My Garage

Popular searches

Driving test centre

Widnes driving test centre

Car practical driving test pass rates at Widnes: each year since 2007/08, by month, for men and women, and at the first attempt, compared with Great Britain as a whole. From DVSA’s published statistics.

Last updated
Records analysed
6,846 car tests at Widnes in 2025/26
Methodology
View methodology
  • Pass rate, 2025/26 42.7% Great Britain 50.0%
  • Tests taken 6,846 2,922 passes
  • First-attempt pass rate 41.3% Great Britain 50.5%
  • Rank by pass rate 232 of 260 centres with 1,000+ tests
  • Women’s pass rate 43.7% GB 49.1%
  • Men’s pass rate 42.0% GB 50.8%

What is the pass rate at Widnes?

In April 2025 to March 2026, 42.7% of car practical tests at Widnes were passes (2,922 of 6,846), against 50.0% across Great Britain: 7.4 points lower. That is 29th lowest of 260 centres with 1,000 or more tests. The year before it was 40.1%.

Pass rate at Widnes and in Great Britain

Highest 54.4% in 2020/21, lowest 40.0% in 2015/16. −11.8 points since 2020/21.

Car practical test pass rate at Widnes and in Great Britain by financial year
Year WidnesGreat Britain
2007/08 43.5%44.2%
2008/09 45.3%45.3%
2009/10 44.2%45.9%
2010/11 43.1%46.3%
2011/12 45.6%46.9%
2012/13 46.5%47.2%
2013/14 –47.1%
2014/15 41.1%46.9%
2015/16 40.0%47.1%
2016/17 40.3%47.1%
2017/18 46.2%46.3%
2018/19 42.6%45.8%
2019/20 45.8%45.9%
2020/21 54.4%49.8%
2021/22 49.9%48.9%
2022/23 41.8%48.4%
2023/24 41.4%47.9%
2024/25 40.1%48.7%
2025/26 42.7%50.0%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Pass rates for men and women

In 2025/26, women passed 43.7% of tests at Widnes and men 42.0%. Across Great Britain the figures were 49.1% and 50.8%.

Pass rate by gender

Pass rate by gender at Widnes and in Great Britain, 2025/26
Candidates WidnesGreat Britain
Women 43.7%49.1%
Men 42.0%50.8%
All 42.7%50.0%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Passing first time at Widnes

2,699 people took their first practical test at Widnes in 2025/26 and 41.3% passed, against 50.5% of first attempts across Great Britain. 29 of them passed without a single driving fault.

First-attempt pass rate

First-attempt pass rate at Widnes and in Great Britain by financial year
Year WidnesGreat Britain
2007/08 43.1%43.3%
2008/09 45.4%45.3%
2009/10 43.7%45.7%
2010/11 40.6%46.2%
2011/12 44.8%47.5%
2012/13 46.9%47.7%
2013/14 45.2%47.9%
2014/15 40.0%47.6%
2015/16 38.1%47.5%
2016/17 37.2%47.1%
2017/18 42.9%46.7%
2018/19 41.3%46.6%
2019/20 44.2%46.4%
2020/21 51.5%51.1%
2021/22 49.6%49.3%
2022/23 40.6%48.3%
2023/24 40.4%48.1%
2024/25 39.6%48.9%
2025/26 41.3%50.5%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Month by month

Monthly pass rates move more than yearly ones because each month has fewer tests. DVSA withholds some monthly counts to protect candidates’ privacy; the rate is still shown.

Monthly pass rate

Monthly car test pass rate at Widnes
Month Widnes
Apr 2025 42.7%
May 2025 41.3%
Jun 2025 46.0%
Jul 2025 45.4%
Aug 2025 40.1%
Sep 2025 45.1%
Oct 2025 41.3%
Nov 2025 37.4%
Dec 2025 46.3%
Jan 2026 44.4%
Feb 2026 41.8%
Mar 2026 41.9%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Tests each month

Car tests each month at Widnes (withheld months show as zero)
Month Tests
Apr 2025 403
May 2025 404
Jun 2025 485
Jul 2025 604
Aug 2025 519
Sep 2025 530
Oct 2025 703
Nov 2025 666
Dec 2025 533
Jan 2026 637
Feb 2026 644
Mar 2026 718

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

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:

  1. Junctions - observation
  2. Mirrors - change direction
  3. Junctions - turning right
  4. Response to signs - traffic lights
  5. Control - steering
  6. Move off - safely
  7. Response to signs - road markings
  8. Response to signs - traffic signs
  9. Positioning - normal driving
  10. Maintain progress - speed

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 6,846 car tests at Widnes 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. 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, so we do not place centres in council areas.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.