United Kingdom Driving Test Pass Rates 2026
Compare DVSA pass rates across 321 test centres. The national average is 52.2%, ranging from 88.2% (Barra) to 33.4% (Wolverhampton).
321
Test Centres
52.2%
National Average
3
Regions
Top 10 Easiest Centres
| # | Centre | Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Barra
|
88.2% |
| 2 |
Isle of Skye (Portree)
|
88.2% |
| 3 |
Ballater
|
84.2% |
| 4 |
Islay Island
|
82.6% |
| 5 |
Mallaig
|
80.0% |
| 6 |
Arbroath
|
78.9% |
| 7 |
Benbecula Island
|
77.2% |
| 8 |
Gairloch
|
75.9% |
| 9 |
Inveraray
|
74.1% |
| 10 |
Newton Stewart
|
73.7% |
Top 10 Hardest Centres
| # | Centre | Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wolverhampton
|
33.4% |
| 2 |
Featherstone
|
34.1% |
| 3 |
Wednesbury
|
36.4% |
| 4 |
Chingford (London)
|
36.5% |
| 5 |
Gateshead
|
37.4% |
| 6 |
Leicester (Cannock Street)
|
37.7% |
| 7 |
Glasgow (Shieldhall)
|
37.7% |
| 8 |
Barking (Tanner Street)
|
37.9% |
| 9 |
Belvedere (London)
|
38.3% |
| 10 |
Speke (Liverpool)
|
38.6% |
All Centres by Region
| Centre | Pass Rate | Wait |
|---|---|---|
| Isles of Scilly | 72.7% | — |
| Malton | 68.3% | 22.0wk |
| Dorchester | 66.7% | 1.0wk |
| Whitby | 65.2% | 22.0wk |
| Kendal (Oxenholme Road) | 64.8% | 18.0wk |
| Chichester | 64.2% | 11.0wk |
| Melton Mowbray | 63.9% | 10.0wk |
| Newtown | 63.7% | 23.0wk |
| Ipswich | 63.1% | 12.0wk |
| Barrow In Furness | 61.9% | — |
| Yeovil | 59.7% | 12.0wk |
| Lee On The Solent | 59.6% | 20.0wk |
| Ludlow | 59.6% | 9.0wk |
| Hereford | 59.4% | 18.0wk |
| Southport (Liverpool) | 59.2% | 23.0wk |
| Carlisle LGV (Cars) | 59.0% | — |
| Sidcup (London) | 59.0% | 16.0wk |
| Brecon | 58.9% | 22.0wk |
| Tunbridge Wells | 58.9% | 13.0wk |
| Worthing | 58.8% | 18.0wk |
| Northallerton | 58.6% | 15.0wk |
| Knaresborough | 58.5% | 12.0wk |
| Farnborough | 58.3% | 1.0wk |
| Letchworth | 58.3% | 17.0wk |
| Birmingham (Shirley) | 58.1% | 2.0wk |
| Grantham (Somerby) | 58.1% | 23.0wk |
| Maidstone | 58.0% | 23.0wk |
| Skegness | 57.6% | 22.0wk |
| Gillingham | 57.2% | 23.0wk |
| Buxton | 57.0% | 23.0wk |
| Norwich (Peachman Way) | 57.0% | 3.0wk |
| Basingstoke | 56.9% | 17.0wk |
| Bolton (Manchester) | 56.7% | 23.0wk |
| Hexham | 56.7% | 17.0wk |
| Weston-super-Mare | 56.5% | 9.0wk |
| Bridlington | 56.4% | 12.0wk |
| Taunton | 56.3% | 4.0wk |
| Oswestry | 55.6% | 4.0wk |
| Herne Bay | 55.4% | 21.0wk |
| Warrington | 55.3% | 22.0wk |
| Wellingborough | 55.1% | 18.0wk |
| Heysham | 55.0% | 22.0wk |
| Carlisle | 54.9% | 2.0wk |
| Barnstaple | 54.7% | 18.0wk |
| Northwich | 54.7% | 20.0wk |
| Chesterfield | 54.5% | 23.0wk |
| Louth | 54.4% | 21.0wk |
| Skipton | 54.4% | 23.0wk |
| Bredbury (Manchester) | 54.2% | 8.0wk |
| Burton on Trent | 54.1% | 9.0wk |
| Enfield (Innova Business Park) | 54.1% | 23.0wk |
| Bristol (Avonmouth) | 53.7% | 23.0wk |
| Preston | 53.7% | 6.0wk |
| Sevenoaks | 53.6% | 21.0wk |
| Hither Green (London) | 53.5% | — |
| Tolworth (London) | 53.3% | 16.0wk |
| Worksop | 53.3% | 23.0wk |
| Aberystwyth (Park Avenue) | 53.2% | 5.0wk |
| Nuneaton | 52.5% | 17.0wk |
| Salisbury | 52.5% | 10.0wk |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | 52.4% | 23.0wk |
| Barnsley | 52.2% | 23.0wk |
| Eastbourne | 52.1% | 19.0wk |
