Easiest & Hardest UK Driving Test Centres to Pass

All 316 UK car test centres, ranked by their official DVSA pass rate for April 2024 to March 2025. See which centres pass the most learners, where your local centre sits, and what separates the people who pass from the 51% who don't.

48.7%
National average pass rate
316
Test centres covered
3.7M
Tests in the dataset

Easiest and hardest centres to pass

The 10 easiest and 10 hardest UK driving test centres to pass, among centres that conducted at least 500 tests in April 2024 to March 2025. A higher pass rate doesn't guarantee you'll pass — but it tells you what you're walking into.

Easiest to pass

Highest pass rates (500+ tests)

  1. 1Peebles67%
  2. 2Dorchester66.7%
  3. 3Malton66.7%
  4. 4Montrose66.7%
  5. 5Pwllheli66%
  6. 6Whitby65.1%
  7. 7Kendal (Oxenholme Road)64.8%
  8. 8Chichester64.2%
  9. 9Bangor64.1%
  10. 10Melton Mowbray63.9%

Hardest to pass

Lowest pass rates (500+ tests)

  1. 1Wolverhampton33.4%
  2. 2Featherstone34.1%
  3. 3Wednesbury36.4%
  4. 4Chingford (London)36.5%
  5. 5Gateshead37.4%
  6. 6Leicester (Cannock Street)37.7%
  7. 7Glasgow (Shieldhall)37.7%
  8. 8Barking (Tanner Street)37.9%
  9. 9Belvedere (London)38.3%
  10. 10Speke (Liverpool)38.6%

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Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), “Car driving test pass rates by test centre” (DRT122A), April 2024 to March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass First Time is an independent resource and is not affiliated with the DVSA. See all sources.