Automatic Driving Test Pass Rates

Detailed in this section are the official Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) automatic driving test pass rates. The pass rate statistics for cars with automatic transmission are for the year 2014 to 2015.

The vast majority of candidates take the practical driving test in a manual transmission car. Once passed, they are issued a driving licence which entitles them to drive both manual and automatic cars.

If you pass the driving test in an automatic vehicle, you are not entitled to drive a vehicle with a manual transmission. If you wish to do so, you’ll need to pass the test once again, but in a manual car.

Official statistic show that between 2014 and 2015, there were 105,948 automatic driving tests conducted and over the same period, 1,532,504 manual driving tests. Of combined manual and automatic car tests conducted, around 6.5% were taken in an automatic car.

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Automatic DRIVING TEST PASS RATES BY Year

As can be seen by these official statistics, candidates taking the practical test in an automatic car is generally increasing as is the pass rate.

Time Period	Conducted	Passes	Pass rate (%)
2007/08	70,429	26,400	37.5
2008/09	75,716	28,964	38.3
2009/10	71,454	27,884	39.0
2010/11	83,554	32,036	38.3
2011/12	70,429	26,400	37.5
2012/13	87,844	34,749	39.6
2013/14	95,759	37,266	38.9
2014/15	105,948	41,391	39.1

Automatic Driving Test Pass Rates by Test Centre

Test Centre	Conducted	Passes	Pass rate
Aberdeen North	73	37	50.7
Aberdeen South (Cove)	440	195	44.3
Abergavenny	68	38	55.9
Aberystwyth	22	15	68.2
Airdrie	115	55	47.8
Alness	25	16	64.0
Alnwick	..	..	50.0
Arbroath	27	16	59.3
Ashfield	194	120	61.9
Ashford (Kent)	179	71	39.7
Ashford (London Middlesex)	1003	428	42.7
Ashton Under Lyne	38	11	28.9
Atherton (Manchester)	128	57	44.5
Aylesbury	208	70	33.7
Ayr	37	16	43.2
Bala	..	..	42.9
Banbury	142	71	50.0
Banff	..	..	50.0
Bangor	116	59	50.9
Barking (London)	1556	493	31.7
Barnet (London)	1044	363	34.8
Barnsley	185	76	41.1
Barnstaple	97	38	39.2
Barra	..	..	33.3
Barrow In Furness	25	17	68.0
Barry	51	20	39.2
Basildon	699	253	36.2
Basingstoke	296	117	39.5
Belvedere (London)	1195	305	25.5
Benbecula Island	..	..	50.0
Berwick-On-Tweed	14	9	64.3
Birmingham (Garretts Green)	1024	311	30.4
Birmingham (Kings Heath)	641	226	35.3
Birmingham (Kingstanding)	738	229	31.0
Birmingham (Shirley)	199	75	37.7
Birmingham (South Yardley)	544	137	25.2
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)	294	94	32.0
Bishopbriggs	39	12	30.8
Bishops Stortford	437	181	41.4
Blackburn with Darwen	182	79	43.4
Blackpool	334	136	40.7
Bletchley	735	278	37.8
Blyth	135	74	54.8
Bodmin	120	60	50.0
Bolton (Manchester)	206	96	46.6
Borehamwood (London)	568	265	46.7
Boston	107	66	61.7
Bournemouth	528	269	50.9
Bradford (Heaton)	342	125	36.5
Bradford (Thornbury)	140	47	33.6
Brecon	21	13	61.9
Bredbury (Manchester)	128	48	37.5
Brentwood (London)	207	82	39.6
Bridgend	90	31	34.4
