UK Driving Test Pass Rates 2025/26
DVSA car test pass rates for the 2025/26 financial year (April 2025 to March 2026) at 312 test centres. Averaging those centres gives 52.9%. Among centres with at least 100 tests, rates range from 73.3% (Pitlochry) to 34.3% (Wolverhampton). Across all 1,998,621 car tests in Great Britain the overall pass rate was 50.0%.
How to read the 52.9% figure, and where these numbers come from
The centre average and the Great Britain rate answer different questions. The centre average gives every centre equal weight, so a centre with 8 tests counts as much as one with 22,480. The Great Britain rate (50.0%) is passes divided by all tests DVSA conducted in 2025/26.
It is an average of centres, not a national pass rate. We take each centre's published rate and average them. Centres are not weighted by how many tests they actually run, so a small regional centre counts the same as a busy metropolitan one.
ENG makes up 70% of the centres listed (217 of 312). That means this average largely reflects ENG rather than United Kingdom as a whole.
Where the figures come from. Every centre below uses the same source:
- DVSA: 312 centres, averaging 52.9% (ENG, SCT, WLS)
All centres here come from the same source, so they are comparable with each other.
Pass rate definitions differ between providers and between countries, particularly in how tests that are stopped before they finish are counted. That single choice can move a pass rate by twenty points, so figures are not directly comparable across borders.
Ranked among the 303 centres with at least 100 tests in 2025/26. 9 smaller centres are not ranked here because rates from fewer than 100 tests can swing a lot from year to year; they appear in the full list below, marked "fewer than 100 tests".
Top 10 Easiest Centres
| # | Centre | Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pitlochry
|
73.3% |
| 2 |
Benbecula Island
|
72.9% |
| 3 |
Girvan
|
72.0% |
| 4 |
Campbeltown
|
71.6% |
| 5 |
Dunoon
|
71.5% |
| 6 |
Stranraer
|
71.2% |
| 7 |
Duns
|
70.2% |
| 8 |
Montrose
|
70.0% |
| 9 |
Melton Mowbray
|
69.7% |
| 10 |
Barrow In Furness
|
69.6% |
Top 10 Hardest Centres
| # | Centre | Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wolverhampton
|
34.3% |
| 2 |
Wednesbury
|
35.0% |
| 3 |
Barking (Tanner Street)
|
36.3% |
| 4 |
Featherstone
|
36.4% |
| 5 |
Dunfermline (Vine)
|
36.4% |
| 6 |
Gateshead
|
37.5% |
| 7 |
Norris Green (Liverpool)
|
37.8% |
| 8 |
Luton
|
39.2% |
| 9 |
Chingford (London)
|
39.9% |
| 10 |
Glasgow (Shieldhall)
|
39.9% |
All Centres by Region
| Centre | Pass Rate | Median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Isles of Scilly fewer than 100 tests (8) | 75.0% | 15.9wk |
| Melton Mowbray | 69.7% | 20.0wk |
| Barrow In Furness | 69.6% | 6.4wk |
| Dorchester | 69.0% | 10.6wk |
| Kendal (Oxenholme Road) | 65.1% | 8.9wk |
| Tunbridge Wells | 64.5% | 10.6wk |
| Malton | 64.3% | 12.6wk |
| Yeovil | 63.4% | 13.1wk |
| Lee on the Solent | 63.2% | 18.9wk |
| Ipswich | 62.3% | 5.3wk |
| Workington | 61.9% | 7.8wk |
| Norwich (Peachman Way) | 61.7% | 9.0wk |
| Chichester | 61.6% | 3.7wk |
| Weston-super-Mare | 61.0% | 4.0wk |
