Statistical data set

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.

From:
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Published
1 January 2025

Car theory test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 12 December 2024 with data to September 2024.

Table reference File name
DRT111A Car theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain (ODS, 12.7 KB)
DRT111B Car theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by month, financial quarter, financial year and gender: Great Britain (ODS, 55.7 KB)

Data updated annually

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 19 June 2024 with data to March 2024.

Table reference File name
DRT111C Car theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 131 KB)

Car theory test data by test centre

This data table is updated quarterly. It was last updated on 20 December 2024 with data to September 2024.

From April 2025, all data by test centre will change to be updated annually.

Table reference File name
DRT112A Car theory test pass rates by gender and month: test centres (ODS, 3.87 MB)

Car driving test data for Great Britain

Data updated monthly

This data table is updated on the second Wednesday of each month with data to the end of the previous month. It was last updated on 11 December 2024 with data for November 2024.

Table reference File name
DRT121G Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain (ODS, 14.1 KB)

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 12 December 2024 with data to September 2024.

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, 55.4 KB)

Data updated annually

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 19 June 2024 and 2 September 2024 with data to March 2024.

Table reference File name
DRT121C Car driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 130 KB)
DRT121D Car driving test number of attempts by financial year, gender, age, conducted, passed and pass rates: Great Britain (ODS, 371 KB)
DRT121E Car driving tests with zero faults: Great Britain (CSV, 1.48 KB)
DRT121F Car driving tests, top 10 faults made: Great Britain (CSV, 9.09 KB)

Car driving test data by test centre

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 20 December 2024 with data to September 2024.

From April 2025, all data by test centre will change to be updated annually.

Table reference File name
DRT122A Car driving test pass rates by gender and month: test centres (ODS, 8.03 MB)
DRT122B Car driving test cancellation reasons: test centres (ODS, 1.43 MB)

Data updated annually

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 2 September 2024 with data to March 2024.

Table reference File name
DRT122C Car driving test pass rates by first driving attempt and gender, including zero faults: test centres (ODS, 824 KB)
DRT122D Car driving test pass rates by age (17 to 25 year olds) and year: test centres (ODS, 5.18 MB)
DRT122E Automatic car driving test pass rates by gender: test centres (ODS, 498 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.

Changes to test centre data from April 2025

Some data tables for test centres are currently updated quarterly.

From April 2025, all data by test centre will change to be published annually. This means that test centre data for the April 2025 to March 2026 financial year will be published in June 2026.

Data for Great Britain overall will continue to be updated quarterly.

Data you cannot find

Data you cannot find might have been published as a response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

Send an FOI request to DVSA if you still cannot find the information you need.

By law, DVSA cannot send you information that’s part of an official statistic that has not yet been published.

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Help with the data

The driving test, theory test and driving instructor statistics information gives details about the data sources and how the tests work.

Contact DVSA to get help with published data.

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Published 1 January 2025
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