Bridlington	36	18	50.0
Bristol (Brislington)	261	98	37.5
Bristol (Kingswood)	180	77	42.8
Bristol (Southmead)	633	238	37.6
Bromsgrove	86	32	37.2
Buckie	..	..	33.3
Burgess Hill	698	304	43.6
Burton on Trent	128	64	50.0
Bury (Manchester)	150	49	32.7
Bury St Edmunds	201	83	41.3
Buxton	64	23	35.9
Callander	..	..	57.1
Camborne	85	46	54.1
Cambridge (Chesterton Road)	295	116	39.3
Cambridge (Cowley Road)	220	100	45.5
Canterbury	148	49	33.1
Cardiff (Llanishen)	393	170	43.3
Cardigan	12	8	66.7
Cardington	285	109	38.2
Carlisle	28	15	53.6
Carmarthen	..	..	27.8
Castle Douglas	..	..	50.0
Cheadle(Fire Station)	23	6	26.1
Cheetham Hill (Manchester)	809	232	28.7
Chelmsford (Hanbury Road)	48	16	33.3
Cheltenham	234	67	28.6
Chertsey (London)	826	373	45.2
Chester	154	60	39.0
Chesterfield	118	54	45.8
Chichester	166	84	50.6
Chingford (London)	2071	690	33.3
Chippenham	130	61	46.9
Chorley	107	63	58.9
Clacton-on-Sea	315	122	38.7
Colchester	305	89	29.2
Coventry	333	122	36.6
Crawley	435	159	36.6
Crewe	67	31	46.3
Croydon (London)	1448	526	36.3
Cumnock	..	..	29.4
Darlington	97	49	50.5
Derby (Alvaston)	44	19	43.2
Doncaster	245	106	43.3
Dorchester	162	90	55.6
Dumbarton	38	17	44.7
Dumfries	23	11	47.8
Dundee	158	74	46.8
Dunfermline	82	38	46.3
Dunoon	..	..	100.0
Durham	219	123	56.2
East Kilbride	54	18	33.3
Eastbourne	187	87	46.5
Edinburgh (Currie)	278	118	42.4
Edinburgh (Musselburgh)	449	184	41.0
Elgin	57	24	42.1
Elswick	262	108	41.2
Enfield (London)	1617	508	31.4
Erith (London)	1848	605	32.7
Exeter	164	81	49.4
Failsworth (Manchester)	468	121	25.9
Farnborough	636	286	45.0
Featherstone	13	7	53.8
Folkestone	150	50	33.3
Forfar	..	..	50.0
Fraserburgh	13	9	69.2
Galashiels	14	8	57.1
Garston (Liverpool)	359	105	29.2
Gateshead	131	50	38.2
Gillingham	724	306	42.3
Glasgow (Anniesland)	352	148	42.0
Glasgow (Baillieston)	196	80	40.8
Glasgow (Shieldhall)	207	68	32.9
Gloucester	162	77	47.5
Goodmayes (London)	5395	1893	35.1
Gosforth	28	10	35.7
Grangemouth	73	32	43.8
Grantham (Somerby)	11	7	63.6
Grantown-On-Spey	..	..	66.7
Greenford (London)	2232	841	37.7
Greenock	49	23	46.9
Grimsby Coldwater	..	..	41.7
Guildford	593	257	43.3
Haddington	37	21	56.8
Halifax	93	45	48.4
Hamilton	127	56	44.1
Hartlepool	65	34	52.3
Hastings (Ore)	30	15	50.0
Hawick	..	..	57.1
Hayes (London)	889	281	31.6
Heckmondwike	183	63	34.4
Hemel Hempstead	151	59	39.1
Hendon (London)	2455	1096	44.6
Hereford	70	29	41.4
Herne Bay	369	161	43.6
Hexham	20	6	30.0
Heysham	93	43	46.2
High Wycombe	275	131	47.6
Hinckley	52	32	61.5
Hither Green (London)	2606	943	36.2
Hornchurch (London)	898	366	40.8
Horsforth	413	173	41.9
Huddersfield	200	84	42.0
Huntly	16	6	37.5
Hyde (Manchester)	206	100	48.5
Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park)	34	16	47.1
Inverurie	16	9	56.3
Ipswich	337	177	52.5
Irvine	82	26	31.7
Isleworth (London)	2563	1046	40.8
Kettering	173	71	41.0
Kings Lynn	173	60	34.7
Kirkcaldy	112	50	44.6
Knaresborough	213	91	42.7
Lampeter	..	..	45.5
Lanark	28	8	28.6
Launceston	34	18	52.9
Lee On The Solent	179	66	36.9
