UK Driving Test Pass Rates 2026: 50.1% Average

Official DVSA car practical test pass rates for 318 UK test centres — latest published DVSA figures (most 2025–26, a few centres 2024–25). Search your centre, then check live cancellations.

318centres
50.1%national average
87.5%highest · Isles of Scilly
34.3%lowest · Wolverhampton

All centres by region

London 25

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Sidcup (London)58.7%14,31822.3 wk
Enfield (Innova Business Park)53.9%8,41220.4 wk
Tolworth (London)53.6%10,16413.4 wk
Bromley (London)52.9%13,22814.4 wk
Yeading (London)52.8%6,73510.1 wk
Uxbridge (London)52.3%6,05112.9 wk
Erith (London)51.6%5,8097.1 wk
West Wickham (London)51.6%12,2497.7 wk
Hendon (London)51.4%11,08616.1 wk
Mill Hill (London)51.4%9,7978.4 wk
Morden (London)51.0%15,77014.6 wk
Isleworth (Fleming Way)50.4%12,68720.0 wk
Barnet (London)49.9%12,39722.1 wk
Pinner (London)49.7%14,36723.1 wk
Tottenham48.9%9,84413.4 wk
Mitcham (London)47.0%15,04613.1 wk
Wood Green (London)46.8%11,37919.0 wk
Hornchurch (London)46.3%8,69419.0 wk
Enfield (Brancroft Way)46.1%3623.0 wk
Southall (London)44.8%8,54317.7 wk
Wanstead (London)44.4%8,25816.3 wk
Goodmayes (London)43.7%21,37420.7 wk
Greenford (Horsenden Lane)41.4%7,2227.7 wk
Belvedere (London)40.5%4,2459.9 wk
Chingford (London)39.9%13,1205.6 wk

South East 32

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Tunbridge Wells64.5%5,72612.0 wk
Lee On The Solent63.2%8,50217.4 wk
Chichester61.6%6,6726.4 wk
Maidstone60.2%8,0535.6 wk
Worthing59.8%8,49512.0 wk
Farnborough59.7%10,48214.4 wk
Sevenoaks59.0%6,74011.4 wk
Guildford57.1%4,5426.0 wk
Basingstoke56.8%5,00918.0 wk
Greenham56.5%3,9312.9 wk
Gillingham56.4%14,8869.3 wk
Herne Bay55.9%10,6747.1 wk
Eastbourne55.4%6,0317.4 wk
Reading55.4%9,23711.6 wk
Newport (Isle of Wight)54.1%3,6166.6 wk
Redhill Aerodrome53.9%5,4088.8 wk
Chertsey (London)52.9%9,08212.3 wk
Portsmouth52.8%13,51813.0 wk
Hastings (Ore)52.4%3,89210.4 wk
Winchester52.2%4,6025.7 wk
Bletchley51.5%9,41515.8 wk
High Wycombe51.5%3,5349.0 wk
Slough (London)50.8%10,5094.6 wk
Oxford (Cowley)50.6%5,4199.4 wk
Aylesbury49.3%5,2557.1 wk
Southampton (Maybush)47.1%8,9549.3 wk
Ashford (Kent)46.2%5,4754.7 wk
Canterbury45.8%4,6705.3 wk
Burgess Hill45.5%11,23716.1 wk
Crawley42.7%11,3058.5 wk
Folkestone42.4%7,8185.4 wk
Banbury41.3%9,06920.4 wk

South West 22

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Isles of Scilly87.5%8
Dorchester69.0%4,3536.4 wk
Yeovil63.4%7,49310.0 wk
Taunton59.5%8,25912.1 wk
Weston-super-Mare56.5%5,8074.0 wk
Chippenham56.4%9,6296.1 wk
Bristol (Avonmouth)55.5%9,4005.1 wk
Trowbridge55.2%3,0747.7 wk
Newton Abbot53.8%6,5916.1 wk
Poole53.4%10,3757.4 wk
Bristol (Kingswood)51.9%14,8637.6 wk
Barnstaple51.4%5,5628.0 wk
Swindon51.1%12,8579.4 wk
Salisbury48.5%6,6303.6 wk
Gloucester47.8%7,42015.4 wk
Bodmin47.5%6,3923.9 wk
Exeter46.8%8,6796.6 wk
Penzance46.5%50714.4 wk
Launceston46.3%3,9914.9 wk
Cheltenham43.2%5,16112.3 wk
Plymouth40.7%11,1678.6 wk
Camborne40.6%6,2716.4 wk

