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Driving test and theory test data: cars

Car theory test and driving test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre, and driving test waiting times and availability.

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Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Published:
1 January 2025
Last updated:
9 September 2026
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  1. Updated 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) and 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT122F) with data for August 2026. Both tables have been updated to include new data about the percentage of driving tests carried out in 7 weeks or less, in more than 7 and up to 14 weeks, in more than 14 and up to 21 weeks, and in more than 21 weeks of booking. This data is available from August 2019 onwards.

  2. Updated car driving test data for Great Britain (tables DRT121A, DRT121B) and car theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT111A, DRT111B) with data to June 2026.

  3. Updated 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) and 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT122F) with data for June 2026.

  4. Updated 'Car theory test pass rates by gender and month: test centres' (table DRT112A) and 'Car theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age' (table DRT111C) with data to March 2026.

  5. Updated 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) and 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT122F) with data for June 2026.

  6. Updated car theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT111A and DRT111B), car driving test data for Great Britain (tables DRT121A, DRT121B, DRT121C, DRT121D, DRT121E, DRT121F) and car driving test data by test centre (tables DRT122A, DRT122B, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E) with data to March 2026.

  7. Added a new section called 'Driving test waiting time and availability data'. Renamed table DRT121G to 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' as it now includes measures of waiting time and test availability, as well as monthly test volumes and pass rates. This table is expanded to include data broken down for England, Scotland, Wales and English regions. Added table DRT122F called 'Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain'. This table includes monthly measures of waiting time and test availability by driving test centre.

  8. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for May 2026.

  9. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for April 2026.

  10. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for March 2026.

  11. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for February 2026.

  12. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for January 2026.

  13. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for December 2025.

  14. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for November 2025.

  15. Updated car driving test data for Great Britain (tables DRT121A, DRT121B) AND car theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT111A, DRT111B) with data to September 2025.

  16. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for October 2025.

  17. Updated car driving test data for Great Britain (tables DRT121A, DRT121B) AND car theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT111A, DRT111B) with data to June 2025.

  18. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for September 2025.

  19. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for August 2025.

  20. Updated car theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT111A, DRT111B, DRT11C), car theory test data by test centre (table DRT112A), car driving test data for Great Britain (tables DRT121A, DRT121B, DRT121C, DRT121D, DRT121E, DRT121F) and car driving test data by test centre (tables DRT122A, DRT122B, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E) with data to March 2025.

  21. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for July 2025.

  22. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for June 2025.

  23. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for May 2025.

  24. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for April 2025.

  25. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for March 2025.

  26. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for February 2025.

  27. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' with data for January 2025.

  28. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' with data for December 2024.

  29. First published.

Car theory test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 3 September 2026 with data to June 2026.

Table reference File name
DRT111A Car theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain (ODS, 12.9 KB)
DRT111B Car theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by month, financial quarter, financial year and gender: Great Britain (ODS, 60.3 KB)

Data updated annually

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 17 July 2026 with data to March 2026.

Table reference File name
DRT111C Car theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 146 KB)

Car theory test data by test centre

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 17 July 2026 with data to March 2026.

Table reference File name
DRT112A Car theory test pass rates by gender and month: test centres (ODS, 4.23 MB)

Car driving test waiting time and availability data

These data tables are updated on the second Wednesday of each month with data to the end of the previous month. They were last updated on 9 September 2026 with data to August 2026.

Table reference File name
DRT121G Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain (ODS, 265 KB)
DRT122F Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain (ODS, 3.88 MB)

Car driving test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 3 September 2026 with data to June 2026.

Table reference File name
DRT121A Car driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain (ODS, 12.6 KB)
DRT121B Car driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by month, financial quarter, financial year and gender: Great Britain (ODS, 59.7 KB)

Data updated annually

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 25 June 2026 with data to March 2026.

Table reference File name
DRT121C Car driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 144 KB)
DRT121D Car driving test number of attempts by financial year, gender, age, conducted, passed and pass rates: Great Britain (ODS, 434 KB)
DRT121E Car driving tests with zero faults: Great Britain (ODS, 6.4 KB)
DRT121F Car driving tests, top 10 faults made: Great Britain (ODS, 6.73 KB)

Car driving test data by test centre

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 25 June 2026 with data to March 2026.

Table reference File name
DRT122A Car driving test pass rates by gender and month: test centres (ODS, 8.59 MB)
DRT122B Car driving test cancellation reasons: test centres (ODS, 1.57 MB)
DRT122C Car driving test pass rates by first driving attempt and gender, including zero faults: test centres (ODS, 915 KB)
DRT122D Car driving test pass rates by age (17 to 25 year olds) and year: test centres (ODS, 5.82 MB)
DRT122E Automatic car driving test pass rates by gender: test centres (ODS, 574 KB)

Changes to how this data is published

This data is now all published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Before 2025, data for Great Britain overall was published by the Department for Transport (DfT).

You can view archived versions of the data as it was published by DfT in the National Archives.

View data in the National Archives.

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