2% 45.1% 18.0 wk Featherstone 13,193 36.4% 35.1% 11.9 wk Hereford 4,110 58.8% 60.0% 2.9 wk Lichfield 5,944 53.0% 53.3% 17.0 wk Ludlow 5,051 58.7% 61.6% 10.0 wk Nuneaton 6,764 53.2% 54.6% 9.0 wk Oswestry 1,851 52.4% 54.3% 11.7 wk Redditch 4,483 51.4% 51.5% 4.0 wk Rugby 6,664 51.4% 55.0% 10.8 wk Shrewsbury 5,064 51.0% 53.2% 10.1 wk Stafford 5,365 45.8% 45.8% 16.2 wk Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge) 8,413 40.6% 38.7% 14.0 wk Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) 6,646 41.6% 40.0% 19.1 wk Telford 4,963 48.9% 48.1% 16.0 wk Warwick (Wedgenock House) 15,070 48.5% 47.3% 9.8 wk Wednesbury 7,508 35.0% 31.5% 13.1 wk Wolverhampton 11,561 34.3% 33.4% 15.9 wk Worcester 11,590 51.9% 52.3% 14.0 wk
Yorkshire and The Humber Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Barnsley 7,737 58.5% 60.6% 7.3 wk Beverley LGV 159 54.1% 64.5% — Bradford (Heaton) 8,354 56.1% 54.3% 13.4 wk Bradford (Thornbury) 10,831 47.8% 47.5% 9.4 wk Bridlington 3,027 55.5% 55.6% 13.0 wk Doncaster 7,334 53.2% 53.3% 21.6 wk Grimsby Coldwater 5,361 42.8% 43.1% 5.3 wk Halifax 5,845 45.0% 42.9% 13.6 wk Heckmondwike 5,471 45.8% 45.8% 15.7 wk Horsforth 12,466 49.7% 51.1% 11.6 wk Huddersfield 10,563 49.2% 49.4% 14.3 wk Hull 9,706 47.9% 49.3% 4.4 wk Knaresborough 8,301 58.5% 60.8% 6.9 wk Leeds (Colton Mill) 6,432 51.8% 53.4% 13.9 wk Leeds (Fearnville) 4,676 51.8% 52.8% — Malton 876 64.3% 65.2% 12.6 wk Northallerton 3,244 60.4% 62.7% 14.3 wk Pontefract 5,544 46.9% 47.0% 15.7 wk Rotherham 9,134 53.1% 54.7% 7.1 wk Scarborough 3,595 45.1% 45.2% 2.9 wk Scunthorpe 6,103 45.4% 44.0% 5.6 wk Sheffield (Handsworth) 9,788 44.1% 44.7% 6.1 wk Sheffield (Middlewood Road) 10,442 48.7% 50.3% 17.3 wk Skipton 3,197 57.3% 55.5% 13.8 wk Steeton 4,784 52.8% 52.6% 15.6 wk Wakefield 11,653 45.4% 46.6% 13.3 wk Walton LGV 1,894 59.8% 63.7% 10.3 wk Whitby 557 56.7% 56.0% 15.0 wk York 9,416 54.4% 54.7% 16.3 wk
Scotland Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Aberdeen North 3,906 48.2% 48.5% 16.5 wk Aberdeen South (Cove) 4,858 52.4% 51.4% 9.1 wk Aberfeldy 149 68.5% 73.1% 22.6 wk Airdrie 4,599 47.4% 47.4% 7.1 wk Alness 783 63.1% 63.1% 14.0 wk Arbroath 605 67.4% 70.5% 29.9 wk Ayr 2,189 57.5% 58.0% 8.0 wk Banff 280 57.5% 54.8% 10.6 wk Benbecula Island 107 72.9% 73.2% — Bishopbriggs 6,186 49.8% 53.6% 21.0 wk Buckie 268 51.1% 46.3% 9.4 wk Callander 335 49.9% 49.7% 29.7 wk Campbeltown 109 71.6% 76.0% 25.7 wk Castle Douglas 549 53.4% 60.4% 17.1 wk Cumnock 760 67.4% 69.5% 23.0 wk Dumbarton 1,659 52.8% 51.4% 4.4 wk Dumfries 2,267 53.9% 59.2% 16.3 wk Dundee 3,742 57.3% 57.9% 14.6 wk Dunfermline (Vine) 5,529 36.4% 36.4% 11.6 wk Dunoon 193 71.5% 72.2% 21.9 wk Duns 171 70.2% 69.2% 21.7 wk East Kilbride 1,976 57.7% 58.2% 23.0 wk Edinburgh (Currie) 6,202 41.6% 42.8% 20.3 wk Edinburgh (Musselburgh) 6,850 49.4% 49.9% 19.7 wk Elgin 