UK Driving Test Pass Rates by Test Centre
The UK driving test pass rate is the percentage of car practical driving tests that end in a pass at a given DVSA test centre. Nationally, 50.0% of the 1,998,621 car tests taken in April 2025 to March 2026 were passed — but the rate ranges from 34.3% to 75.0% depending on where you sit it.
Quick answer: The national car driving test pass rate is 50.0% (April 2025 to March 2026). Isles of Scilly has the highest pass rate (75.0%) and Wolverhampton the lowest (34.3%) across 317 centres.
National pass rate
50.0%
Total tests
1,998,621
Total passes
1,000,043
Test centres
317
Highest pass rates
Top 10 UK test centres by car pass rate, April 2025 to March 2026.
| Rank | Test centre | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isles of Scilly | 75.0% | 8 |
| 2 | Isle of Mull | 73.8% | 42 |
| 3 | Gairloch | 73.5% | 49 |
| 4 | Pitlochry | 73.3% | 146 |
| 5 | Benbecula Island | 72.9% | 107 |
| 6 | Girvan | 72.0% | 250 |
| 7 | Campbeltown | 71.6% | 109 |
| 8 | Dunoon | 71.5% | 193 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 71.2% | 215 |
| 10 | Golspie | 71.0% | 93 |
Lowest pass rates
Bottom 10 UK test centres by car pass rate, April 2025 to March 2026.
| Rank | Test centre | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 317 | Wolverhampton | 34.3% | 11,561 |
| 316 | Wednesbury | 35.0% | 7,508 |
| 315 | Barking (Tanner Street) | 36.3% | 5,543 |
| 314 | Dunfermline (Vine) | 36.4% | 5,529 |
| 313 | Featherstone | 36.4% | 13,193 |
| 312 | Gateshead | 37.5% | 9,512 |
| 311 | Norris Green (Liverpool) | 37.8% | 13,472 |
| 310 | Luton | 39.2% | 7,759 |
| 309 | Glasgow (Shieldhall) | 39.9% | 7,019 |
| 308 | Chingford (London) | 39.9% | 13,120 |
All 317 UK test centres
Search any centre to see its exact pass rate, test volume, national rank, and similar centres. Every centre below links to its own page.
Showing 317 of 317 centres
- Aberdeen North48.2%
- Aberdeen South (Cove)52.4%
- Aberfeldy68.5%
- Abergavenny64.2%
- Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)55.1%
- Airdrie47.4%
- Alness63.1%
- Alnwick55.5%
- Arbroath67.4%
- Ashfield57.3%
- Ashford (Kent)46.2%
- Atherton (Manchester)44.3%
- Aylesbury49.3%
- Ayr57.5%
- Bala61.6%
- Banbury41.3%
- Banff57.5%
- Bangor62.2%
- Barking (Tanner Street)36.3%
- Barnet (London)49.9%
- Barnsley58.5%
- Barnstaple51.4%
- Barrow In Furness69.6%
- Barry57.0%
- Basildon49.1%
- Basingstoke56.8%
- Bedford53.7%
- Belvedere (London)40.5%
- Benbecula Island72.9%
- Berwick-On-Tweed53.9%
- Beverley LGV54.1%
- Birmingham (Cocks Moors)53.5%
- Birmingham (Garretts Green)44.4%
- Birmingham (Kings Heath)46.8%
- Birmingham (Kingstanding)48.5%
- Birmingham (Shirley)56.6%
- Birmingham (South Yardley)42.8%
- Bishopbriggs49.8%
- Bishops Stortford51.3%
- Blackburn with Darwen46.6%
- Blackpool51.8%
- Bletchley51.5%
- Blyth50.9%
- Bodmin47.5%
- Bolton (Manchester)51.8%
- Borehamwood (London)50.8%
- Boston50.7%
- Bradford (Heaton)56.1%
- Bradford (Thornbury)47.8%
- Brecon58.7%
- Bredbury (Manchester)56.0%
- Brentwood (London)48.5%
- Bridgend53.3%
- Bridlington55.5%
- Bristol (Avonmouth)55.5%
- Bristol (Kingswood)51.9%
- Brodick (Isle of Arran)67.3%
- Bromley (London)52.9%
- Buckie51.1%
- Burgess Hill45.5%
- Burton on Trent54.7%
- Bury (Manchester)46.3%
- Bury St Edmunds46.2%
- Buxton58.7%
- Callander49.9%
- Camborne40.6%
- Cambridge (Brookmount Court)53.8%
- Campbeltown71.6%
- Canterbury45.8%
- Cardiff (Llanishen)46.5%
