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UK Driving Test Pass Rates by Test Centre

Pass rates for 306 UK practical driving test centres, ranked from highest to lowest. The UK national average pass rate is around 48%.

306
Centres with data
48%
UK national average
81%
Highest (Rothesay)
34%
Lowest (Featherstone)

Top 10 highest pass rates

Test Centre Pass Rate vs UK avg
Rothesay 81% +33
Arbroath 79% +31
Kyle of Lochalsh 79% +31
Duns 78% +30
Stranraer 78% +30
Ullapool 78% +30
Golspie 77% +29
Ballater 76% +28
Isle of Skye (Portree) 76% +28
Crieff 74% +26

Top 10 lowest pass rates

Test Centre Pass Rate vs UK avg
Featherstone 34% -14
Wednesbury 36% -12
Chingford (London) 36% -12
Croydon (London) 37% -11
Belvedere (London) 37% -11
Leicester (Cannock Street) 38% -10
Glasgow (Shieldhall) 38% -10
Crawley 38% -10
Bury (Manchester) 38% -10
Brislington 38% -10

Full ranking — all 306 centres

Test Centre Pass Rate vs UK avg
Rothesay 81% +33
Arbroath 79% +31
Kyle of Lochalsh 79% +31
Duns 78% +30
Stranraer 78% +30
Ullapool 78% +30
Golspie 77% +29
Ballater 76% +28
Isle of Skye (Portree) 76% +28
Crieff 74% +26
Inveraray 74% +26
Lerwick 70% +22
Campbeltown 69% +21
Girvan 69% +21
Kingussie 69% +21
Montrose 69% +21
Newton Stewart 68% +20
Newtown 68% +20
Forfar 67% +19
Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 67% +19
Mallaig 67% +19
Newbury (Hambridge Lane) 67% +19
Dorchester 66% +18
Fort William 65% +17
Ipswich 65% +17
Malton 65% +17
Peebles 65% +17
Whitby 65% +17
Haddington 64% +16
Orkney 64% +16
Barrow In Furness 63% +15
Alness 62% +14
Brecon 62% +14
Dunoon 62% +14
Northallerton 62% +14
Skegness 62% +14
Abergavenny 61% +13
Bangor 61% +13
Barry 61% +13
Chichester 61% +13
Dundee 61% +13
Farnborough 61% +13
Hawick 61% +13
Hyde (Manchester) 61% +13
Melton Mowbray 61% +13
Yeovil 61% +13
Birmingham (Shirley) 60% +12
Hereford 60% +12
Hexham 60% +12
Lee On The Solent 60% +12
Louth 60% +12
Pembroke Dock 60% +12
Pwllheli 60% +12
Thurso 60% +12
Bolton (Manchester) 59% +11
Carlisle 59% +11
Cumnock 59% +11
Fraserburgh 59% +11
Gillingham 59% +11
Maidstone 59% +11
Monmouth 59% +11
Wick 59% +11
Grantham (Somerby) 58% +10
Huntly 58% +10
Inverurie 58% +10
Letchworth 58% +10
Lochgilphead 58% +10
Norwich (Peachman Way) 58% +10
Sidcup (London) 58% +10
Taunton 58% +10
Tunbridge Wells 58% +10
Bridlington 57% +9
Grantown-On-Spey 57% +9
Knaresborough 57% +9
Peterhead 57% +9
Southampton (Forest Hills) 57% +9
Ayr 56% +8
Buckie 56% +8
Buxton 56% +8
Salisbury 56% +8
Wrexham 56% +8
Bala 55% +7
Basingstoke 55% +7
Chesterfield 55% +7
Dumbarton 55% +7
Herne Bay 55% +7
Heysham 55% +7
Oswestry 55% +7
Stornoway 55% +7
Wellingborough 55% +7
Ashford (Kent) 54% +6
Berwick-On-Tweed 54% +6
Bredbury (Manchester) 54% +6
Bristol (Avonmouth) 54% +6
Kelso 54% +6
Merthyr Tydfil 54% +6
Northwich 54% +6
Skipton 54% +6
Warrington 54% +6
Weston-super-Mare 54% +6
Alnwick 53% +5
Ashford (London Middlesex) 53% +5
Barnstaple 53% +5
Burton on Trent 53% +5
Canterbury 53% +5
Cardiff (Llanishen) 53% +5
Carmarthen 53% +5
Enfield (Innova Business Park) 53% +5
Lanark 53% +5
Lancing 53% +5
Newport (Gwent) 53% +5
Nuneaton 53% +5
Sevenoaks 53% +5
Swansea 53% +5
Tolworth (London) 53% +5
Trowbridge 53% +5
Worksop 53% +5
Bridgend 52% +4
Bristol (Kingswood) 52% +4
Bromley (London) 52% +4
Darlington 52% +4
Guildford 52% +4
Llanelli 52% +4
Mill Hill (London) 52% +4
Preston 52% +4
Rhyl 52% +4
Scarborough 52% +4
Whitchurch 52% +4
York 52% +4
Aberdeen South (Cove) 51% +3
Ashfield 51% +3
Banff 51% +3
Barnsley 51% +3
Bishops Stortford 51% +3
Chertsey (London) 51% +3
Eastbourne 51% +3
Galashiels 51% +3
Hendon (London) 51% +3
Horsforth 51% +3
Isleworth (Fleming Way) 51% +3
Llantrisant 51% +3
Mitcham (London) 51% +3
Northampton 51% +3
Pinner (London) 51% +3
Portsmouth 51% +3
Rotherham 51% +3
