Driving test centre
Birmingham (Cocks Moors) driving test centre
Car practical driving test pass rates at Birmingham (Cocks Moors): each year since 2025/26, by month, for men and women, and at the first attempt, compared with Great Britain as a whole. From DVSA’s published statistics.
- Pass rate, 2025/26 53.5% Great Britain 50.0%
- Tests taken 486 260 passes
- First-attempt pass rate 55.5% Great Britain 50.5%
- Women’s pass rate 45.9% GB 49.1%
- Men’s pass rate 56.4% GB 50.8%
Few tests. Birmingham (Cocks Moors) ran 486 car tests in 2025/26. DVSA warns that pass rates from small numbers of tests are not a sound basis for comparison, so treat differences of a few points with caution.
What is the pass rate at Birmingham (Cocks Moors)?
In April 2025 to March 2026, 53.5% of car practical tests at Birmingham (Cocks Moors) were passes (260 of 486), against 50.0% across Great Britain: 3.5 points higher.
Pass rate at Birmingham (Cocks Moors) and in Great Britain
| Year | Birmingham (Cocks Moors) | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 53.5% | 50.0% |
Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated
Pass rates for men and women
In 2025/26, women passed 45.9% of tests at Birmingham (Cocks Moors) and men 56.4%. Across Great Britain the figures were 49.1% and 50.8%.
Pass rate by gender
| Candidates | Birmingham (Cocks Moors) | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 45.9% | 49.1% |
| Men | 56.4% | 50.8% |
| All | 53.5% | 50.0% |
Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated
Passing first time at Birmingham (Cocks Moors)
137 people took their first practical test at Birmingham (Cocks Moors) in 2025/26 and 55.5% passed, against 50.5% of first attempts across Great Britain. 13 of them passed without a single driving fault.
The most common reasons for failing
DVSA publishes the most common faults for Great Britain as a whole, not for each centre. In April 2025 to March 2026 they were:
- Junctions - observation
- Mirrors - change direction
- Junctions - turning right
- Response to signs - traffic lights
- Control - steering
- Move off - safely
- Response to signs - road markings
- Response to signs - traffic signs
- Positioning - normal driving
- Maintain progress - speed
Other test centres near Birmingham (Cocks Moors)
Car practical pass rates in 2025/26 at centres in Birmingham and the rest of the West Midlands metropolitan county.
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Data sources and methodology
| 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 | 486 car tests at Birmingham (Cocks Moors) in 2025/26 | 15 September 2026 |
- Car practical tests (categories B and B1) in financial years, April to March. Great Britain only: DVSA does not test in Northern Ireland.
- DVSA leaves out of centre figures any centre where only one examiner tested, but counts those tests nationally, and withholds small counts (“..”) where they could identify people.
- Centres are matched across years by name. Birmingham (Cocks Moors) appears under this name from 2025/26; an earlier name would count as a different centre. Pass rates reflect the candidates who test at a centre as well as the centre itself.
- DVSA’s tables give centre names only, with no address. We place Birmingham (Cocks Moors) in Birmingham from the place name DVSA uses, which is how the council area and nearby centres above are chosen.
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