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Driving test pass rates

In April 2025 to March 2026, 50.0% of the 1,998,621 car practical tests taken in Great Britain were passed. Pass rates for every DVSA test centre, from DVSA’s published statistics.

  • Pass rate, 2025/26 50.0% 1,000,043 passes
  • Car tests taken 1,998,621 Great Britain
  • First-attempt pass rate 50.5% 984,415 first attempts
  • Passed first time, no faults 28,581 2.9% of first attempts
  • Women’s pass rate 49.1% Men 50.8%
  • Test centres 317 with figures for 2025/26

National pass rate since 2007/08

The pass rate was 44.2% in 2007/08 and 50.0% in 2025/26. Men have passed more often than women in every year; the gap was 6.0 points in 2007/08 and 1.7 in 2025/26.

Car practical test pass rate, Great Britain

Financial years. In 2020/21 testing stopped for months during Covid, and far fewer tests were taken.

Car practical driving test pass rate in Great Britain by financial year
Year AllMenWomenFirst attempts
2007/08 44.2%47.3%41.3%43.3%
2008/09 45.3%48.6%42.1%45.3%
2009/10 45.9%49.1%42.8%45.7%
2010/11 46.3%49.6%43.3%46.2%
2011/12 46.9%50.3%43.9%47.5%
2012/13 47.2%50.6%44.0%47.7%
2013/14 47.1%50.7%43.8%47.9%
2014/15 46.9%50.5%43.6%47.6%
2015/16 47.1%50.6%43.8%47.5%
2016/17 47.1%50.6%43.9%47.1%
2017/18 46.3%50.0%43.1%46.7%
2018/19 45.8%49.6%42.4%46.6%
2019/20 45.9%49.6%42.6%46.4%
2020/21 49.8%52.5%47.1%51.1%
2021/22 48.9%51.0%46.7%49.3%
2022/23 48.4%50.2%46.4%48.3%
2023/24 47.9%49.1%46.5%48.1%
2024/25 48.7%49.5%47.6%48.9%
2025/26 50.0%50.8%49.1%50.5%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Highest and lowest pass rates

Among the 260 centres that ran at least 1,000 car tests in 2025/26. A centre’s pass rate reflects the learners who test there, how ready they are and the local roads, not only the examiners. The line marks the national rate of 50.0%.

Highest pass rates

Driving test centres with the highest car pass rates, 2025/26
Test centre Pass rate
Melton Mowbray 1,984 tests 69.7%
Barrow In Furness 1,699 tests 69.6%
Dorchester 4,353 tests 69.0%
Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 2,231 tests 65.1%
Tunbridge Wells 5,726 tests 64.5%
Abergavenny 5,924 tests 64.2%
Yeovil 7,493 tests 63.4%
Lee On The Solent 8,502 tests 63.2%
Ipswich 11,466 tests 62.3%
Bangor 4,032 tests 62.2%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Lowest pass rates

Driving test centres with the lowest car pass rates, 2025/26
Test centre Pass rate
Wolverhampton 11,561 tests 34.3%
Wednesbury 7,508 tests 35.0%
Barking (Tanner Street) 5,543 tests 36.3%
Dunfermline (Vine) 5,529 tests 36.4%
Featherstone 13,193 tests 36.4%
Gateshead 9,512 tests 37.5%
Norris Green (Liverpool) 13,472 tests 37.9%
Luton 7,759 tests 39.2%
Chingford (London) 13,120 tests 39.9%
Glasgow (Shieldhall) 7,019 tests 39.9%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Biggest changes since 2020/21

Change in pass rate between 2020/21 and 2025/26, in percentage points, for centres with at least 1,000 tests in both years. The national rate moved +0.2 points.

Test centres whose pass rate changed most between 2020/21 and 2025/26
Test centre 2020/21 2025/26 Change
Erith (London) 29.8% 51.6% +21.8
Enfield (Innova Business Park) 40.7% 53.9% +13.3
Birmingham (Kingstanding) 36.2% 48.5% +12.4
Yeading (London) 40.8% 52.8% +12.0
Doncaster 41.5% 53.2% +11.8
Edinburgh (Currie) 59.9% 41.6% −18.3
Blyth 66.0% 50.9% −15.1
Banbury 55.5% 41.3% −14.2
Loughborough 55.1% 42.4% −12.7
Widnes 54.4% 42.7% −11.8

The ten most common driving test faults

DVSA’s ranking of the faults most often recorded on car tests in April 2025 to March 2026, with where each ranked in earlier years. DVSA publishes the order, not the number of times each fault was recorded.

