United Kingdom Driving Test Pass Rates 2026
Compare DVSA pass rates across 321 test centres. The national average is 52.1%, ranging from 91.0% (Benbecula Island) to 32.1% (Speke (Liverpool)).
321
Test Centres
52.1%
National Average
3
Regions
Top 10 Easiest Centres
| # | Centre | Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Benbecula Island
|
91.0% |
| 2 |
Barra
|
88.2% |
| 3 |
Islay Island
|
82.6% |
| 4 |
Mallaig
|
80.0% |
| 5 |
Arbroath
|
76.2% |
| 6 |
Gairloch
|
75.9% |
| 7 |
Inveraray
|
74.1% |
| 8 |
Forfar
|
74.0% |
| 9 |
Ballater
|
73.3% |
| 10 |
Isles of Scilly
|
72.7% |
Top 10 Hardest Centres
| # | Centre | Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Speke (Liverpool)
|
32.1% |
| 2 |
Wolverhampton
|
33.1% |
| 3 |
Featherstone
|
33.4% |
| 4 |
Belvedere (London)
|
34.4% |
| 5 |
Wednesbury
|
36.9% |
| 6 |
Norris Green (Liverpool)
|
37.0% |
| 7 |
Chingford (London)
|
37.2% |
| 8 |
Grimsby Coldwater
|
38.1% |
| 9 |
Leicester (Cannock Street)
|
38.3% |
| 10 |
Crawley
|
38.6% |
All Centres by Region
| Centre | Pass Rate | Wait |
|---|---|---|
| Isles of Scilly | 72.7% | — |
| Carlisle | 69.0% | 11.9wk |
| Newtown | 67.8% | 6.5wk |
| Barrow In Furness | 67.5% | 11.2wk |
| Kendal (Oxenholme Road) | 67.2% | 15.4wk |
| Chichester | 64.4% | 10.2wk |
| Dorchester | 63.9% | 10.9wk |
| Ludlow | 62.0% | 9.3wk |
| Basingstoke | 61.3% | 11.1wk |
| Bridlington | 61.2% | 12.6wk |
| Tunbridge Wells | 61.1% | 10.7wk |
| Ipswich | 60.8% | 9.1wk |
| Melton Mowbray | 60.8% | — |
| Yeovil | 60.6% | 16.3wk |
| Worthing | 60.5% | — |
| Skegness | 60.4% | — |
| Salisbury | 60.3% | 10.7wk |
| Northwich | 59.9% | — |
| Hexham | 59.4% | — |
| Norwich (Peachman Way) | 59.3% | 9.3wk |
| Lee On The Solent | 59.2% | 16.7wk |
| Weston-super-Mare | 59.1% | 16.4wk |
| Carlisle LGV (Cars) | 59.0% | 11.9wk |
| Worksop | 59.0% | 21.5wk |
| Whitby | 58.3% | — |
| Sidcup (London) | 58.2% | 17.5wk |
| Aberystwyth (Park Avenue) | 57.9% | — |
| Preston | 57.9% | 18.1wk |
| Barnstaple | 57.8% | 18.1wk |
| Farnborough | 57.8% | 8.5wk |
| Knaresborough | 57.8% | 18.1wk |
| Malton | 57.8% | — |
| Brecon | 57.7% | — |
| Gillingham | 57.7% | 15.1wk |
| Louth | 57.5% | — |
| Southport (Liverpool) | 57.2% | 18.9wk |
| Chorley | 57.0% | 10.9wk |
| Hereford | 57.0% | 16.5wk |
| Darlington | 56.7% | 9.0wk |
| Herne Bay | 56.7% | 17.7wk |
| Alnwick | 56.2% | — |
| Workington | 56.2% | 11.5wk |
| Bolton (Manchester) | 56.1% | 23.3wk |
| Bristol (Avonmouth) | 56.1% | 13.0wk |
| Barnsley | 55.9% | 17.3wk |
| Bristol (Kingswood) | 55.8% | 20.3wk |
| Heysham | 55.7% | 18.0wk |
| Letchworth | 55.4% | 18.6wk |
| Enfield (Brancroft Way) | 55.3% | — |
| Bedford | 54.9% | 12.4wk |
| Taunton | 54.7% | 16.9wk |
| Warrington | 54.4% | 21.6wk |
| Buxton | 54.1% | 7.7wk |
| Bredbury (Manchester) | 54.0% | 18.8wk |
| Bradford (Heaton) | 53.8% | 19.3wk |
| Wellingborough | 53.7% | — |
| Hither Green (London) | 53.5% | 11.4wk |
| Oswestry | 53.4% | — |
| Grantham (Somerby) | 53.3% | 8.5wk |
| Ashfield | 53.2% | 22.1wk |
| Burton on Trent | 53.1% | 15.5wk |
| Hornchurch (London) | 53.0% | 17.1wk |
| Clacton-on-Sea | 52.8% | 17.5wk |