East of England 24

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Ipswich62.3%11,4667.9 wk
Norwich (Peachman Way)61.7%12,54112.0 wk
Letchworth57.5%5,24319.8 wk
Chelmsford55.4%9,10712.5 wk
Stevenage55.3%4,62214.6 wk
Cambridge (Brookmount Court)53.8%13,68915.4 wk
Bedford53.7%8,85425.1 wk
Peterborough52.8%10,55111.7 wk
Kings Lynn51.9%6,69416.1 wk
Bishops Stortford51.3%6,40911.3 wk
Borehamwood (London)50.8%7,19511.3 wk
St Albans50.7%7,3369.7 wk
Colchester50.6%7,7569.4 wk
Tilbury50.4%5,0838.1 wk
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)49.9%7,66724.0 wk
Basildon49.1%8,3595.4 wk
Brentwood (London)48.5%5,7918.3 wk
Southend-on-Sea48.1%4,79711.0 wk
Clacton-on-Sea47.4%2,86714.3 wk
Loughton (London)47.0%7,37611.0 wk
Bury St Edmunds46.2%8,7026.4 wk
Watford46.2%12,93910.6 wk
Lowestoft (Mobbs Way)43.3%7,60313.4 wk
Luton39.2%7,7597.6 wk

East Midlands 20

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Melton Mowbray69.7%1,98421.7 wk
Wellingborough60.0%1,45023.0 wk
Buxton58.7%4,90412.3 wk
Grantham (Somerby)57.9%7,31816.4 wk
Ashfield57.3%8,14417.1 wk
Chesterfield56.2%6,6058.0 wk
Skegness55.9%2,07813.8 wk
Worksop55.2%5,97512.6 wk
Louth53.9%74017.1 wk
Lincoln52.1%6,19214.9 wk
Northampton52.1%13,5398.6 wk
Derby (Alvaston)51.8%8,08613.4 wk
Leicester (Wigston)51.2%18,8687.7 wk
Boston50.7%4,7843.7 wk
Nottingham (Chilwell)49.9%9,41511.6 wk
Kettering49.1%11,87612.1 wk
Hinckley46.4%4,8668.9 wk
Nottingham (Colwick)46.4%15,15013.3 wk
Loughborough42.3%5,50218.0 wk
Leicester (Cannock Street)40.2%14,1985.1 wk

West Midlands 26

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Hereford58.8%4,1106.6 wk
Ludlow58.7%5,0519.1 wk
Birmingham (Shirley)56.6%9,38514.0 wk
Burton on Trent54.7%7,27316.4 wk
Birmingham (Cocks Moors)53.5%4863.7 wk
Nuneaton53.2%6,7649.0 wk
Lichfield53.0%5,94417.1 wk
Oswestry52.4%1,8517.4 wk
Worcester51.9%11,59010.4 wk
Redditch51.4%4,48310.6 wk
Rugby51.4%6,6648.3 wk
Shrewsbury51.0%5,0644.7 wk
Telford48.9%4,96314.1 wk
Birmingham (Kingstanding)48.5%16,13323.0 wk
Warwick (Wedgenock House)48.5%15,07018.6 wk
Birmingham (Kings Heath)46.8%9,07214.7 wk
Stafford45.8%5,36515.7 wk
Dudley45.2%13,72115.4 wk
Birmingham (Garretts Green)44.4%22,4805.7 wk
Birmingham (South Yardley)42.8%14,47111.1 wk
Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)40.7%7,09817.7 wk
Coventry40.0%13,7715.9 wk
Stoke-on-Trent (Cobridge)38.8%6,4509.9 wk
Featherstone36.4%13,1939.1 wk
Wednesbury35.0%7,50814.3 wk
Wolverhampton34.3%11,56113.6 wk

