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Practical Driving Test Pass Rates

Driving test pass rates vary between the the UK's 414 driving test centres. Do not let your local test centres' pass rate affect you. The pass rate only provides information on previous candidates, not you. For your practical test, make sure you are confident that you can do everything safely, under control and without any assistance from your instructor. Observations are the biggest downfall for most pupils. You should know what is happening around you at all times.

Below you will find pass rate statistics for the UK, each county and each driving test centre.

Nationwide Pass Rates

Type Pass Rate
Car 45.65
Bike 64.15
Lgv 48.39
PCV 45.94

Pass Rates by County

County Car Pass Rate Bike Pass Rate LGV Pass Rate PCV Pass Rate
Bedfordshire 46.22 56.69 49.11 47.5
Berkshire 42.69 57.46
Borders 53.35
Bristol 44.38 63.65
Buckinghamshire 47.73 67.82
Cambridgeshire 49.79 60.22 39.42 37.47
Central 42.96 65.09
Cheshire 45.05 67.12 41.12 41.41
Clwyd 39.56 58.42 32.9 26.88
Cornwall 48.59 72.62 54.67 50.58
County Durham 40.99 66.08 45.23 47.75
Cumbria 44.94 63.41 51.36 55.55
Derbyshire 39.99 64.42
Devon 45.51 63.81 54.27 46.60
Dorset 50.90 67.42 48.45 46.87
Dumfries and Galloway 56.00 56.12 59.18 62.16
Durham 44.75 53.55
Dyfed 50.85 62.52 63.05 65.33
East Riding of Yorkshire 53.41 52.22
East Sussex 40.28 53.33
East Yorkshire 41.33
Essex 35.50 65.19 34.37 24.40
Fife 53.67 65.98
Gloucestershire 53.74
Grampian 53.53 74.87 70.17 76.19
Gwent 50.36 60.59 52.27 50.91
Gwynedd 49.55 45.74
Hampshire 45.45 68.92
Herefordshire 43.49 66.71
Hertfordshire 43.99 60.93
Highland 53.09 44.06 50.47 42.66
Isle of wight 51.19 77.15 87.09
Kent 44.65 67.38 45.21 42.47
Lancashire 43.30 64.37 50.65 51.9
Leicestershire 41.83 57.02
Lincolnshire 46.03 63.29 45.5 40
London 33.59 60.45 51.19 40.87
Lothian 49.49 60.72 46.6 49.10
Merseyside 44.34 67.05
Mid Glamorgan 47.65 63.67 49.62 53.01
Middlesex 41.48 68.83
Norfolk 50.98 69.86 59.91 58.57
North Yorkshire 46.77 63.92
Northamptonshire 44.72 63.84 44.22 46.95
Northumberland 48.17 63.75 66.66
Nottinghamshire 40.69 63.84 36.74 31.99
Orkney
Oxfordshire 52.10 77.78 53.48 47.43
Paisley 70
Powys 55.33 69.07
Shetland 66.83 66.66 57.69 75
Shropshire 52.03 65.62 53.64 43.57
Somerset 52.73 69.84 58.76 62.06
South Glamorgan 45.12 68.73
South Yorkshire 42.32 64.38
Staffordshire 43.03 64.64 45.11 35.73
Strathclyde 48.07 55.20 57.37 53.00
Suffolk 45.01 67.23 54.39 61.72
Surrey 47.51 59.86 47.95 42.9
Sussex 46.44 66.64 51.36 53.34
Tayside 53.49 68.02 55.28 50.41
Tyne and Wear 38.07 50.77 43.57 49.65
Warwickshire 46.55 61.95
West Glamorgan 48.29 68.46 54.83 53.37
West Midlands 39.50 62.76 38.23 33.78
West Sussex 42.75 63.34
West Yorkshire 36.65 61.18 42.02 43.92
Western Isles 49.70
Wiltshire 47.52 61.46 47.76 48.80
Worcestershire 44.88 69.57