South Shields 51% +3
West Wickham (London) 51% +3
Worcester 51% +3
Aberystwyth (Park Avenue) 50% +2
Aylesbury 50% +2
Boston 50% +2
Bradford (Heaton) 50% +2
Cambridge (Brookmount Court) 50% +2
Chippenham 50% +2
Chorley 50% +2
Derby (Alvaston) 50% +2
Exeter 50% +2
Hartlepool 50% +2
High Wycombe 50% +2
Hinckley 50% +2
Hither Green (London) 50% +2
Lowestoft (Mobbs Way) 50% +2
Ludlow 50% +2
Middlesbrough 50% +2
Newton Abbot 50% +2
Shrewsbury 50% +2
West Didsbury 50% +2
Barnet (London) 49% +1
Bedford 49% +1
Blyth 49% +1
Erith (London) 49% +1
Gloucester 49% +1
Gosforth 49% +1
Hornchurch (London) 49% +1
Huddersfield 49% +1
Irvine 49% +1
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) 49% +1
Lincoln 49% +1
Livingston 49% +1
Morden (London) 49% +1
Peterborough 49% +1
Poole 49% +1
Reading 49% +1
Sale (Manchester) 49% +1
Steeton 49% +1
Tilbury 49% +1
Upton 49% +1
Uxbridge (London) 49% +1
Watnall 49% +1
Watford 49% +1
Workington 49% +1
Birmingham (Kings Heath) 48% +0
Brentwood (London) 48% +0
Cheltenham 48% +0
Clacton-on-Sea 48% +0
Colchester 48% +0
Durham 48% +0
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) 48% +0
Grangemouth 48% +0
Hastings (Ore) 48% +0
Inverness (Seafield Road) 48% +0
Lichfield 48% +0
Loughton (London) 48% +0
Macclesfield 48% +0
Nelson 48% +0
St Albans 48% +0
Southend-on-Sea 48% +0
Swindon 48% +0
Wallasey 48% +0
Winchester 48% +0
Aberdeen North 47% -1
Blackpool 47% -1
Bradford (Thornbury) 47% -1
Cardigan 47% -1
Castle Douglas 47% -1
Dumfries 47% -1
Kettering 47% -1
Oxford (Cowley) 47% -1
Pontefract 47% -1
Redhill Aerodrome 47% -1
Southampton (Maybush) 47% -1
Stafford 47% -1
Sunderland 47% -1
Tottenham 47% -1
Wakefield 47% -1
Warwick (Wedgenock House) 47% -1
Blackburn with Darwen 46% -2
Bletchley 46% -2
Bury St Edmunds 46% -2
Chadderton 46% -2
Chelmsford (Hanbury Road) 46% -2
Folkestone 46% -2
Halifax 46% -2
Kings Lynn 46% -2
Launceston 46% -2
Redditch 46% -2
Sheffield (Handsworth) 46% -2
Sheffield (Middlewood Road) 46% -2
Slough (London) 46% -2
Southall (London) 46% -2
Wood Green (London) 46% -2
Birmingham (Kingstanding) 45% -3
Borehamwood (London) 45% -3
Chester 45% -3
Coventry 45% -3
Dudley 45% -3
Elgin 45% -3
Glasgow (Baillieston) 45% -3
Heckmondwike 45% -3
Kirkcaldy 45% -3
Norris Green (Liverpool) 45% -3
Paisley 45% -3
Perth (Arran Road) 45% -3
Stirling 45% -3
Yeading (London) 45% -3
Basildon 44% -4
Bodmin 44% -4
Burgess Hill 44% -4
Crewe 44% -4
Doncaster 44% -4
Goodmayes (London) 44% -4
Greenock 44% -4
Loughborough 44% -4
Norwich (Jupiter Road) 44% -4
Rugby 44% -4
Scunthorpe 44% -4
Atherton (Manchester) 43% -5
Edinburgh (Currie) 43% -5
Elswick 43% -5
Grimsby Coldwater 43% -5
Hull 43% -5
Nottingham (Chilwell) 43% -5
Plymouth 43% -5
Banbury 42% -6
Birmingham (Garretts Green) 42% -6
Camborne 42% -6
Cheetham Hill (Manchester) 42% -6
Glasgow (Anniesland) 42% -6
Leeds 42% -6
Stevenage 42% -6
Airdrie 41% -7
Birmingham (South Yardley) 41% -7
East Kilbride 41% -7
Leicester (Wigston) 41% -7
Luton 41% -7
Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 41% -7
Telford 41% -7
Wanstead (London) 41% -7
Hamilton 40% -8
Rochdale (Manchester) 40% -8
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) 39% -9
Gateshead 39% -9
Stoke-on-Trent (Cobridge) 39% -9
Wolverhampton 39% -9
Barking (Tanner Street) 38% -10
Brislington 38% -10
Bury (Manchester) 38% -10
Crawley 38% -10
Glasgow (Shieldhall) 38% -10
Leicester (Cannock Street) 38% -10
Belvedere (London) 37% -11
Croydon (London) 37% -11
Chingford (London) 36% -12
Wednesbury 36% -12
Featherstone 34% -14

Source: Published practical test pass-rate statistics, rounded to whole percentage points. Data compiled and updated for each test centre page on SteerClear. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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