Official Statistics

Driver and rider testing and instructor statistics: October to December 2016

The number of theory tests and driving tests taken between October 2016 and December 2016, pass rates, and the number of instructors.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Driver and rider testing and instructor statistics: October to December 2016 tables

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Statistics on the number and pass rates of driving and riding practical tests conducted (including statistics on driving instructors) in Great Britain.

During October to December 2016, there were:

  • over a million practical and theory driving tests were conducted, an increase of 8.5%
  • 19.7% more practical car tests than in October to December 2015. This was in part due to industrial action, which lowered the number of tests taken in 2015
  • increases in Large Goods Vehicle practical tests, with vocational tests increasing by 10.4% and CPC tests by 6.9%
  • more than 10% year-on-year increases in practical tests for Passenger Carrying Vehicles

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