Most common car driving test faults in Great Britain
Rank Fault 2020/21 2015/16
1 Junctions - observation 1 1
2 Mirrors - change direction 2 2
3 Junctions - turning right 3 4
4 Response to signs - traffic lights 4 8
5 Control - steering 5 3
6 Move off - safely 8 6
7 Response to signs - road markings 7 10
8 Response to signs - traffic signs 6 Not in top 10
9 Positioning - normal driving 9 5
10 Maintain progress - speed Not in top 10 Not in top 10

Every test centre

Car practical tests in 2025/26. Select a column heading to sort. Centres where DVSA published fewer than 100 tests have no page of their own.

Car practical test pass rates by test centre, 2025/26
Aberdeen North 3,906 48.2% 48.5% 49.0% 47.4%
Aberdeen South (Cove) 4,858 52.4% 51.4% 54.2% 51.0%
Aberfeldy 149 68.5% 73.1% 65.0% 72.5%
Abergavenny 5,924 64.2% 64.7% 62.2% 66.1%
Aberystwyth (Park Avenue) 1,529 55.1% 52.1% 53.8% 56.2%
Airdrie 4,599 47.4% 47.4% 47.0% 47.8%
Alness 783 63.1% 63.1% 63.5% 62.7%
Alnwick 1,282 55.5% 62.5% 58.1% 53.6%
Arbroath 605 67.4% 70.5% 68.8% 66.0%
Ashfield 8,144 57.3% 59.2% 56.1% 58.4%
Ashford (Kent) 5,475 46.2% 45.9% 46.9% 45.7%
Atherton (Manchester) 13,035 44.3% 45.1% 42.4% 45.7%
Aylesbury 5,255 49.3% 48.2% 48.5% 49.9%
Ayr 2,189 57.5% 58.0% 57.5% 57.4%
Bala 607 61.6% 64.8% 57.9% 65.4%
Banbury 9,069 41.3% 39.6% 41.7% 40.8%
Banff 280 57.5% 54.8% 54.2% 60.0%
Bangor 4,032 62.2% 62.7% 61.7% 62.7%
Barking (Tanner Street) 5,543 36.3% 30.6% 34.3% 37.5%
Barnet (London) 12,397 49.9% 48.8% 47.7% 51.4%
Barnsley 7,737 58.6% 60.6% 59.3% 58.0%
Barnstaple 5,562 51.4% 53.8% 52.6% 50.5%
Barrow In Furness 1,699 69.6% 70.0% 68.1% 71.2%
Barry 2,244 57.0% 55.5% 57.3% 56.8%
Basildon 8,359 49.1% 49.0% 50.5% 48.2%
Basingstoke 5,009 56.8% 57.7% 56.5% 57.0%
Bedford 8,854 53.7% 54.4% 52.3% 54.8%
Belvedere (London) 4,245 40.5% 39.1% 36.1% 43.2%
Benbecula Island 107 72.9% 73.2% 78.0% 68.4%
Berwick-On-Tweed 666 53.9% 52.5% 51.8% 55.9%
Beverley LGV 159 54.1% 64.5% 60.3% 50.5%
Birmingham (Cocks Moors) 486 53.5% 55.5% 45.9% 56.4%
Birmingham (Garretts Green) 22,480 44.4% 42.0% 40.7% 46.9%
Birmingham (Kings Heath) 9,072 46.8% 45.6% 45.7% 47.6%
Birmingham (Kingstanding) 16,133 48.5% 47.2% 45.5% 51.7%
Birmingham (Shirley) 9,385 56.6% 58.3% 54.7% 57.9%
Birmingham (South Yardley) 14,471 42.8% 40.5% 38.4% 45.4%
Bishopbriggs 6,186 49.8% 53.6% 53.3% 47.2%
Bishops Stortford 6,409 51.3% 50.9% 51.0% 51.7%
Blackburn with Darwen 12,205 46.6% 45.5% 44.6% 48.2%
Blackpool 8,948 51.8% 52.0% 52.0% 51.6%
Bletchley 9,415 51.5% 49.6% 50.9% 52.0%
Blyth 6,973 50.9% 53.9% 52.4% 49.7%
Bodmin 6,392 47.5% 45.2% 46.5% 48.3%