Yorkshire and The Humber 28

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Malton64.3%8768.1 wk
Northallerton60.4%3,2447.9 wk
Walton LGV59.8%1,89410.9 wk
Barnsley58.5%7,7376.6 wk
Knaresborough58.5%8,3019.4 wk
Skipton57.3%3,1979.0 wk
Whitby56.7%55717.6 wk
Bradford (Heaton)56.1%8,35411.7 wk
Bridlington55.5%3,02718.1 wk
York54.4%9,41610.9 wk
Doncaster53.2%7,3349.0 wk
Rotherham53.1%9,13413.3 wk
Steeton52.8%4,7847.3 wk
Leeds (Colton Mill)51.8%6,4326.6 wk
Leeds (Fearnville)51.8%4,6767.7 wk
Horsforth49.7%12,4669.4 wk
Huddersfield49.2%10,56312.6 wk
Sheffield (Middlewood Road)48.7%10,44213.3 wk
Hull47.9%9,70613.3 wk
Bradford (Thornbury)47.8%10,8316.6 wk
Pontefract46.9%5,5446.9 wk
Heckmondwike45.8%5,4716.4 wk
Scunthorpe45.4%6,1035.6 wk
Wakefield45.4%11,6538.3 wk
Sheffield (Handsworth)45.3%9,2836.4 wk
Scarborough45.1%3,5957.6 wk
Halifax45.0%5,84514.1 wk
Grimsby Coldwater42.8%5,3617.5 wk

North West 32

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Barrow In Furness69.6%1,6993.7 wk
Kendal (Oxenholme Road)65.1%2,2319.3 wk
Carlisle LGV (Cars)61.9%630.9 wk
Workington61.9%2,99815.4 wk
Heysham59.2%3,69217.3 wk
Carlisle58.7%3,5188.6 wk
Northwich57.6%3,52921.4 wk
Southport (Liverpool)56.5%7,94915.3 wk
Preston56.3%9,19414.6 wk
Bredbury (Manchester)56.0%10,63612.4 wk
Warrington55.5%7,55013.9 wk
Wallasey54.3%96816.9 wk
Chorley52.8%5,41511.1 wk
Upton52.6%10,77212.6 wk
Macclesfield51.9%4,50910.4 wk
Blackpool51.8%8,9488.9 wk
Bolton (Manchester)51.8%11,57016.0 wk
Nelson51.7%5,95518.0 wk
Sale (Manchester)51.4%10,92117.9 wk
Rochdale (Manchester)48.3%11,5639.3 wk
West Didsbury (Manchester)47.7%17,80620.6 wk
Chester47.3%9,21211.1 wk
Chadderton46.8%15,9889.4 wk
Blackburn with Darwen46.6%12,2059.4 wk
Bury (Manchester)46.3%7,0246.7 wk
Cheetham Hill (Manchester)44.7%10,2078.0 wk
Atherton (Manchester)44.3%13,03512.1 wk
Crewe43.8%4,99412.1 wk
Widnes42.7%6,8469.0 wk
St Helens (Liverpool)40.9%14,1746.4 wk
Speke (Liverpool)40.5%8,15910.4 wk
Norris Green (Liverpool)37.8%13,47215.8 wk

North East 11

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Alnwick55.5%1,2827.9 wk
Berwick-On-Tweed54.3%66717.4 wk
Durham53.2%9,45112.6 wk
Hexham53.0%1,38817.5 wk
Sunderland51.1%10,4369.1 wk
Hartlepool51.0%5,8478.1 wk
Blyth50.9%6,97312.3 wk
Gosforth48.4%10,53117.1 wk
Middlesbrough47.7%8,85411.9 wk
Darlington47.1%12,1837.1 wk
Gateshead37.5%9,5126.6 wk

