Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 11,590 | 51.9% |
| 2024/25 | 10,516 | 50.6% |
| 2023/24 | 10,652 | 49.3% |
| 2022/23 | 10,013 | 50.0% |
| 2021/22 | 7,931 | 54.6% |
| 2020/21 | 2,283 | 54.4% |
| 2019/20 | 7,270 | 47.7% |
| 2018/19 | 7,757 | 48.2% |
| 2017/18 | 8,397 | 48.6% |
| 2016/17 | 7,330 | 49.4% |
| 2015/16 | 6,648 | 49.7% |
| 2014/15 | 6,707 | 49.6% |
| 2013/14 | 6,470 | 48.8% |
| 2012/13 | 6,191 | 49.1% |
| 2011/12 | 6,879 | 49.1% |
| 2010/11 | 7,211 | 48.8% |
| 2009/10 | 6,985 | 45.3% |
| 2008/09 | 6,446 | 46.6% |
| 2007/08 | 6,456 | 44.1% |
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 | 1,098 | 549 | 50.0% |
| February 2026 | 922 | 525 | 56.9% |
| January 2026 | 1,056 | 553 | 52.4% |
| December 2025 | 864 | 464 | 53.7% |
| November 2025 | 969 | 490 | 50.6% |
| October 2025 | 1,107 | 544 | 49.1% |
| September 2025 | 1,094 | 598 | 54.7% |
| August 2025 | 967 | 507 | 52.4% |
| July 2025 | 1,020 | 518 | 50.8% |
| June 2025 | 961 | 499 | 51.9% |
| May 2025 | 767 | 386 | 50.3% |
| April 2025 | 765 | 386 | 50.5% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 54.0% of their tests at Worcester in 2025/26 and women 49.6%. Of 5,818 learners taking their first test here, 3,040 passed (52.3%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 77 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 Worcester in September 2026 had booked it a median of 14.0 weeks earlier; 36.1% 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% |
| Hereford | 4,110 | 58.8% |
| 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% |