Bolton (Manchester) 11,570 51.8% 52.8% 50.0% 53.5%
Borehamwood (London) 7,195 50.8% 49.2% 50.2% 51.2%
Boston 4,784 50.7% 52.8% 49.1% 52.0%
Bradford (Heaton) 8,354 56.1% 54.3% 55.1% 57.1%
Bradford (Thornbury) 10,831 47.8% 47.5% 43.5% 50.7%
Brecon 1,490 58.7% 60.3% 53.7% 63.1%
Bredbury (Manchester) 10,636 56.0% 57.9% 56.1% 55.9%
Brentwood (London) 5,791 48.5% 47.1% 49.2% 48.1%
Bridgend 5,990 53.3% 55.1% 53.8% 52.9%
Bridlington 3,027 55.5% 55.6% 51.8% 59.3%
Bristol (Avonmouth) 9,400 55.5% 55.4% 54.5% 56.3%
Bristol (Kingswood) 14,863 51.9% 53.4% 52.1% 51.8%
Brodick (Isle of Arran) 55 67.3% 66.7% 63.6% 69.7%
Bromley (London) 13,228 52.9% 52.9% 49.5% 56.0%
Buckie 268 51.1% 46.3% 45.2% 58.2%
Burgess Hill 11,237 45.5% 45.6% 47.3% 44.0%
Burton on Trent 7,273 54.7% 56.5% 53.3% 55.8%
Bury (Manchester) 7,024 46.3% 45.7% 43.0% 48.9%
Bury St Edmunds 8,702 46.2% 46.9% 48.0% 44.7%
Buxton 4,904 58.7% 61.4% 59.1% 58.4%
Callander 335 49.9% 49.7% 48.7% 50.8%
Camborne 6,271 40.7% 37.8% 39.8% 41.4%
Cambridge (Brookmount Court) 13,689 53.8% 53.4% 51.9% 55.5%
Campbeltown 109 71.6% 76.0% 80.9% 64.5%
Canterbury 4,670 45.8% 46.3% 47.6% 44.6%
Cardiff (Llanishen) 16,401 46.6% 48.4% 44.7% 48.1%
Cardigan 1,192 41.0% 39.5% 42.1% 40.0%
Carlisle 3,518 58.7% 59.9% 58.6% 58.8%
Carlisle LGV (Cars) 47 44.7% 50.0% 45.0% 44.4%
Carmarthen 2,746 54.2% 54.1% 54.2% 54.2%
Castle Douglas 549 53.4% 60.4% 56.7% 51.0%
Chadderton 15,988 46.8% 45.6% 43.3% 49.8%
Cheetham Hill (Manchester) 10,207 44.7% 44.1% 40.6% 48.7%
Chelmsford 9,107 55.4% 55.0% 53.7% 56.9%
Cheltenham 5,161 43.2% 42.9% 41.8% 44.6%
Chertsey (London) 9,082 52.9% 52.5% 51.9% 53.8%
Chester 9,212 47.3% 47.9% 47.5% 47.2%
Chesterfield 6,605 56.2% 56.5% 56.1% 56.3%
Chichester 6,672 61.6% 63.3% 61.7% 61.5%
Chingford (London) 13,120 39.9% 37.5% 36.8% 41.8%
Chippenham 9,629 56.4% 56.0% 55.6% 57.2%
Chorley 5,415 52.8% 54.0% 53.2% 52.5%
Clacton-on-Sea 4,840 48.2% 48.9% 50.1% 46.8%
Colchester 7,756 50.6% 51.2% 49.4% 51.7%
Coventry 13,771 40.0% 38.3% 38.4% 41.1%
Crawley 11,305 42.7% 42.7% 44.5% 41.6%
Crewe 4,994 43.8% 42.6% 43.1% 44.4%
Cumnock 760 67.4% 69.5% 66.8% 67.9%
Darlington 12,183 47.1% 48.9% 51.3% 44.7%
Derby (Alvaston) 8,086 51.8% 52.9% 49.1% 54.4%
Doncaster 7,334 53.2% 53.3% 52.8% 53.6%
Dorchester 4,353 69.0% 71.8% 69.6% 68.4%
Dudley 13,721 45.2% 45.1% 42.1% 48.0%
Dumbarton 1,659 52.8% 51.4% 53.1% 52.6%
Dumfries 2,267 54.0% 59.2% 56.6% 51.9%
Dundee 3,742 57.3% 57.9% 54.7% 59.9%
Dunfermline (Vine) 5,529 36.4% 36.4% 40.6% 33.3%
Dunoon 193 71.5% 72.2% 76.8% 67.6%
Duns 171 70.2% 69.2% 73.4% 67.4%
Durham 9,451 53.2% 54.8% 52.6% 53.7%