| Northallerton | 60.4% | 14.3wk |
| Maidstone | 60.2% | 9.7wk |
| Wellingborough | 60.0% | 18.0wk |
| Worthing | 59.8% | 13.7wk |
| Farnborough | 59.7% | 19.6wk |
| Taunton | 59.5% | 12.6wk |
| Heysham | 59.2% | 18.3wk |
| Sevenoaks | 59.0% | 15.0wk |
| Hereford | 58.8% | 2.9wk |
| Buxton | 58.7% | 17.4wk |
| Carlisle | 58.7% | 13.8wk |
| Ludlow | 58.7% | 10.0wk |
| Sidcup (London) | 58.7% | 23.0wk |
| Barnsley | 58.5% | 7.3wk |
| Knaresborough | 58.5% | 6.9wk |
| Grantham (Somerby) | 57.9% | 18.4wk |
| Northwich | 57.6% | 7.3wk |
| Letchworth | 57.5% | 21.0wk |
| Ashfield | 57.3% | 15.3wk |
| Skipton | 57.3% | 13.8wk |
| Guildford | 57.1% | 7.8wk |
| Basingstoke | 56.8% | 10.1wk |
| Whitby | 56.7% | 15.0wk |
| Birmingham (Shirley) | 56.6% | 19.0wk |
| Greenham | 56.5% | 8.7wk |
| Southport (Liverpool) | 56.5% | 18.0wk |
| Chippenham | 56.4% | 11.7wk |
| Gillingham | 56.4% | 12.0wk |
| Preston | 56.3% | 14.4wk |
| Chesterfield | 56.2% | 7.9wk |
| Bradford (Heaton) | 56.1% | 13.4wk |
| Bredbury (Manchester) | 56.0% | 16.1wk |
| Herne Bay | 55.9% | 8.6wk |
| Skegness | 55.9% | 17.9wk |
| Alnwick | 55.5% | 14.6wk |
| Bridlington | 55.5% | 13.0wk |
| Bristol (Avonmouth) | 55.5% | 12.1wk |
| Warrington | 55.5% | 17.1wk |
| Chelmsford (Hanbury Road) | 55.4% | 20.9wk |
| Eastbourne | 55.4% | 13.4wk |
| Reading | 55.4% | 6.3wk |
| Stevenage | 55.3% | 3.7wk |
| Trowbridge | 55.2% | 5.6wk |
| Worksop | 55.2% | 12.1wk |
| Burton on Trent | 54.7% | 13.9wk |
| York | 54.4% | 16.3wk |
| Wallasey | 54.3% | 12.6wk |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | 54.1% | 7.1wk |
| Enfield (Innova Business Park) | 53.9% | 2.4wk |
| Louth | 53.9% | 9.0wk |
| Redhill Aerodrome | 53.9% | 13.3wk |
| Berwick-On-Tweed | 53.9% | 22.1wk |
| Cambridge (Brookmount Court) | 53.8% | 24.3wk |
| Newton Abbot | 53.8% | 16.0wk |
| Bedford | 53.7% | 3.3wk |
| Tolworth (London) | 53.6% | 23.1wk |
| Poole | 53.4% | 8.8wk |
| Doncaster | 53.2% | 21.6wk |
| Durham | 53.2% | 15.9wk |
| Nuneaton | 53.2% | 9.0wk |
| Rotherham | 53.1% | 7.1wk |
| Hexham | 53.0% | 17.9wk |
| Lichfield | 53.0% | 17.0wk |
| Bromley (London) | 52.9% | 7.9wk |
| Chertsey (London) | 52.9% | 21.7wk |
| Chorley | 52.8% | 5.4wk |
| Peterborough | 52.8% | 15.4wk |
| Portsmouth | 52.8% | 16.1wk |
| Steeton | 52.8% | 15.6wk |
| Yeading (London) | 52.8% | 3.0wk |
| Upton | 52.6% | 12.1wk |
| Hastings (Ore) | 52.4% | 17.1wk |
| Oswestry | 52.4% | 11.7wk |
| Uxbridge (London) | 52.3% | 16.3wk |
| Winchester | 52.2% | 11.3wk |
| Lincoln | 52.1% | 12.7wk |
| Northampton | 52.1% | 8.6wk |
| Bristol (Kingswood) | 51.9% | 5.9wk |
| Kings Lynn | 51.9% | 16.0wk |
| Macclesfield | 51.9% | 16.4wk |
| Worcester | 51.9% | 14.0wk |
| Blackpool | 51.8% | 9.1wk |
| Bolton (Manchester) | 51.8% | 12.4wk |
| Derby (Alvaston) | 51.8% | 12.3wk |
| Nelson | 51.7% | 18.9wk |
| Erith (London) | 51.6% | 8.6wk |
| West Wickham (London) | 51.6% | 6.0wk |
| Bletchley | 51.5% | 4.0wk |
| High Wycombe | 51.5% | 6.1wk |
| Barnstaple | 51.4% | 7.4wk |
| Hendon (London) | 51.4% | 21.1wk |
| Mill Hill (London) | 51.4% | 16.4wk |
| Redditch | 51.4% | 4.0wk |
| Rugby | 51.4% | 10.8wk |
| Sale (Manchester) | 51.4% | 18.3wk |