- Cardigan41.0%
- Carlisle58.7%
- Carlisle LGV (Cars)44.7%
- Carmarthen54.2%
- Castle Douglas53.4%
- Chadderton46.8%
- Cheetham Hill (Manchester)44.7%
- Chelmsford55.4%
- Cheltenham43.2%
- Chertsey (London)52.9%
- Chester47.3%
- Chesterfield56.2%
- Chichester61.6%
- Chingford (London)39.9%
- Chippenham56.4%
- Chorley52.8%
- Clacton-on-Sea48.2%
- Colchester50.6%
- Coventry40.0%
- Crawley42.7%
- Crewe43.8%
- Cumnock67.4%
- Darlington47.1%
- Derby (Alvaston)51.8%
- Doncaster53.2%
- Dorchester69.0%
- Dudley45.2%
- Dumbarton52.8%
- Dumfries53.9%
- Dundee57.3%
- Dunfermline (Vine)36.4%
- Dunoon71.5%
- Duns70.2%
- Durham53.2%
- East Kilbride57.7%
- Eastbourne55.4%
- Edinburgh (Currie)41.6%
- Edinburgh (Musselburgh)49.4%
- Elgin42.3%
- Enfield (Brancroft Way)46.1%
- Enfield (Innova Business Park)53.9%
- Erith (London)51.6%
- Exeter46.8%
- Farnborough59.7%
- Featherstone36.4%
- Folkestone42.4%
- Forfar60.3%
- Fort William65.5%
- Fraserburgh64.0%
- Gairloch73.5%
- Galashiels47.4%
- Gateshead37.5%
- Gillingham56.4%
- Girvan72.0%
- Glasgow (Anniesland)44.3%
- Glasgow (Baillieston)47.4%
- Glasgow (Shieldhall)39.9%
- Gloucester47.8%
- Golspie71.0%
- Goodmayes (London)43.7%
- Gosforth48.4%
- Grangemouth50.7%
- Grantham (Somerby)57.9%
- Grantown-On-Spey56.9%
- Greenford (Horsenden Lane)41.4%
- Greenham56.5%
- Greenock41.7%
- Grimsby Coldwater42.8%
- Guildford57.1%
- Haddington57.5%
- Halifax45.0%
- Hamilton42.0%
- Hartlepool51.0%
- Hastings (Ore)52.4%
- Hawick64.3%
- Heckmondwike45.8%
- Hendon (London)51.4%
- Hereford58.8%
- Herne Bay55.9%
- Hexham53.0%
- Heysham59.2%
- High Wycombe51.5%
- Hinckley46.4%
- Hornchurch (London)46.3%
- Horsforth49.7%
- Huddersfield49.2%
- Hull47.9%
- Huntly63.7%
- Inveraray69.4%
- Inverness (Longman Drive)45.8%
- Inverurie61.9%
- Ipswich62.3%
- Irvine55.7%
- Isle of Mull73.8%
- Isle of Skye (Portree)57.0%
- Isles of Scilly75.0%
- Isleworth (Fleming Way)50.4%
- Kelso59.2%
- Kendal (Oxenholme Road)65.1%
- Kettering49.1%
- Kings Lynn51.9%
- Kingussie59.1%
- Kirkcaldy50.9%
- Knaresborough58.5%
- Kyle of Lochalsh57.4%
- Lanark58.1%
- Launceston46.3%
- Lee On The Solent63.2%
- Leeds (Colton Mill)51.8%
- Leeds (Fearnville)51.8%
- Leicester (Cannock Street)40.2%
- Leicester (Wigston)51.2%
- Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)49.9%
- Lerwick67.8%
- Letchworth57.5%
- Lichfield53.0%
- Lincoln52.1%
- Livingston55.7%
- Llanelli51.0%
- Llantrisant54.0%
- Lochgilphead56.4%
- Loughborough42.3%
- Loughton (London)47.0%
- Louth53.9%
- Lowestoft(Mobbs Way)43.3%
- Ludlow58.7%
- Luton39.2%
- Macclesfield51.9%
- Maidstone60.2%
- Mallaig64.2%
- Malton64.3%
- Melton Mowbray69.7%
- Merthyr Tydfil51.2%
- Middlesbrough47.7%
- Mill Hill (London)51.4%
- Mitcham (London)47.0%
- Monmouth51.0%
- Montrose70.0%
- Morden (London)51.0%
- Nelson51.7%
- Newport (Gwent)48.9%
- Newport (Isle of Wight)54.1%
- Newton Abbot53.8%
- Newton Stewart65.8%
- Newtown58.0%
- Norris Green (Liverpool)37.8%
- Northallerton60.4%
- Northampton52.1%
- Northwich57.6%
- Norwich (Peachman Way)61.7%
- Nottingham (Chilwell)49.9%
- Nottingham (Colwick)46.4%
- Nuneaton53.2%
- Oban66.1%
- Orkney55.9%
- Oswestry52.4%
- Oxford (Cowley)50.6%
- Paisley48.6%
- Peebles58.8%
- Pembroke Dock50.1%
- Penzance46.5%
- Perth (Arran Road)48.8%
- Peterborough52.8%
- Peterhead53.2%
- Pinner (London)49.7%
- Pitlochry73.3%
- Plymouth40.7%
- Pontefract46.9%
- Poole53.4%
- Portsmouth52.8%
- Preston56.3%
- Pwllheli68.1%
- Reading55.4%
- Redditch51.4%