East Kilbride 1,976 57.7% 58.2% 59.8% 55.7%
Eastbourne 6,031 55.4% 56.6% 56.2% 54.8%
Edinburgh (Currie) 6,202 41.6% 42.8% 42.3% 41.0%
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) 6,850 49.5% 49.9% 50.2% 48.9%
Elgin 2,934 42.3% 41.3% 42.4% 42.2%
Enfield (Brancroft Way) 362 46.1% 51.1% 41.8% 47.7%
Enfield (Innova Business Park) 8,412 53.9% 53.6% 52.3% 55.0%
Erith (London) 5,809 51.6% 49.8% 51.1% 52.0%
Exeter 8,679 46.8% 45.6% 48.0% 45.8%
Farnborough 10,482 59.7% 60.1% 57.6% 61.7%
Featherstone 13,193 36.4% 35.1% 34.3% 38.2%
Folkestone 7,818 42.4% 42.2% 45.4% 40.5%
Forfar 667 60.3% 59.4% 58.2% 62.7%
Fort William 374 65.5% 69.2% 64.6% 66.3%
Fraserburgh 531 64.0% 63.6% 63.9% 64.2%
Gairloch 49 73.5% 73.1% 59.1% 85.2%
Galashiels 2,241 47.4% 50.7% 53.1% 45.0%
Gateshead 9,512 37.5% 37.1% 37.9% 37.2%
Gillingham 14,886 56.4% 57.6% 55.4% 57.1%
Girvan 250 72.0% 70.3% 74.2% 69.8%
Glasgow (Anniesland) 6,170 44.3% 44.3% 43.2% 45.5%
Glasgow (Baillieston) 10,428 47.4% 48.0% 46.6% 48.1%
Glasgow (Shieldhall) 7,019 39.9% 39.0% 41.4% 38.9%
Gloucester 7,420 47.8% 48.3% 47.9% 47.6%
Golspie 93 71.0% 64.7% 82.5% 62.3%
Goodmayes (London) 21,374 43.7% 40.6% 39.1% 47.2%
Gosforth 10,531 48.4% 48.7% 46.7% 49.8%
Grangemouth 3,761 50.7% 50.4% 50.2% 51.1%
Grantham (Somerby) 7,318 57.9% 59.6% 57.9% 57.9%
Grantown-On-Spey 137 56.9% 58.3% 61.3% 53.3%
Greenford (Horsenden Lane) 7,222 41.4% 40.0% 36.9% 44.0%
Greenham 3,931 56.5% 55.9% 56.7% 56.3%
Greenock 3,547 41.7% 40.5% 43.5% 40.6%
Grimsby Coldwater 5,361 42.8% 43.1% 43.8% 42.0%
Guildford 4,542 57.1% 56.8% 55.6% 58.3%
Haddington 2,195 57.5% 58.2% 57.6% 57.5%
Halifax 5,845 45.0% 42.9% 41.3% 48.4%
Hamilton 6,112 42.0% 40.7% 42.1% 41.9%
Hartlepool 5,847 51.0% 51.9% 51.1% 51.0%
Hastings (Ore) 3,892 52.4% 51.7% 53.1% 51.9%
Hawick 415 64.3% 68.5% 70.5% 59.5%
Heckmondwike 5,471 45.8% 45.8% 42.8% 48.8%
Hendon (London) 11,086 51.4% 49.9% 47.5% 54.3%
Hereford 4,110 58.8% 60.0% 57.4% 59.9%
Herne Bay 10,674 55.9% 56.3% 55.8% 56.0%
Hexham 1,388 53.0% 55.0% 52.8% 53.1%
Heysham 3,692 59.2% 61.9% 59.3% 59.2%
High Wycombe 3,534 51.5% 49.0% 48.7% 54.3%
Hinckley 4,866 46.4% 46.2% 46.2% 46.5%
Hornchurch (London) 8,694 46.3% 45.9% 45.2% 47.0%
Horsforth 12,466 49.7% 51.1% 50.5% 49.0%
Huddersfield 10,563 49.2% 49.4% 47.4% 50.6%
Hull 9,706 47.9% 49.3% 49.2% 46.9%
Huntly 245 63.7% 62.8% 63.9% 63.5%
Inveraray 124 69.4% 75.4% 63.2% 74.6%
Inverness (Longman Drive) 3,252 45.9% 45.2% 46.5% 45.3%
Inverurie 749 62.0% 63.8% 64.4% 59.9%
Ipswich 11,466 62.3% 63.0% 62.5% 62.2%
Irvine 4,941 55.7% 56.6% 54.5% 56.8%
Isle of Mull 42 73.8% 72.7% 73.7% 73.9%