| Bishops Stortford | 51.3% | 5.9wk |
| Leicester (Wigston) | 51.2% | 12.7wk |
| Sunderland | 51.1% | 9.0wk |
| Swindon | 51.1% | 12.1wk |
| Hartlepool | 51.0% | 15.1wk |
| Morden (London) | 51.0% | 19.1wk |
| Shrewsbury | 51.0% | 10.1wk |
| Blyth | 50.9% | 11.7wk |
| Borehamwood (London) | 50.8% | 15.6wk |
| Slough (London) | 50.8% | 22.1wk |
| Boston | 50.7% | 3.6wk |
| St Albans | 50.7% | 6.0wk |
| Colchester | 50.6% | 12.1wk |
| Oxford (Cowley) | 50.6% | 4.4wk |
| Isleworth (Fleming Way) | 50.4% | 20.9wk |
| Tilbury | 50.4% | 5.2wk |
| Southampton (Maybush) | 50.3% | 14.4wk |
| Barnet (London) | 49.9% | 19.1wk |
| Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) | 49.9% | 25.1wk |
| Nottingham (Chilwell) | 49.9% | 5.1wk |
| Horsforth | 49.7% | 11.6wk |
| Pinner (London) | 49.7% | 23.1wk |
| Aylesbury | 49.3% | 7.3wk |
| Huddersfield | 49.2% | 14.3wk |
| Basildon | 49.1% | 3.7wk |
| Kettering | 49.1% | 4.7wk |
| Telford | 48.9% | 16.0wk |
| Tottenham | 48.9% | 6.7wk |
| Sheffield (Middlewood Road) | 48.7% | 17.3wk |
| Birmingham (Kingstanding) | 48.5% | 16.1wk |
| Brentwood (London) | 48.5% | 5.3wk |
| Salisbury | 48.5% | 6.1wk |
| Warwick (Wedgenock House) | 48.5% | 9.8wk |
| Gosforth | 48.4% | 21.1wk |
| Rochdale (Manchester) | 48.3% | 5.6wk |
| Clacton-on-Sea | 48.2% | 6.4wk |
| Hull | 47.9% | 4.4wk |
| Bradford (Thornbury) | 47.8% | 9.4wk |
| Gloucester | 47.8% | 16.2wk |
| Middlesbrough | 47.7% | 15.9wk |
| West Didsbury (Manchester) | 47.7% | 19.9wk |
| Bodmin | 47.5% | 5.4wk |
| Chester | 47.3% | 7.5wk |
| Darlington | 47.1% | 7.6wk |
| Loughton (London) | 47.0% | 20.9wk |
| Mitcham (London) | 47.0% | 16.1wk |
| Southend-on-Sea | 47.0% | 17.6wk |
| Pontefract | 46.9% | 15.7wk |
| Birmingham (Kings Heath) | 46.8% | 10.1wk |
| Chadderton | 46.8% | 16.1wk |
| Exeter | 46.8% | 6.4wk |
| Wood Green (London) | 46.8% | 11.8wk |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 46.6% | 13.1wk |
| Penzance | 46.5% | 10.7wk |
| Hinckley | 46.4% | 9.6wk |
| Nottingham (Colwick) | 46.4% | 13.3wk |
| Bury (Manchester) | 46.3% | 5.7wk |
| Hornchurch (London) | 46.3% | 22.3wk |
| Launceston | 46.3% | 6.4wk |
| Ashford (Kent) | 46.2% | 7.1wk |
| Bury St Edmunds | 46.2% | 12.7wk |
| Watford | 46.2% | 15.1wk |
| Enfield (Brancroft Way) | 46.1% | 2.6wk |
| Canterbury | 45.8% | 5.4wk |
| Heckmondwike | 45.8% | 15.7wk |
| Stafford | 45.8% | 16.2wk |
| Burgess Hill | 45.5% | 12.1wk |
| Scunthorpe | 45.4% | 5.6wk |
| Wakefield | 45.4% | 13.3wk |
| Dudley | 45.2% | 18.0wk |
| Scarborough | 45.1% | 2.9wk |
| Halifax | 45.0% | 13.6wk |
| Southall (London) | 44.8% | 5.4wk |
| Carlisle LGV (Cars) fewer than 100 tests (47) | 44.7% | 0.6wk |
| Cheetham Hill (Manchester) | 44.7% | 10.0wk |
| Birmingham (Garretts Green) | 44.4% | 11.4wk |
| Wanstead (London) | 44.4% | 13.0wk |
| Atherton (Manchester) | 44.3% | 10.0wk |
| Sheffield (Handsworth) | 44.1% | 6.1wk |
| Crewe | 43.8% | 12.1wk |
| Goodmayes (London) | 43.7% | 11.8wk |
| Lowestoft (Mobbs Way) | 43.3% | 18.4wk |
| Cheltenham | 43.2% | 17.0wk |
| Birmingham (South Yardley) | 42.8% | 11.9wk |
| Grimsby Coldwater | 42.8% | 5.3wk |
| Crawley | 42.7% | 17.8wk |