- Redhill Aerodrome53.9%
- Rhyl56.9%
- Rochdale (Manchester)48.3%
- Rotherham53.1%
- Rothesay52.0%
- Rugby51.4%
- Sale (Manchester)51.4%
- Salisbury48.5%
- Scarborough45.1%
- Scunthorpe45.4%
- Sevenoaks59.0%
- Sheffield (Handsworth)44.1%
- Sheffield (Middlewood Road)48.7%
- Shrewsbury51.0%
- Sidcup (London)58.7%
- Skegness55.9%
- Skipton57.3%
- Slough (London)50.8%
- Southall (London)44.8%
- Southampton (Maybush)50.3%
- Southend-on-Sea47.0%
- Southport (Liverpool)56.5%
- Speke (Liverpool)40.5%
- St Albans50.7%
- St Helens (Liverpool)40.9%
- Stafford45.8%
- Steeton52.8%
- Stevenage55.3%
- Stirling43.0%
- Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge)40.6%
- Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)41.6%
- Stornoway66.6%
- Stranraer71.2%
- Sunderland51.1%
- Swansea48.2%
- Swindon51.1%
- Taunton59.5%
- Telford48.9%
- Thurso63.0%
- Tilbury50.4%
- Tolworth (London)53.6%
- Tottenham48.9%
- Trowbridge55.2%
- Tunbridge Wells64.5%
- Ullapool61.2%
- Upton52.6%
- Uxbridge (London)52.3%
- Wakefield45.4%
- Wallasey54.3%
- Walton LGV59.8%
- Wanstead (London)44.4%
- Warrington55.5%
- Warwick (Wedgenock House)48.5%
- Watford46.2%
- Wednesbury35.0%
- Wellingborough60.0%
- West Didsbury (Manchester)47.7%
- West Wickham (London)51.6%
- Weston-super-Mare61.0%
- Whitby56.7%
- Wick59.4%
- Widnes42.7%
- Winchester52.2%
- Wolverhampton34.3%
- Wood Green (London)46.8%
- Worcester51.9%
- Workington61.9%
- Worksop55.2%
- Worthing59.8%
- Wrexham51.9%
- Yeading (London)52.8%
- Yeovil63.4%
- York54.4%
Frequently asked questions about UK driving test pass rates
What is the average UK driving test pass rate?
The national car practical driving test pass rate for April 2025 to March 2026 was 50.0%, based on 1,998,621 tests and 1,000,043 passes recorded by the DVSA (table DRT122A).
Which UK test centre has the highest pass rate?
Isles of Scilly had the highest car practical pass rate at 75.0% across 8 tests in April 2025 to March 2026. Smaller rural centres usually top the list because they have quieter roads and less complex traffic.
Which UK test centre has the lowest pass rate?
Wolverhampton had the lowest car practical pass rate at 34.3% across 11,561 tests in April 2025 to March 2026. Busy urban centres tend to sit lower because of heavier traffic and more demanding test routes.
Does the test centre affect my chance of passing?
Pass rates vary widely by centre — from 34.3% to 75.0% in April 2025 to March 2026 — but the examiner marks every candidate to the same national standard. A higher local pass rate usually reflects easier roads, not an easier exam. Choose a centre you can practise around regularly.
How many test centres are covered in this data?
This page covers 317 car practical test centres published by the DVSA in table DRT122A for April 2025 to March 2026. The DVSA excludes a small number of centres where only one examiner conducted category-B tests; those tests still count towards the national totals.
How often is the driving test pass rate data updated?
The DVSA publishes car driving test pass rates once a year. This data was last updated by the DVSA in June 2026. It is released under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), table DRT122A — Driving test and theory test data (cars). Reporting period April 2025 to March 2026. Last updated by the DVSA in June 2026. Retrieved 2026-06-25.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are provisional per DVSA notes.