Isle of Skye (Portree) 128 57.0% 57.6% 48.4% 65.2%
Isles of Scilly 8 75.0% 75.0% 75.0% 75.0%
Isleworth (Fleming Way) 12,687 50.4% 49.7% 48.0% 52.3%
Kelso 434 59.2% 59.3% 60.1% 58.3%
Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 2,231 65.1% 67.1% 65.2% 65.1%
Kettering 11,876 49.1% 50.1% 48.5% 49.6%
Kings Lynn 6,694 51.9% 52.9% 49.8% 53.9%
Kingussie 93 59.1% 61.4% 64.3% 54.9%
Kirkcaldy 4,313 50.9% 49.7% 49.1% 52.5%
Knaresborough 8,301 58.6% 60.8% 58.7% 58.5%
Kyle of Lochalsh 136 57.4% 56.5% 56.5% 58.1%
Lanark 1,914 58.1% 58.5% 59.1% 57.2%
Launceston 3,991 46.3% 47.0% 50.0% 43.8%
Lee On The Solent 8,502 63.2% 65.5% 62.1% 64.2%
Leeds (Colton Mill) 6,432 51.8% 53.4% 49.1% 53.9%
Leeds (Fearnville) 4,676 51.8% 52.8% 48.9% 54.2%
Leicester (Cannock Street) 14,198 40.2% 38.5% 37.3% 42.3%
Leicester (Wigston) 18,868 51.2% 50.2% 48.8% 53.0%
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) 7,667 49.9% 48.8% 48.4% 51.1%
Lerwick 379 67.8% 70.3% 69.6% 66.5%
Letchworth 5,243 57.5% 59.3% 57.0% 57.8%
Lichfield 5,944 53.1% 53.3% 51.6% 54.4%
Lincoln 6,192 52.1% 52.6% 50.4% 53.6%
Livingston 2,997 55.7% 56.3% 53.9% 57.6%
Llanelli 4,380 51.0% 52.4% 53.5% 48.9%
Llantrisant 9,909 54.0% 55.5% 56.2% 52.5%
Lochgilphead 140 56.4% 55.4% 61.4% 53.0%
Loughborough 5,502 42.4% 42.6% 42.3% 42.4%
Loughton (London) 7,376 47.0% 48.0% 45.2% 48.1%
Louth 740 53.9% 56.0% 51.3% 56.5%
Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) 7,603 43.3% 44.1% 45.3% 41.9%
Ludlow 5,051 58.7% 61.6% 55.9% 61.0%
Luton 7,759 39.2% 35.8% 36.6% 41.6%
Macclesfield 4,509 51.9% 52.3% 49.8% 53.7%
Maidstone 8,053 60.2% 61.6% 59.3% 60.9%
Mallaig 53 64.2% 85.7% 71.4% 61.5%
Malton 876 64.3% 65.2% 66.4% 62.4%
Melton Mowbray 1,984 69.7% 71.2% 68.1% 71.2%
Merthyr Tydfil 4,446 51.2% 50.3% 50.7% 51.5%
Middlesbrough 8,854 47.7% 47.1% 47.0% 48.3%
Mill Hill (London) 9,797 51.4% 50.3% 49.7% 52.8%
Mitcham (London) 15,046 47.0% 46.3% 44.5% 48.7%
Monmouth 1,283 51.0% 52.8% 53.1% 49.1%
Montrose 621 70.1% 71.4% 71.9% 67.8%
Morden (London) 15,770 51.0% 50.4% 49.1% 52.7%
Nelson 5,955 51.7% 52.2% 47.2% 56.2%
Newport (Gwent) 8,227 48.9% 50.1% 48.0% 49.6%
Newport (Isle of Wight) 3,616 54.2% 56.4% 53.9% 54.4%
Newton Abbot 6,591 53.8% 54.5% 51.3% 56.1%
Newton Stewart 225 65.8% 64.0% 61.5% 70.4%
Newtown 2,256 58.0% 59.5% 56.5% 59.3%
Norris Green (Liverpool) 13,472 37.9% 36.0% 39.2% 36.7%
Northallerton 3,244 60.4% 62.7% 62.6% 58.6%
Northampton 13,539 52.1% 51.8% 51.0% 52.9%
Northwich 3,529 57.6% 57.3% 57.2% 57.9%
Norwich (Peachman Way) 12,541 61.7% 63.1% 60.8% 62.5%
Nottingham (Chilwell) 9,415 49.9% 49.2% 49.1% 50.5%