| Penzance | 52.8% | — |
| High Wycombe | 52.7% | — |
| Isleworth (Fleming Way) | 52.6% | 12.6wk |
| York | 52.5% | 19.0wk |
| Birmingham (Shirley) | 52.4% | 14.9wk |
| Maidstone | 52.4% | 12.3wk |
| Hinckley | 52.3% | 13.8wk |
| Portsmouth | 52.2% | 15.5wk |
| Bradford (Thornbury) | 52.1% | 23.4wk |
| Newton Abbot | 52.1% | 13.7wk |
| Nuneaton | 52.1% | 10.8wk |
| Watnall | 51.9% | 5.0wk |
| Boston | 51.8% | 8.9wk |
| Cambridge (Brookmount Court) | 51.8% | 20.2wk |
| Macclesfield | 51.7% | 6.0wk |
| Scarborough | 51.7% | 14.4wk |
| Shrewsbury | 51.7% | 15.8wk |
| Tolworth (London) | 51.7% | 12.2wk |
| West Didsbury (Manchester) | 51.7% | 16.0wk |
| Bromley (London) | 51.5% | 14.9wk |
| Canterbury | 51.4% | 8.0wk |
| Skipton | 51.2% | 20.0wk |
| Blyth | 51.1% | 14.7wk |
| Enfield (Innova Business Park) | 51.1% | 15.9wk |
| Pinner (London) | 51.1% | 22.5wk |
| Middlesbrough | 51.0% | 18.3wk |
| Mitcham (London) | 51.0% | 9.9wk |
| Southend-on-Sea | 50.8% | 14.8wk |
| Steeton | 50.8% | 22.5wk |
| Brentwood (London) | 50.7% | 12.4wk |
| Huddersfield | 50.6% | 17.1wk |
| Hull | 50.6% | 19.7wk |
| Worcester | 50.6% | 16.5wk |
| Northampton | 50.4% | 19.5wk |
| Wakefield | 50.4% | 22.4wk |
| Ashford (Kent) | 50.0% | 15.1wk |
| Durham | 50.0% | 18.1wk |
| Horsforth | 50.0% | 18.3wk |
| Slough (London) | 50.0% | 12.4wk |
| Northallerton | 49.9% | 15.2wk |
| Sale (Manchester) | 49.9% | 10.6wk |
| Tilbury | 49.9% | 16.3wk |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | 49.8% | 9.2wk |
| Nelson | 49.7% | 17.2wk |
| Sevenoaks | 49.7% | 14.9wk |
| Chelmsford (Hanbury Road) | 49.4% | 18.7wk |
| Chertsey (London) | 49.4% | 10.2wk |
| Kettering | 49.4% | 15.8wk |
| Leeds | 49.4% | 18.4wk |
| Watford | 49.4% | 17.6wk |
| Reading | 49.3% | 15.3wk |
| Chesterfield | 49.2% | 15.5wk |
| Redhill Aerodrome | 49.2% | 7.2wk |
| Eastbourne | 49.1% | 13.3wk |
| Lincoln | 49.1% | 13.0wk |
| Winchester | 49.1% | 15.2wk |
| Tottenham | 49.0% | 17.6wk |
| Trowbridge | 49.0% | — |
| Borehamwood (London) | 48.9% | 15.5wk |
| Derby (Alvaston) | 48.9% | 20.5wk |
| Barnet (London) | 48.8% | 13.2wk |
| Bishops Stortford | 48.7% | 17.7wk |
| Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) | 48.7% | 18.8wk |
| Rotherham | 48.7% | 17.5wk |
| Poole | 48.6% | 19.2wk |
| Heckmondwike | 48.5% | 19.0wk |
| Exeter | 48.4% | 14.0wk |
| Peterborough | 48.4% | 12.7wk |
| Upton | 48.4% | 10.7wk |
| West Wickham (London) | 48.3% | 13.3wk |
| Hartlepool | 48.1% | 16.8wk |
| Kings Lynn | 48.0% | 12.7wk |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 47.8% | 14.7wk |
| Basildon | 47.7% | 12.1wk |
| Gloucester | 47.7% | 17.2wk |
| Chippenham | 47.6% | 16.2wk |
| Greenham | 47.6% | — |
| Swindon | 47.6% | 19.4wk |
| Lichfield | 47.5% | 17.0wk |
| Nottingham (Colwick) | 47.5% | 14.3wk |
| Bletchley | 47.2% | 20.4wk |
| Hastings (Ore) | 47.2% | 11.1wk |
| Stafford | 47.2% | 7.7wk |
| Hendon (London) | 47.1% | 23.1wk |
| Sunderland | 47.0% | 17.6wk |
| Lowestoft (Mobbs Way) | 46.9% | 13.2wk |
| Rugby | 46.6% | 15.3wk |
| Crewe | 46.5% | 11.2wk |
| Morden (London) | 46.5% | 16.1wk |
| Uxbridge (London) | 46.4% | 12.7wk |
