Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4,443 | 61.0% |
| 2024/25 | 5,807 | 56.5% |
| 2023/24 | 6,093 | 56.1% |
| 2022/23 | 5,180 | 57.5% |
| 2021/22 | 5,087 | 54.3% |
| 2020/21 | 1,404 | 53.6% |
| 2019/20 | 4,032 | 54.0% |
| 2018/19 | 3,818 | 55.5% |
| 2017/18 | 4,270 | 55.0% |
| 2016/17 | 4,714 | 53.8% |
| 2015/16 | 4,314 | 51.6% |
| 2014/15 | 4,658 | 51.1% |
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 | 672 | 436 | 64.9% |
| February 2026 | 410 | 262 | 63.9% |
| January 2026 | 310 | 200 | 64.5% |
| December 2025 | 393 | 232 | 59.0% |
| November 2025 | 344 | 190 | 55.2% |
| October 2025 | 283 | 167 | 59.0% |
| September 2025 | 304 | 193 | 63.5% |
| August 2025 | 357 | 223 | 62.5% |
| July 2025 | 438 | 284 | 64.8% |
| June 2025 | 336 | 187 | 55.7% |
| May 2025 | 291 | 164 | 56.4% |
| April 2025 | 305 | 173 | 56.7% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 62.4% of their tests at Weston-super-Mare in 2025/26 and women 59.5%. Of 2,442 learners taking their first test here, 1,498 passed (61.3%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 126 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 Weston-super-Mare in September 2026 had booked it a median of 4.0 weeks earlier; 65.2% 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 (Avonmouth) | 9,400 | 55.5% |
| 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% |
| Yeovil | 7,493 | 63.4% |