Nottingham (Colwick) 15,150 46.4% 47.6% 47.3% 45.8%
Nuneaton 6,764 53.2% 54.6% 51.4% 54.7%
Oban 322 66.2% 66.3% 69.8% 62.6%
Orkney 320 55.9% 51.3% 52.8% 59.0%
Oswestry 1,851 52.4% 54.3% 52.2% 52.5%
Oxford (Cowley) 5,419 50.6% 49.0% 47.2% 53.7%
Paisley 7,912 48.6% 47.1% 48.2% 49.0%
Peebles 685 58.8% 63.1% 61.4% 56.6%
Pembroke Dock 1,769 50.1% 50.5% 50.7% 49.6%
Penzance 507 46.6% 43.4% 45.8% 47.5%
Perth (Arran Road) 2,642 48.8% 47.2% 43.8% 53.7%
Peterborough 10,551 52.8% 53.2% 50.8% 54.5%
Peterhead 2,628 53.2% 53.3% 54.9% 52.2%
Pinner (London) 14,367 49.7% 48.5% 45.7% 53.8%
Pitlochry 146 73.3% 73.8% 74.0% 72.6%
Plymouth 11,167 40.7% 38.8% 43.7% 38.3%
Pontefract 5,544 46.9% 47.0% 46.8% 47.1%
Poole 10,375 53.4% 53.0% 52.1% 54.6%
Portsmouth 13,518 52.8% 52.9% 51.9% 53.6%
Preston 9,194 56.3% 56.9% 54.0% 58.2%
Pwllheli 737 68.1% 66.7% 67.8% 68.5%
Reading 9,237 55.4% 55.4% 55.1% 55.6%
Redditch 4,483 51.4% 51.5% 52.4% 50.7%
Redhill Aerodrome 5,408 53.9% 53.5% 52.8% 54.8%
Rhyl 4,011 56.9% 56.7% 55.5% 58.4%
Rochdale (Manchester) 11,563 48.3% 48.6% 45.7% 50.1%
Rotherham 9,134 53.1% 54.7% 54.7% 52.0%
Rothesay 125 52.0% 52.7% 50.9% 53.0%
Rugby 6,664 51.4% 55.0% 53.7% 49.5%
Sale (Manchester) 10,921 51.4% 53.0% 48.9% 53.7%
Salisbury 6,630 48.5% 48.3% 48.8% 48.2%
Scarborough 3,595 45.1% 45.2% 45.5% 44.8%
Scunthorpe 6,103 45.4% 44.0% 44.8% 46.0%
Sevenoaks 6,740 59.0% 60.9% 61.3% 57.2%
Sheffield (Handsworth) 9,788 44.1% 44.7% 40.9% 46.7%
Sheffield (Middlewood Road) 10,442 48.7% 50.3% 46.6% 50.6%
Shrewsbury 5,064 51.0% 53.2% 50.4% 51.5%
Sidcup (London) 14,318 58.7% 59.5% 58.7% 58.7%
Skegness 2,078 55.9% 55.4% 56.4% 55.6%
Skipton 3,197 57.3% 55.5% 54.0% 60.2%
Slough (London) 10,509 50.8% 48.4% 46.8% 54.1%
Southall (London) 8,543 44.8% 41.8% 40.8% 46.9%
Southampton (Maybush) 10,480 50.3% 50.6% 47.9% 52.3%
Southend-on-Sea 7,526 47.0% 47.0% 47.5% 46.6%
Southport (Liverpool) 7,949 56.5% 57.2% 56.6% 56.5%
Speke (Liverpool) 8,159 40.5% 41.5% 41.7% 39.7%
St Albans 7,336 50.7% 49.4% 49.2% 51.9%
St Helens (Liverpool) 14,174 40.9% 42.1% 43.5% 39.5%
Stafford 5,365 45.8% 45.8% 46.1% 45.6%
Steeton 4,784 52.8% 52.6% 49.8% 55.0%
Stevenage 4,622 55.3% 55.8% 54.6% 55.9%
Stirling 2,747 43.0% 44.3% 42.5% 43.6%
Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge) 8,413 40.6% 38.7% 39.6% 41.4%
Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) 6,646 41.7% 40.0% 40.0% 43.4%
Stornoway 344 66.6% 67.6% 67.1% 66.2%
Stranraer 215 71.2% 70.2% 69.8% 72.5%
Sunderland 10,436 51.2% 51.3% 51.1% 51.2%
Swansea 12,375 48.2% 51.2% 47.6% 48.8%
Swindon 12,857 51.1% 50.8% 50.5% 51.6%