2,934 42.3% 41.3% 9.7 wk Forfar 667 60.3% 59.4% 28.2 wk Fort William 374 65.5% 69.2% 15.0 wk Fraserburgh 531 64.0% 63.6% 16.0 wk Galashiels 2,241 47.4% 50.7% 5.1 wk Girvan 250 72.0% 70.3% 15.9 wk Glasgow (Anniesland) 6,170 44.3% 44.3% 21.6 wk Glasgow (Baillieston) 10,428 47.4% 48.0% 20.0 wk Glasgow (Shieldhall) 7,019 39.9% 39.0% 18.0 wk Grangemouth 3,761 50.7% 50.4% 21.9 wk Grantown-On-Spey 137 56.9% 58.3% 18.9 wk Greenock 3,547 41.7% 40.5% 7.9 wk Haddington 2,195 57.5% 58.2% 23.9 wk Hamilton 6,112 42.0% 40.7% 19.3 wk Hawick 415 64.3% 68.5% 15.9 wk Huntly 245 63.7% 62.8% 15.6 wk Inveraray 124 69.4% 75.4% 23.3 wk Inverness (Longman Drive) 3,252 45.8% 45.2% 6.6 wk Inverurie 749 61.9% 63.8% 12.4 wk Irvine 4,941 55.7% 56.6% 17.6 wk Isle of Skye (Portree) 128 57.0% 57.6% 3.4 wk Kelso 434 59.2% 59.3% 24.7 wk Kirkcaldy 4,313 50.9% 49.7% 15.3 wk Kyle of Lochalsh 136 57.4% 56.5% 7.7 wk Lanark 1,914 58.1% 58.5% 20.4 wk Lerwick 379 67.8% 70.3% 14.4 wk Livingston 2,997 55.7% 56.3% 8.2 wk Lochgilphead 140 56.4% 55.4% 23.1 wk Montrose 621 70.0% 71.4% 18.9 wk Newton Stewart 225 65.8% 64.0% 18.1 wk Oban 322 66.1% 66.3% 18.0 wk Orkney 320 55.9% 51.3% 11.0 wk Paisley 7,912 48.6% 47.1% 18.1 wk Peebles 685 58.8% 63.1% 24.1 wk Perth (Arran Road) 2,642 48.8% 47.2% 11.6 wk Peterhead 2,628 53.2% 53.3% 6.4 wk Pitlochry 146 73.3% 73.8% 19.9 wk Rothesay 125 52.0% 52.7% 21.7 wk Stirling 2,747 43.0% 44.3% 12.4 wk Stornoway 344 66.6% 67.6% 9.9 wk Stranraer 215 71.2% 70.1% 20.3 wk Thurso 162 63.0% 64.4% 14.5 wk Wick 239 59.4% 61.8% 13.1 wk
Wales Test centre Tests Pass rate First attempt Wait Abergavenny 5,924 64.2% 64.7% 3.9 wk Aberystwyth (Park Avenue) 1,529 55.1% 52.1% 7.0 wk Bala 607 61.6% 64.8% 16.1 wk Bangor 4,032 62.2% 62.7% 10.9 wk Barry 2,244 57.0% 55.5% 9.1 wk Brecon 1,490 58.7% 60.3% 7.4 wk Bridgend 5,990 53.3% 55.1% 7.3 wk Cardiff (Llanishen) 16,401 46.5% 48.4% 7.7 wk Cardigan 1,192 41.0% 39.5% 6.0 wk Carmarthen 2,746 54.2% 54.1% 9.9 wk Llanelli 4,380 51.0% 52.4% 7.0 wk Llantrisant 9,909 54.0% 55.5% 6.4 wk Merthyr Tydfil 4,446 51.2% 50.3% 8.9 wk Monmouth 1,283 51.0% 52.8% 4.7 wk Newport (Gwent) 8,227 48.9% 50.1% 6.7 wk Newtown 2,256 58.0% 59.5% 14.1 wk Pembroke Dock 1,769 50.1% 50.5% 5.1 wk Pwllheli 737 68.1% 66.7% 16.3 wk Rhyl 4,011 56.9% 56.7% 9.6 wk Swansea 12,375 48.2% 51.2% 7.3 wk Wrexham 4,819 51.9% 54.2% 7.1 wk
DVSA, Driving test and theory test data: cars (DRT122A, DRT122C, DRT122F), 2025/26; waiting times September 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0 · centres with fewer than 100 tests in the year are not listed
Reading these figures A centre's pass rate depends on who takes the test there — age, how much practice they have had, how many times they have tried — as much as on the local roads. It is not a score for the examiners.
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