Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4,110 | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 3,352 | 59.4% |
| 2023/24 | 4,088 | 55.8% |
| 2022/23 | 3,336 | 57.8% |
| 2021/22 | 3,021 | 61.2% |
| 2020/21 | 884 | 59.2% |
| 2019/20 | 2,801 | 54.7% |
| 2018/19 | 2,938 | 56.4% |
| 2017/18 | 2,896 | 55.5% |
| 2016/17 | 3,191 | 55.2% |
| 2015/16 | 3,082 | 57.9% |
| 2014/15 | 2,816 | 53.8% |
| 2013/14 | 2,934 | 49.8% |
| 2012/13 | 2,691 | 52.2% |
| 2011/12 | 2,930 | 53.0% |
| 2010/11 | 2,867 | 53.8% |
| 2009/10 | 2,969 | 50.7% |
| 2008/09 | 3,061 | 51.0% |
| 2007/08 | 3,150 | 50.7% |
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 | 420 | 217 | 51.7% |
| February 2026 | 353 | 197 | 55.8% |
| January 2026 | 401 | 225 | 56.1% |
| December 2025 | 306 | 180 | 58.8% |
| November 2025 | 304 | 182 | 59.9% |
| October 2025 | 349 | 189 | 54.2% |
| September 2025 | 290 | 168 | 57.9% |
| August 2025 | 253 | 158 | 62.5% |
| July 2025 | 382 | 227 | 59.4% |
| June 2025 | 369 | 233 | 63.1% |
| May 2025 | 372 | 223 | 59.9% |
| April 2025 | 311 | 217 | 69.8% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 59.9% of their tests at Hereford in 2025/26 and women 57.4%. Of 2,186 learners taking their first test here, 1,311 passed (60.0%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 128 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 Hereford in September 2026 had booked it a median of 2.9 weeks earlier; 67.3% took it within seven weeks of booking.
DVSA, DRT122F · median weeks between booking and taking the test, DVSA examiners only
Other test centres in West Midlands
| Test centre | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham (Cocks Moors) | 486 | 53.5% |
| Birmingham (Garretts Green) | 22,480 | 44.4% |
| Birmingham (Kings Heath) | 9,072 | 46.8% |
| Birmingham (Kingstanding) | 16,133 | 48.5% |
| Birmingham (Shirley) | 9,385 | 56.6% |
| Birmingham (South Yardley) | 14,471 | 42.8% |
| Burton on Trent | 7,273 | 54.7% |
| Coventry | 13,771 | 40.0% |
| Dudley | 13,721 | 45.2% |
| Featherstone | 13,193 | 36.4% |
| Lichfield | 5,944 | 53.0% |
| Ludlow | 5,051 | 58.7% |
| Nuneaton | 6,764 | 53.2% |
| Oswestry | 1,851 | 52.4% |
| Redditch | 4,483 | 51.4% |
| Rugby | 6,664 | 51.4% |
| Shrewsbury | 5,064 | 51.0% |
| Stafford | 5,365 | 45.8% |
| Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge) | 8,413 | 40.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) | 6,646 | 41.6% |
| Telford | 4,963 | 48.9% |
| Warwick (Wedgenock House) | 15,070 | 48.5% |
| Wednesbury | 7,508 | 35.0% |
| Wolverhampton | 11,561 | 34.3% |
| Worcester | 11,590 | 51.9% |