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From Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
  • Motorcycle theory test and riding test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

  • We publish statistics about driving tests, instructors and data about testing commercial and private vehicles in Great Britain.

  • Numbers of approved driving instructors (ADIs) and motorcycle instructors, number of compulsory basic training (CBT) certificates and sites.

  • Car theory test and driving test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

  • Large goods vehicle (LGV) theory test and driving test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

  • Passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) theory test and driving test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

  • Approved driving instructor (ADI) qualifying test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

  • The number of drink-drive offenders completing rehabilitation courses.

  • Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) statistics, including initial qualifications and periodic training completed.

  • Driver standards statistics on the numbers and pass rates for driving, riding theory, practical tests and registered driving and riding instructors.

  • A summary of annual research carried out in September 2024 to find out what it’s like working as a driving instructor in Great Britain.

  • Statistical data sets about vehicle enforcement checks, including prohibitions issued, top offences for prosecution and top defects.

  • Statistical data sets about MOT testing including results by vehicle type, failures by type of defect, and MOT test stations and testers.

  • Statistical data sets about vehicle tests, including annual tests for lorries, buses and trailers, top failure reasons, and test sites.

  • Summary of driver and vehicle safety compliance for randomly-selected heavy goods vehicles and public service vehicles in Great Britain in 2020 to 2022.

  • Findings from the vehicle emissions testing done during 2023 to check vehicles conformed to European emission standards.

  • Findings from vehicle and component testing done during 2023 to check new products on the UK market meet legal obligations.

  • Driver standards statistics on the numbers and pass rates for driving, riding theory, practical tests and registered driving and riding instructors.

  • A summary of annual research carried out in June 2023 to find out what it’s like working as a driving instructor in Great Britain.

  • Findings from an investigation into reports of bus fires sent to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) from January 2020 to September 2022.