| Greenham | 52.1% | 21.0wk |
| Ashford (Kent) | 52.0% | 12.0wk |
| Bristol (Kingswood) | 52.0% | 3.0wk |
| Newton Abbot | 51.9% | 23.0wk |
| Guildford | 51.8% | 15.0wk |
| Isleworth (Fleming Way) | 51.8% | 13.0wk |
| Portsmouth | 51.8% | 23.0wk |
| Bromley (London) | 51.7% | 16.0wk |
| Scarborough | 51.7% | 7.0wk |
| Derby (Alvaston) | 51.3% | 7.0wk |
| Horsforth | 51.3% | 15.0wk |
| Rotherham | 51.3% | 21.0wk |
| York | 51.3% | 22.0wk |
| Ashfield | 51.2% | 18.0wk |
| Mill Hill (London) | 51.1% | 19.0wk |
| Trowbridge | 51.1% | 2.0wk |
| Alnwick | 51.0% | 18.0wk |
| High Wycombe | 51.0% | 20.0wk |
| Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) | 51.0% | 12.0wk |
| West Didsbury (Manchester) | 50.9% | 23.0wk |
| West Wickham (London) | 50.9% | 20.0wk |
| Boston | 50.7% | 23.0wk |
| Chippenham | 50.6% | 21.0wk |
| Worcester | 50.6% | 8.0wk |
| Cambridge (Brookmount Court) | 50.5% | 27.0wk |
| Steeton | 50.5% | 22.0wk |
| Bishops Stortford | 50.4% | 10.0wk |
| Northampton | 50.4% | 21.0wk |
| Canterbury | 50.3% | 2.0wk |
| Chertsey (London) | 50.3% | — |
| Pinner (London) | 50.3% | 8.0wk |
| Leeds | 50.2% | 17.0wk |
| Peterborough | 50.2% | 11.0wk |
| Upton | 50.0% | 23.0wk |
| Barnet (London) | 49.9% | 19.0wk |
| Bedford | 49.9% | — |
| Macclesfield | 49.9% | 22.0wk |
| Lincoln | 49.8% | 9.0wk |
| Reading | 49.8% | 12.0wk |
| Hartlepool | 49.7% | 17.0wk |
| Blackpool | 49.6% | 19.0wk |
| Durham | 49.6% | 20.0wk |
| Gloucester | 49.6% | 16.0wk |
| Uxbridge (London) | 49.6% | 11.0wk |
| Wallasey | 49.6% | 23.0wk |
| Bradford (Heaton) | 49.5% | 18.0wk |
| Hendon (London) | 49.5% | 16.0wk |
| Watnall | 49.5% | — |
| Redhill Aerodrome | 49.4% | 15.0wk |
| Erith (London) | 49.3% | 23.0wk |
| Swindon | 49.3% | 17.0wk |
| Darlington | 49.2% | 14.0wk |
| Hastings (Ore) | 49.2% | 20.0wk |
| Penzance | 49.2% | 18.0wk |
| Shrewsbury | 49.2% | 22.0wk |
| Sale (Manchester) | 49.1% | 23.0wk |
| Tilbury | 49.1% | 16.0wk |
| Mitcham (London) | 48.9% | 16.0wk |
| Morden (London) | 48.8% | 9.0wk |
| Aylesbury | 48.7% | 3.0wk |
| Lichfield | 48.6% | 2.0wk |
| Brentwood (London) | 48.5% | 10.0wk |
| Huddersfield | 48.4% | 22.0wk |
| Poole | 48.4% | 6.0wk |
| St Albans | 48.4% | 5.0wk |
| Warwick (Wedgenock House) | 48.4% | 10.0wk |
| Chorley | 48.3% | 17.0wk |
| Hinckley | 48.3% | 3.0wk |
| Hornchurch (London) | 48.3% | 9.0wk |
| Launceston | 48.3% | 16.0wk |
| Middlesbrough | 48.3% | 23.0wk |
| Workington | 48.3% | 22.0wk |
| Oxford (Cowley) | 48.2% | 3.0wk |
| Southend-on-Sea | 48.1% | 22.0wk |
| Colchester | 48.0% | 12.0wk |
| Loughton (London) | 48.0% | 22.0wk |
| Exeter | 47.9% | 23.0wk |
| Nelson | 47.9% | 21.0wk |
| Tottenham | 47.9% | 10.0wk |
| Winchester | 47.9% | — |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 47.8% | 20.0wk |
| Pontefract | 47.8% | 22.0wk |
| Gosforth | 47.5% | 23.0wk |
| Sheffield (Middlewood Road) | 47.5% | 3.0wk |
| Clacton-on-Sea | 47.4% | 13.0wk |
| Blyth | 47.2% | 23.0wk |
| Bradford (Thornbury) | 47.1% | 16.0wk |
| Southampton (Maybush) | 47.1% | 8.0wk |
| Sunderland | 47.1% | 27.0wk |
| Birmingham (Kings Heath) | 47.0% | 3.0wk |
| Yeading (London) | 46.9% | 16.0wk |
| Borehamwood (London) | 46.8% | 23.0wk |
| Wood Green (London) | 46.8% | — |