Wales 21

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Pwllheli68.1%73713.0 wk
Abergavenny64.2%5,9248.2 wk
Bangor62.2%4,03212.9 wk
Bala61.6%60712.1 wk
Brecon58.7%1,49010.6 wk
Newtown58.0%2,25610.0 wk
Barry57.0%2,2448.9 wk
Rhyl56.9%4,0115.0 wk
Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)55.1%1,52911.1 wk
Carmarthen54.2%2,7469.0 wk
Llantrisant54.0%9,9096.7 wk
Bridgend53.3%5,9907.7 wk
Wrexham51.9%4,8195.6 wk
Merthyr Tydfil51.2%4,4467.7 wk
Llanelli51.0%4,3805.6 wk
Monmouth51.0%1,28310.9 wk
Pembroke Dock50.1%1,76913.3 wk
Newport (Gwent)48.9%8,2277.3 wk
Swansea48.2%12,3756.2 wk
Cardiff (Llanishen)46.5%16,40110.7 wk
Cardigan41.0%1,1927.9 wk

Scotland 77

Test centrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Isle of Tiree80.0%1016.3 wk
Ballater77.1%16615.1 wk
Ullapool74.6%598.4 wk
Pitlochry73.3%14622.4 wk
Benbecula Island72.9%1075.6 wk
Girvan72.0%25015.7 wk
Campbeltown71.6%10920.4 wk
Dunoon71.5%19323.9 wk
Isle of Mull71.4%2820.5 wk
Stranraer71.2%21520.1 wk
Duns70.2%17121.0 wk
Montrose70.0%62115.5 wk
Inveraray69.4%12417.1 wk
Gairloch69.2%523.0 wk
Aberfeldy68.5%14921.2 wk
Golspie68.0%10018.4 wk
Lerwick67.8%37914.1 wk
Arbroath67.4%60527.0 wk
Cumnock67.4%76020.9 wk
Stornoway66.6%3447.1 wk
Crieff66.1%12122.9 wk
Oban66.1%32214.1 wk
Newton Stewart65.8%22516.7 wk
Fort William65.5%37417.3 wk
Hawick64.3%41523.6 wk
Kingussie64.1%13117.1 wk
Fraserburgh64.0%53112.2 wk
Huntly63.7%24514.2 wk
Alness63.1%78315.0 wk
Mallaig63.0%4614.4 wk
Thurso63.0%16215.1 wk
Grantown-On-Spey62.2%18020.3 wk
Inverurie61.9%7499.6 wk
Forfar60.3%66729.7 wk
Barra60.0%109.0 wk
Wick59.4%23911.4 wk
Kelso59.2%43419.9 wk
Peebles58.8%68518.6 wk
Lanark58.1%1,91416.3 wk
East Kilbride57.7%1,97620.0 wk
Ayr57.5%2,18910.6 wk
Banff57.5%2806.1 wk
Haddington57.5%2,19521.5 wk
Kyle of Lochalsh57.4%1369.3 wk
Dundee57.3%3,7427.8 wk
Isle of Skye (Portree)57.0%1287.4 wk
Lochgilphead56.4%14018.8 wk
Orkney55.9%3206.7 wk
Irvine55.7%4,94118.3 wk
Livingston55.7%2,99723.1 wk
Dumfries53.9%2,2678.5 wk
Castle Douglas53.4%54918.1 wk
Peterhead53.2%2,6284.8 wk
Dumbarton52.8%1,65915.4 wk
Aberdeen South (Cove)52.4%4,8585.6 wk
Rothesay52.0%12513.4 wk
Buckie51.1%2687.0 wk
Kirkcaldy50.9%4,31312.4 wk
Grangemouth50.7%3,76118.4 wk
Callander49.9%33527.7 wk
Bishopbriggs49.8%6,18615.1 wk
Edinburgh (Musselburgh)49.4%6,85016.1 wk
Perth (Arran Road)48.8%2,64214.0 wk
Paisley48.6%7,91213.6 wk
Aberdeen North48.2%3,90613.6 wk
Airdrie47.4%4,59920.1 wk
Galashiels47.4%2,2416.6 wk
Glasgow (Baillieston)47.4%10,42817.3 wk
Inverness (Longman Drive)45.8%3,25210.0 wk
Glasgow (Anniesland)44.3%6,17023.0 wk
Stirling43.0%2,74718.6 wk
Elgin42.3%2,9347.6 wk
Hamilton42.0%6,11215.6 wk
Greenock41.7%3,5477.6 wk
Edinburgh (Currie)41.6%6,20223.0 wk
Glasgow (Shieldhall)39.9%7,01914.0 wk
Dunfermline (Vine)36.4%5,52914.9 wk

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