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Car driving test pass rate, Great Britain

Provisional for the current financial year

The share of practical car driving tests in Great Britain that were passed each quarter since April to June 2007, with the tests conducted, from DVSA's table DRT121A.

Car driving test pass rate

51.28%

Q2 2026 · of 543,773 tests

Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:29 UTC
Pass rate
0%20%40%60%Q2 2007Q3 2010Q4 2013Q1 2017Q2 2020Q3 2023Q2 202651.28%

Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

77 periods, newest first

PeriodPass rate
Q2 202651.28%
Q1 202650.16%
Q4 202549.65%
Q3 202550.21%
Q2 202550.15%
Q1 202548.91%
Q4 202448.78%
Q3 202448.92%
Q2 202448.06%
Q1 202447.00%
Q4 202347.37%
Q3 202348.89%
Q2 202348.65%
Q1 202348.13%
Q4 202247.96%
Q3 202248.69%
Q2 202248.70%
Q1 202247.08%
Q4 202148.09%
Q3 202149.62%
Q2 202151.63%
Q1 202159.33%
Q4 202049.36%
Q3 202050.13%
Q2 202055.04%
Q1 202045.84%
Q4 201945.31%
Q3 201946.18%
Q2 201946.41%
Q1 201945.97%
Q4 201845.58%
Q3 201845.92%
Q2 201845.68%
Q1 201845.42%
Q4 201745.90%
Q3 201746.94%
Q2 201746.96%
Q1 201746.81%
Q4 201646.84%
Q3 201647.47%
Q2 201647.33%
Q1 201647.08%
Q4 201547.20%
Q3 201547.19%
Q2 201546.73%
Q1 201546.52%
Q4 201446.60%
Q3 201447.45%
Q2 201447.08%
Q1 201446.87%
Q4 201346.61%
Q3 201347.53%
Q2 201347.36%
Q1 201347.24%
Q4 201246.68%
Q3 201247.47%
Q2 201247.23%
Q1 201246.80%
Q4 201146.68%
Q3 201147.04%
Q2 201147.16%
Q1 201146.39%
Q4 201046.35%
Q3 201046.26%
Q2 201046.37%
Q1 201046.31%
Q4 200945.71%
Q3 200945.95%
Q2 200945.64%
Q1 200945.37%
Q4 200845.01%
Q3 200845.58%
Q2 200845.22%
Q1 200844.35%
Q4 200743.94%
Q3 200744.23%
Q2 200744.39%

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Source and licence

Publisher
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Verification

Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:29 UTC Run at 8 November 2026, 13:29 UTC; 77 of 77 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-08T13:11:11Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures77 of 77 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's conducted match
PassFigures are finite numbers77 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure77 of 77 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's conducted match
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2026 Q2 ended 131 days before retrieval (limit 200), from Car driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain
PassDRT121B agrees74 of 74 figures match DRT121B's quarters for all, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a873108ebba21482c58cbe6/drt121b-car-driving-tests-month-gender-great-britain.ods; the tests conducted and passed agree in 74 of 74 quarters; DVSA's two tables count a test or two differently in 2015 Q1 (DRT121A 407,904 conducted and 189,759 passed, DRT121B 407,904 and 189,758), 2019 Q2 (DRT121A 393,428 conducted and 182,572 passed, DRT121B 393,430 and 182,572), 2019 Q3 (DRT121A 407,671 conducted and 188,269 passed, DRT121B 407,669 and 188,269), each pinned exactly, so their pass rates are not compared
PassEach pass rate is the tests passed of those conducted77 of 77 cases of the quarters' pass rates are their tests passed over those conducted, within a millionth of a point within 1e-06 (25 exactly)
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Practical car driving tests conducted by DVSA's examiners in Great Britain and the share passed, each quarter of the financial year.
  • DVSA says the figures from the start of each financial year are provisional until the full year's figures are published (its note 3).