Pass Rates by Test Centre

Town Car Pass Rate Bike Pass Rate LGV Pass Rate PCV Pass Rate
Aberdeen 27.47 52.59
Aberdeen (Altens) 48.65
Aberdeen (Balgownie Road) 45.23 66.65
Aberfeldy 65.78
Abergavenny 49.59 58.39
Aberystwyth (Park Avenue) 53.76
Airdrie 37.52
Alness 49.8 0
Alnwick 52.83
Arbroath 54.81 66.48
Ashford (Kent) 49
Ashford (Middlesex) 46.79
Aylesbury 44.69 63.05
Ayr 46.87 62.08
Bala 44.35
Ballachulish 51.28
Ballater 63.4
Banbury 52.10 77.78
Banff 56.39
Bangor 47.78 68.61
Barking 31.17
Barnet 32.81
Barnsley 36.01 60.84
Barnstaple 47.70 72.77
Barra Island 60.86
Barrow In Furness 51.09 62
Barry 43.81
Basingstoke 44.73 62.48
Bathgate 47.87 61.08
Bedford 44.87 59.29
Belvedere 32.51 63.90
Benbecula Island 45.07
Berwick-upon-Tweed 54.96 77.08 66.66
Bettyhill
Beverley 53.41 52.22
Bexleyheath 39.02
Birmingham (Kings Heath) 31.1
Birmingham (Kingstanding) 39.65 56.47
Birmingham (Shirley) 42.91
Birmingham (South Yardley) 38.2 59.94
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)
Birmingham (Washwood Heath) 39.42
Bishop Auckland 40.41 68.86
Bishopbriggs LGV (Glasgow) 53.12 52.16
Bishops Stortford 47.74
Blackburn 39.25 60.87
Blackpool 42.79 58.67
Blairgowrie 58.58
Bletchley 50.77 72.59
Blyth 43.21 57.09
Bodmin 48.79 75.34
Bolton 43.43 65.74
Borehamwood 39.09
Boston 48.34 61.68
Bournemouth 47.14 66.15
Bradford (Eccleshill) 34.50 61.30
Bradford (Heaton) 31.21
Brecon 53.03
Bredbury 41.12 41.41
Brentwood 29.39
Bridgend 44.77 64.35
Bridlington 43.63
Brighton 36.13 53.33
Bristol 50.41 46.96
Bristol (Brislington) 43.13 65.81
Bristol (Southmead) 44.57 61.5
Bristol (St George) 45.44
Broadstairs (Thanet) 46.05 63.87
Brodick (Isle of Arran)
Buckie 53.70 69.04
Burton-on-Trent 40.07 69.36
Bury (Lancs) 43.85
Bury St Edmunds 41.45 59.75
Buxton 43.35
Caernarfon 51.54 50.38
Callander 43.46
Camborne L + 49.76 76.4 54.67 50.58
Cambridge (Chesterton Road) 50.97
Cambridge (Cowley Road) 48.98 60.63
Campbeltown 55.29
Cannock 42.68
Canterbury 42.47 45.21 42.47
Cardiff (Fairwater) 46.44 68.73
Cardigan 54.6 61.9
Carlisle 38.48 63.59 51.36 55.55
Carmarthen 53.78 66.69
Castle Douglas 58.48
Cheetham Hill - Manchester 46.67
Chelmsford 34.79 70.2 35.65 28.58
Cheltenham 45.32 68.8
Chertsey 48.49
Chester 40.14 68.54
Chesterfield 33.37 63.97
Chichester 46.50 68.69
Chingford 32.85 56.99
Chippenham 49.74 64.07
Chorley 42.03 66.42
Clacton-on-Sea 40.5
Cleethorpes 42.03 67.64
Colchester 37.14 64.57
Colwyn Bay 40.72
Congleton 46.58
Coventry (Bayton Road) 38.00
Crawley 38.73 62.04
Crewe 48.09
Crieff 55.85
Croydon 39.37 64.27
Culham 53.48 47.43
Cumnock 57.17
Cupar 59.97
Darlington 42.29 71.52 45.23 47.75
Derby (Sinfin Lane) 43.26 64.86
Doncaster 46.88 67.93
Dorchester 54.67 72.68
Dumbarton 46.06 55.55
Dumfries 49.5 61.97
Dumfries LGV (Locharbriggs) 59.18 62.16
Dundee 47.30 64.57
Dunfermline 50.69 64.97
Dunoon 60.36
Duns 59.98
Durham 44.75 53.55
Eastbourne 46.44 66.64
Edinburgh (Currie) 47.21 60
