Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 9,400 | 55.5% |
| 2024/25 | 9,980 | 53.7% |
| 2023/24 | 11,066 | 56.3% |
| 2022/23 | 7,370 | 57.5% |
| 2021/22 | 7,487 | 56.1% |
| 2020/21 | 2,296 | 55.7% |
| 2019/20 | 8,471 | 51.4% |
| 2018/19 | 5,071 | 51.9% |
| 2017/18 | 1,891 | 54.4% |
| 2016/17 | 843 | 52.1% |
DVSA, DRT122A · centres where only one examiner tested in a year are left out of that year by DVSA
Month by month
| Month | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 1,690 | 956 | 56.6% |
| February 2026 | 1,167 | 659 | 56.5% |
| January 2026 | 911 | 518 | 56.9% |
| December 2025 | 763 | 428 | 56.1% |
| November 2025 | 691 | 391 | 56.6% |
| October 2025 | 643 | 352 | 54.7% |
| September 2025 | 531 | 283 | 53.3% |
| August 2025 | 420 | 255 | 60.7% |
| July 2025 | 597 | 328 | 54.9% |
| June 2025 | 647 | 335 | 51.8% |
| May 2025 | 689 | 359 | 52.1% |
| April 2025 | 651 | 350 | 53.8% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 56.3% of their tests at Bristol (Avonmouth) in 2025/26 and women 54.5%. Of 4,840 learners taking their first test here, 2,679 passed (55.4%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 167 of them did it without a single driving fault.
DVSA, DRT122A and DRT122C, 2025/26
Waiting for a test
People who took their test at Bristol (Avonmouth) in September 2026 had booked it a median of 12.1 weeks earlier; 36.3% took it within seven weeks of booking.
DVSA, DRT122F · median weeks between booking and taking the test, DVSA examiners only
Other test centres in South West
| Test centre | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Barnstaple | 5,562 | 51.4% |
| Bodmin | 6,392 | 47.5% |
| Bristol (Kingswood) | 14,863 | 51.9% |
| Camborne | 6,271 | 40.6% |
| Cheltenham | 5,161 | 43.2% |
| Chippenham | 9,629 | 56.4% |
| Dorchester | 4,353 | 69.0% |
| Exeter | 8,679 | 46.8% |
| Gloucester | 7,420 | 47.8% |
| Launceston | 3,991 | 46.3% |
| Newton Abbot | 6,591 | 53.8% |
| Penzance | 507 | 46.5% |
| Plymouth | 11,167 | 40.7% |
| Poole | 10,375 | 53.4% |
| Salisbury | 6,630 | 48.5% |
| Swindon | 12,857 | 51.1% |
| Taunton | 8,259 | 59.5% |
| Trowbridge | 3,074 | 55.2% |
| Weston-super-Mare | 4,443 | 61.0% |
| Yeovil | 7,493 | 63.4% |