| Widnes | 42.7% | 9.1wk |
| Folkestone | 42.4% | 7.1wk |
| Loughborough | 42.3% | 10.5wk |
| Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | 41.6% | 19.1wk |
| Greenford (Horsenden Lane) | 41.4% | 18.4wk |
| Banbury | 41.3% | 12.1wk |
| St Helens (Liverpool) | 40.9% | 11.4wk |
| Plymouth | 40.7% | 7.1wk |
| Camborne | 40.6% | 4.4wk |
| Stoke-on-Trent (Cobridge) | 40.6% | 14.0wk |
| Belvedere (London) | 40.5% | 4.3wk |
| Speke (Liverpool) | 40.5% | 7.5wk |
| Leicester (Cannock Street) | 40.2% | 7.9wk |
| Coventry | 40.0% | 11.9wk |
| Chingford (London) | 39.9% | 12.6wk |
| Luton | 39.2% | 9.9wk |
| Norris Green (Liverpool) | 37.8% | 18.0wk |
| Gateshead | 37.5% | 11.1wk |
| Featherstone | 36.4% | 11.9wk |
| Barking (Tanner Street) | 36.3% | n/a |
| Wednesbury | 35.0% | 13.1wk |
| Wolverhampton | 34.3% | 15.9wk |
Centres without 2025/26 data
DVSA published no 2025/26 figure for these centres, so each shows the most recent year DVSA did publish for it, with that year's tests. They are not included in the ranking, the averages or the centre count above.
| Centre | Pass rate | DVSA year |
|---|---|---|
| Isle of Tiree 10 tests | 80.0% | 2024/25 |
| Ballater 166 tests | 77.1% | 2024/25 |
| Islay Island 40 tests | 70.0% | 2022/23 |
| Crieff 121 tests | 66.1% | 2024/25 |
| Barra 10 tests | 60.0% | 2024/25 |
| Hither Green (London) 4,942 tests | 50.7% | 2023/24 |
| Leeds 7,346 tests | 50.2% | 2024/25 |
| Watnall 702 tests | 48.9% | 2024/25 |
| Norwich (Jupiter Road) 3,032 tests | 42.2% | 2024/25 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the driving test pass rate in the UK?
In 2025/26, 50.0% of car driving tests in Great Britain were passes, according to DVSA. Averaging the 312 centres listed here gives 52.9%; that figure gives each centre equal weight and is not a national rate. Among centres with at least 100 tests the highest is 73.3% at Pitlochry and the lowest is 34.3% at Wolverhampton.
Which is the easiest driving test centre in the UK?
Among centres with at least 100 tests in 2025/26, Pitlochry has the highest DVSA pass rate at 73.3%. Some smaller centres have higher rates from only a few dozen tests, and rates from so few tests can swing a lot from year to year. Choosing a centre you know often matters more than raw statistics.
How can I improve my chances of passing the driving test?
Practice on real test routes at your chosen centre, familiarise yourself with local road conditions and common test areas, and ensure you're comfortable with all manoeuvres. AUDrive provides mapped test routes for centres across United Kingdom.
Looking for waiting times instead? View UK waiting times ranking →
Source: DVSA, car driving test data by test centre (table DRT122A, published 2026-06-25). Car tests (categories B and B1), April to March years. Ranked year: 2025/26 (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026). GOV.UK (ODS). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Waits: DVSA median wait between booking and taking the test, September 2026 (table DRT122F). DVSA published this data on 2026-06-25.
Pass rates vary by season, examiner, and conditions. Use as a general guide only.