Elgin 50.78 78.92 70.17 76.19
Ellesmere Port 49.23
Elswick 37.90 50.77
Enfield L + 42 39.29 31.18
Exeter 65.77 49.60 46.07
Exeter MPTC 45.12
Failsworth 42.58 63.94
Falkirk 46.45 64.13
Farnborough (Aldershot) 46.18 69.11
Featherstone 42.30 33.06
Folkestone 43.96 69.74
Forfar 55.58
Fort William 48.7
Fraserburgh 52.21 86.66
Gainsborough 43.27
Gairloch 62.26
Galashiels 56.78
Garretts Green 34.16 34.5
Garston 46.05
Gillingham L + 39.58 62.16 48.68 41.06
Girvan 58.25
Glasgow (Anniesland) 36.88
Glasgow (Baillieston) 34.40 51.33
Glasgow (Springburn Park) 41.35 52.10
Gloucester 54.49 49.73
Golspie 50
Goodmayes 31.88
Gosforth 43.57 49.65
Gosport 45.09 81.01
Grantham 48.35 61.74
Grantown-on-Spey 58.48
Gravesend 40.21
Greenford (Horsenden Lane) 32.38
Greenford (Ruislip Road) 43.99 65.6
Greenock 40.41 63.82
Grimsby 45.5 40
Guildford L + 43.47 57.4 47.95 42.9
Haddington 53.38
Halifax 41.99 61.76
Hamilton 38.13
Harlescott 53.64 43.57
Harrogate 44.69 63.66
Hartlepool 39.81 62.61
Hastings 45.76
Haverfordwest L + 44.6 58.51 63.05 65.33
Hawick 51.25
Hayes (Middlesex) 39.3
Heckmondwike 30.76
Hendon 38.8 68.59
Hereford 43.49 66.71
Herne Bay 43.61
Hessle 39.03
Hexham 41.68
Heysham 45.63 66.91
High Wycombe (Bucks) 48.82
Hinckley 52.87
Hither Green 36.08
Holyhead (Kingsland Road) 50.71 0
Hornchurch 39.59 56.9
Horsforth 35.72 58.4
Hove 38.97
Huddersfield 35.00
Huntly 59.66
Hyde 39.52 62.84
Inveraray (Argyll) 59.32
Inverness 46.03 63.12 50.47 42.66
Inverurie (Grampian) 53.03 75
Ipswich 54.39 61.72
Ipswich MPTC 42.68 72.77
Islay Island 56.45
Isle of Islay (Port Ellen)
Isle of Mull (Salen) 47.36
Isle of Skye (Broadford) 65.33
Isle of Skye (Portree) 56.18 50
Isle of Tiree 70
Isles of Scilly 85.71
Isleworth 42.86
Keighley 46.19
Kelso 49.92
Kendal 50.00 59.91
Kettering 44.48 68.62
Kidderminster 46.42
Kilmarnock 42.89 51.2 61.62 53.84
Kings Lynn 50.98 69.86
Kingussie 61.6
Kirkcaldy 50.35 67
Kirkham 50.65 51.9
Kyle of Lochalsh 51.89
Lairg
Lampeter 54.41 62.85
Lanark 49.85
Lancing 51.36 53.34
Launceston 48.82 67.93
Leeds (Harehills) 28.3
Leicester 43.56 41.45
Leicester (Gipsy Lane) 33.98 57.02
Leicester (South Wigston) MPTC 41.45
Leicester (Welford Road) 33.88
Leighton Buzzard 47.98 55.4 49.11 47.5
Lerwick (Shetland) 66.83 66.66 57.69 75
Letchworth 43.58 58.63
Lichfield 47.15 59.93
Lincoln 43.55 63.96
Livingston 46.6 49.10
Llandrindod Wells 59.3 61.95
Llanelli 48.91
Llantrisant 49.62 53.01
Lochgilphead 57.59
Longbenton 36.37
Loughborough 44.06
Loughton 33.2
Louth 48.80
Lower Gornal 45.82 70.48
Lowestoft 48.57 74.70
Ludlow 55.2
Luton 44.05
Macclesfield 45.14 62.23
Macrihanish
Maidstone 42.70
Mallaig 53.33
Malton 56.36
Melton Mowbray 44.76
Merthyr Tydfil 48.76 62.33
Middlesbrough 38.74
Mill Hill 34.58
Minehead DTC 57.13
Mold 42.29
Monmouth 51.13 62.8
Montrose 54.62
Morden 49.38
Neath LGV & M/c 68.46 54.83 53.37
Nelson 40.1
Newbury 42.22
Newcastle-under-Lyme 37.73 59.48
Newport (Isle of Wight) 51.19 77.15