Taunton 8,259 59.5% 59.2% 59.4% 59.6%
Telford 4,963 48.9% 48.1% 45.9% 52.0%
Thurso 162 63.0% 64.4% 57.0% 69.7%
Tilbury 5,083 50.4% 50.3% 49.7% 50.9%
Tolworth (London) 10,164 53.6% 53.8% 51.0% 55.8%
Tottenham 9,844 48.9% 48.1% 45.6% 51.2%
Trowbridge 3,074 55.2% 56.4% 53.2% 57.4%
Tunbridge Wells 5,726 64.5% 65.4% 63.7% 65.2%
Ullapool 49 61.2% 58.1% 55.6% 68.2%
Upton 10,772 52.6% 54.9% 52.7% 52.5%
Uxbridge (London) 6,051 52.3% 50.7% 49.2% 54.1%
Wakefield 11,653 45.4% 46.6% 44.0% 46.6%
Wallasey 968 54.3% 54.4% 56.0% 52.9%
Walton LGV 1,894 59.8% 63.8% 61.0% 58.8%
Wanstead (London) 8,258 44.4% 42.2% 41.8% 46.1%
Warrington 7,550 55.5% 55.5% 55.4% 55.7%
Warwick (Wedgenock House) 15,070 48.5% 47.3% 47.0% 49.7%
Watford 12,939 46.2% 44.8% 44.0% 47.9%
Wednesbury 7,508 35.0% 31.5% 32.2% 37.9%
Wellingborough 1,450 60.0% 59.4% 62.3% 57.5%
West Didsbury (Manchester) 17,806 47.7% 48.1% 44.7% 50.3%
West Wickham (London) 12,249 51.6% 52.4% 52.1% 51.2%
Weston-super-Mare 4,443 61.0% 61.3% 59.5% 62.4%
Whitby 557 56.7% 56.0% 52.3% 60.7%
Wick 239 59.4% 61.8% 52.2% 66.1%
Widnes 6,846 42.7% 41.3% 43.7% 42.0%
Winchester 4,602 52.2% 50.0% 51.0% 53.4%
Wolverhampton 11,561 34.3% 33.4% 30.8% 37.5%
Wood Green (London) 11,379 46.8% 47.0% 44.1% 48.6%
Worcester 11,590 51.9% 52.3% 49.6% 54.0%
Workington 2,998 61.9% 63.3% 60.2% 63.4%
Worksop 5,975 55.2% 56.2% 53.1% 57.1%
Worthing 8,495 59.8% 60.2% 58.9% 60.5%
Wrexham 4,819 51.9% 54.2% 53.1% 50.9%
Yeading (London) 6,735 52.8% 50.9% 50.0% 54.0%
Yeovil 7,493 63.4% 64.1% 61.4% 65.2%
York 9,416 54.4% 54.7% 54.3% 54.6%

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Driving tests Driving test and theory test data (DRT tables) Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency April 2025 to March 2026 1,998,621 car practical tests in 2025/26 15 September 2026
  • Car practical tests (categories B and B1), Great Britain, financial years April to March. DVSA does not test in Northern Ireland, where the DVA runs tests.
  • Centres where only one examiner tested are left out of centre figures but counted nationally. DVSA withholds small counts where they could identify people, and warns that fewer than 100 tests is not a sound basis for comparison.
  • Centres are matched across years by name (ignoring case, spacing and the “(London)” DVSA added later). Closed centres are left out.
  • DVSA’s tables give centre names only, with no address, so centres are not placed in council areas and regional averages are not calculated.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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