| Cheltenham | 46.7% | 10.0wk |
| Heckmondwike | 46.7% | 8.0wk |
| Redditch | 46.7% | 16.0wk |
| Wakefield | 46.7% | 17.0wk |
| Watford | 46.6% | 14.0wk |
| Chester | 46.2% | 10.0wk |
| Southall (London) | 46.2% | 19.0wk |
| Bodmin | 46.1% | 16.0wk |
| Lowestoft (Mobbs Way) | 46.1% | 11.0wk |
| Stafford | 46.1% | 3.0wk |
| Kettering | 46.0% | 8.0wk |
| Kings Lynn | 46.0% | 21.0wk |
| Rugby | 46.0% | 16.0wk |
| Bletchley | 45.7% | 3.0wk |
| Bury St Edmunds | 45.7% | 23.0wk |
| Dudley | 45.7% | 23.0wk |
| Enfield (Brancroft Way) | 45.7% | 23.0wk |
| Basildon | 45.6% | 9.0wk |
| Slough (London) | 45.6% | 15.0wk |
| Nottingham (Colwick) | 45.5% | 2.0wk |
| Folkestone | 45.4% | 21.0wk |
| Sheffield (Handsworth) | 45.3% | 23.0wk |
| Hull | 45.2% | 13.0wk |
| Chadderton | 44.9% | 23.0wk |
| Stevenage | 44.9% | 10.0wk |
| Chelmsford (Hanbury Road) | 44.7% | — |
| Halifax | 44.7% | 23.0wk |
| Birmingham (Kingstanding) | 44.6% | 5.0wk |
| Atherton (Manchester) | 44.4% | 2.0wk |
| Crewe | 44.4% | 17.0wk |
| Scunthorpe | 44.4% | 14.0wk |
| Leicester (Wigston) | 43.9% | 9.0wk |
| Nottingham (Chilwell) | 43.9% | 3.0wk |
| Telford | 43.9% | 18.0wk |
| Cheetham Hill (Manchester) | 43.7% | 23.0wk |
| Goodmayes (London) | 43.7% | 6.0wk |
| Loughborough | 43.7% | 19.0wk |
| Burgess Hill | 43.2% | 12.0wk |
| Grimsby Coldwater | 42.7% | 5.0wk |
| Norwich (Jupiter Road) | 42.6% | — |
| Coventry | 42.3% | 23.0wk |
| Birmingham (Garretts Green) | 42.0% | 23.0wk |
| Doncaster | 42.0% | 23.0wk |
| Birmingham (South Yardley) | 41.6% | 23.0wk |
| Camborne | 41.3% | — |
| Rochdale (Manchester) | 41.2% | 20.0wk |
| Plymouth | 40.8% | 20.0wk |
| Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) | 40.7% | — |
| Greenford (Horsenden Lane) | 40.5% | 19.0wk |
| Wanstead (London) | 40.4% | 1.0wk |
| Bury (Manchester) | 40.3% | 21.0wk |
| St Helens (Liverpool) | 40.2% | 18.0wk |
| Crawley | 40.1% | 12.0wk |
| Luton | 40.1% | 22.0wk |
| Widnes | 40.1% | 20.0wk |
| Banbury | 39.9% | 7.0wk |
| Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge) | 38.8% | — |
| Norris Green (Liverpool) | 38.7% | 23.0wk |
| Speke (Liverpool) | 38.6% | 22.0wk |
| Belvedere (London) | 38.3% | 20.0wk |
| Barking (Tanner Street) | 37.9% | — |
| Leicester (Cannock Street) | 37.7% | 17.0wk |
| Gateshead | 37.4% | 23.0wk |
| Chingford (London) | 36.5% | 16.0wk |
| Wednesbury | 36.4% | 23.0wk |
| Featherstone | 34.1% | 23.0wk |
| Wolverhampton | 33.4% | 23.0wk |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average driving test pass rate in United Kingdom?
The average driving test pass rate across 321 United Kingdom test centres is 52.2%. However, pass rates vary significantly between centres — the highest is 88.2% at Barra and the lowest is 33.4% at Wolverhampton.
Which is the easiest driving test centre in United Kingdom?
Based on the latest DVSA data, Barra has the highest pass rate at 88.2%. However, choosing a centre you're familiar with 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.
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Data source: DVSA official statistics, April 2024–March 2025. Waiting times are approximate. Last updated: 2026.
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