| Atherton (Manchester) | 46.2% | 10.9wk |
| Warwick (Wedgenock House) | 46.2% | 12.6wk |
| Cheltenham | 46.0% | 19.6wk |
| Colchester | 45.6% | 20.5wk |
| Redditch | 45.6% | 14.2wk |
| Sheffield (Handsworth) | 45.5% | 20.2wk |
| Chester | 45.4% | 16.3wk |
| Guildford | 45.4% | 12.0wk |
| Burgess Hill | 45.2% | 11.6wk |
| Gosforth | 45.2% | 15.8wk |
| Leicester (Wigston) | 45.2% | 14.9wk |
| Goodmayes (London) | 45.1% | 21.9wk |
| Telford | 45.1% | 13.7wk |
| Loughton (London) | 45.0% | 13.0wk |
| Pontefract | 45.0% | 15.1wk |
| Mill Hill (London) | 44.7% | 21.5wk |
| Birmingham (Kings Heath) | 44.5% | 20.1wk |
| Chadderton | 44.5% | 13.1wk |
| Aylesbury | 44.2% | 14.4wk |
| Southampton (Maybush) | 44.2% | 20.0wk |
| Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) | 44.0% | 15.0wk |
| Widnes | 44.0% | 13.9wk |
| Bury St Edmunds | 43.9% | 8.4wk |
| Birmingham (Kingstanding) | 43.7% | 18.7wk |
| Wood Green (London) | 43.7% | 18.6wk |
| Oxford (Cowley) | 43.6% | 15.2wk |
| Sheffield (Middlewood Road) | 43.6% | 22.2wk |
| Stevenage | 43.5% | 19.2wk |
| Blackpool | 43.4% | — |
| Halifax | 43.2% | 17.8wk |
| St Albans | 43.1% | 16.4wk |
| Dudley | 43.0% | 17.7wk |
| Cheetham Hill (Manchester) | 42.9% | 21.9wk |
| Gateshead | 42.3% | 12.0wk |
| Erith (London) | 42.1% | 16.2wk |
| Camborne | 42.0% | 15.2wk |
| Coventry | 42.0% | 15.1wk |
| Loughborough | 42.0% | 11.2wk |
| Norwich (Jupiter Road) | 42.0% | 4.9wk |
| Bodmin | 41.9% | 10.6wk |
| Folkestone | 41.7% | 11.0wk |
| Yeading (London) | 41.7% | 8.4wk |
| Doncaster | 41.6% | 16.8wk |
| Launceston | 41.6% | 8.6wk |
| Scunthorpe | 41.5% | 13.8wk |
| Wallasey | 41.2% | 10.8wk |
| Southall (London) | 41.0% | 16.6wk |
| Birmingham (South Yardley) | 40.9% | 21.2wk |
| Wanstead (London) | 40.9% | 15.8wk |
| Greenford (Horsenden Lane) | 40.7% | 13.9wk |
| Banbury | 40.6% | 11.4wk |
| Birmingham (Garretts Green) | 40.6% | 19.8wk |
| Nottingham (Chilwell) | 40.6% | 12.2wk |
| Plymouth | 40.4% | 17.0wk |
| Barking (Tanner Street) | 40.3% | 16.7wk |
| Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge) | 40.2% | 8.1wk |
| St Helens (Liverpool) | 39.8% | 17.6wk |
| Bury (Manchester) | 39.0% | 11.5wk |
| Luton | 38.9% | 17.9wk |
| Rochdale (Manchester) | 38.9% | 10.6wk |
| Crawley | 38.6% | 14.2wk |
| Leicester (Cannock Street) | 38.3% | 12.7wk |
| Grimsby Coldwater | 38.1% | 11.9wk |
| Chingford (London) | 37.2% | 17.6wk |
| Norris Green (Liverpool) | 37.0% | 19.8wk |
| Wednesbury | 36.9% | 16.4wk |
| Belvedere (London) | 34.4% | 15.6wk |
| Featherstone | 33.4% | 20.8wk |
| Wolverhampton | 33.1% | 19.9wk |
| Speke (Liverpool) | 32.1% | 17.2wk |
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 52.1%. However, pass rates vary significantly between centres — the highest is 91.0% at Benbecula Island and the lowest is 32.1% at Speke (Liverpool).
Which is the easiest driving test centre in United Kingdom?
Based on the latest DVSA data, Benbecula Island has the highest pass rate at 91.0%. 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–September 2024. Waiting times are approximate. Last updated: 2026.
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