Newton Abbot 48 61.70
Newton Stewart 58.38
Newtown 53.67 83.33
Norris Green 42.92 64.82
North Uist Island
Northallerton 46.74
Northampton 44.10 57.47
Northwich (Northern) 47.63 79.76
Norwich 59.91 58.57
Norwich (Jupiter Road) 46.72 71.1
Nottingham (Chalfont Drive) 36.18
Nottingham (Gedling) 43.97 68.39
Nottingham (West Bridgford) 40.53 62.35
Nuneaton 47.75 60.34
Oban 52.52 55.76
Ore LGV (Hastings) 45.66 46.9
Orkney (Kirkwall) 54.65
Oswestry 55.11
Oxford (Cowley) 44.91 74.93
Paisley 41.02 54.58
Patrick Green 33.09 33.07
Peebles 48.82
Pembroke Dock 45.9
Penzance 46.98 72.70
Perth 46.24 73.02 55.28 50.41
Peterborough 47.72 59.82 39.42 37.47
Peterhead 50.53 69.1
Pinner 45.55 72.30
Pitlochry 64.28
Plymouth 41.23 56.97 54.27 46.60
Pontefract 43.07
Pontypool 52.27 50.91
Pontypridd 49.43
Poole 63.45 48.45 46.87
Portsmouth 44.70 71.05
Preston 45.09 66.60
Purfleet 33.09 20.22
Pwllheli 55.37
Reading 41.21 57.46
Reading LGV and M/C 59.14 52.32 43.90
Reddish (Northern) 46.97
Redditch (Worcestershire) 41.44 63.32
Reigate 44.28
Rhyl 35.68 58.42
Rochdale 41.3
Rookley LGV (Isle of Wight) 87.09
Rothesay (Bute Island) 58.35
Rugby 45.13 61.26
Sale 44.84 62.88
Salisbury 46.56 59.08
Saltcoats 48.98
Scarborough 44.52 66.15
Scunthorpe 44.94 61.42
Sevenoaks 43.20
Sheffield 43.19 40.49
Sheffield (Handsworth) 43.64
Sheffield (Middlewood Road) 42.77
Sidcup 40.35 65
Simonswood 40.90 41.37
Skegness 47.14
Skipton 44.47
Slough 44.65
South Norwood 33.95
South Shields 40.91
South Uist Island 38.88
Southall 42.20
Southampton 44.9 45.93
Southampton (Forest Hills) 42.22
Southampton (Maybush) 46.62 65.52
Southend-on-Sea 34.00 65.51
Southport 45.87 72.93
Spalding 47.86
St Albans 45.61 63.23
St Helens 43.15 61.99
Stafford 44.64
Steeton 46.19
Stevenage 43.27
Stirling 39.48 66.05
Stoke On Trent (Cobridge) 40.60
Stonehaven 53.11
Stornoway (Lewis) 51.85
Stranraer 57.67 44.44
Sunderland 37.09
Sutton (Surrey) 43.5
Sutton-in-Ashfield 43.05 67.81
Swansea 48.29
Swindon 44.81 59.41 47.76 48.80
Swynnerton 45.11 35.73
Taunton 51.4 65.63 58.76 62.06
Telford 47.89 65.62
Thornaby 41.47 61.35
Thurso 54.96
Tilbury 33.59
Tolworth 44.82 62.43
Trowbridge 48.99 63.28
Tunbridge Wells 49.81 68.54
Ullapool 48.75
Upton 45.89
Wakefield 30.23 63.28
Wallasey 42.19 68.46
Wallington (Mint House) 41.46
Walton 42.02 43.92
Wanstead (Hermon Hill) 32.75
Warrington 45.72 65.97
Warwick 46.77 64.25
Watford 42.21
Watnall 36.74 31.99
Wednesbury 35.61
Weedon 44.22 46.95
Wellingborough 45.59 65.44
West Wickham (Kent) 45.49
Weston-Super-Mare 49.55 72.80
Weybridge 50.21 58.84
Whalley Range (Manchester) 42.72
Whitby 51.15
Whitchurch 49.92
Wick 53.74
Widnes 41.74 67.63
Wigan 46.88 65.83
Winchester 45.41 64.36
Wisbech 51.50
Wolverhampton 44.79 64.18
Wood Green 27.78
Worcester 43.35 69.57
Workington 46.64 67.97
Worksop 39.72 56.82
Worthing 43.02 59.30
Wrexham 32.9 26.88
Yeading 51.19 40.87
Yeovil 52.84 71.11
York 47.47 61.97