Leeds	354	110	31.1
Leicester (Cannock Street)	77	22	28.6
Leicester (Wigston)	419	154	36.8
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)	50	16	32.0
Letchworth	208	89	42.8
Lichfield	223	93	41.7
Lincoln	176	90	51.1
Livingston	..	..	20.0
Llandrindod Wells	..	..	66.7
Llanelli	61	19	31.1
Loughborough	134	63	47.0
Loughton (London)	493	226	45.8
Louth	18	10	55.6
Lower Gornal	329	152	46.2
Lowestoft	160	83	51.9
Ludlow	37	16	43.2
Luton	714	259	36.3
Macclesfield	84	46	54.8
Maidstone	271	117	43.2
Malton	26	15	57.7
Melton Mowbray	46	22	47.8
Merthyr Tydfil	66	36	54.5
Middlesbrough	177	72	40.7
Middleton	73	24	32.9
Mill Hill (London)	1820	738	40.5
Mitcham (London)	1941	744	38.3
Monmouth	52	25	48.1
Morden (London)	1839	783	42.6
Nelson	116	56	48.3
Newbury (Hambridge Lane)	54	21	38.9
Newport (Gwent)	123	48	39.0
Newport (Isle Of Wight)	129	65	50.4
Newton Abbot	197	103	52.3
Norris Green (Liverpool)	315	150	47.6
Northallerton	..	..	26.7
Northampton	692	261	37.7
Northwich	75	42	56.0
Norwich	469	186	39.7
Nottingham (Beeston)	348	155	44.5
Nottingham (Clifton)	89	29	32.6
Nottingham (Colwick)	407	166	40.8
Nuneaton	101	53	52.5
Oswestry	20	8	40.0
Oxford (Cowley)	555	261	47.0
Paisley	172	66	38.4
Peebles	..	..	37.5
Pembroke Dock	30	18	60.0
Penzance	10	7	70.0
Perth (Arran Road)	12	8	66.7
Peterborough	331	143	43.2
Peterhead	19	12	63.2
Pinner (London)	2700	1099	40.7
Plymouth	314	111	35.4
Pontefract	167	70	41.9
Pontypridd	111	58	52.3
Portsmouth	540	175	32.4
Preston	239	90	37.7
Reading	1210	424	35.0
Redditch	142	60	42.3
Reigate	352	162	46.0
Rhyl	173	65	37.6
Rochdale (Manchester)	129	32	24.8
Rotherham	259	113	43.6
Rugby	237	85	35.9
Sale (Manchester)	388	163	42.0
Salford (Fire Station)	54	16	29.6
Salisbury	175	70	40.0
Scarborough	109	47	43.1
Scunthorpe	95	43	45.3
Sevenoaks	325	146	44.9
Sheffield (Handsworth)	325	153	47.1
Sheffield (Middlewood Road)	518	219	42.3
Shrewsbury	33	19	57.6
Sidcup (London)	1064	432	40.6
Skegness	60	29	48.3
Skipton	33	18	54.5
Slough (London)	1354	532	39.3
South Shields	94	39	41.5
Southall (London)	955	300	31.4
Southampton (Forest Hills)	264	108	40.9
Southampton (Maybush)	433	184	42.5
Southend-on-Sea	375	133	35.5
Southport (Liverpool)	110	58	52.7
St Albans	692	320	46.2
St Helens (Liverpool)	95	44	46.3
Stafford	83	38	45.8
Steeton	43	20	46.5
Stevenage	321	158	49.2
Stirling	67	28	41.8
Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge)	347	118	34.0
Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)	172	65	37.8
Stornoway	..	..	66.7
Sunderland	150	60	40.0
Sutton (London)	1210	492	40.7
Swansea	232	114	49.1
Swindon	292	145	49.7
Taunton	165	80	48.5
Telford	201	78	38.8
Thurso	14	6	42.9
Tilbury	705	263	37.3
Tolworth (London)	918	375	40.8
Trowbridge	22	12	54.5
Tunbridge Wells	209	108	51.7
Upton	250	110	44.0
Uxbridge (London)	471	185	39.3
Wakefield	187	62	33.2
Wallasey	41	15	36.6
Wanstead (London)	1744	504	28.9
Warrington	148	60	40.5
Warwick	566	238	42.0
Watford	650	261	40.2
Watnall	99	32	32.3
Wednesbury	325	111	34.2
Wellingborough	54	19	35.2
West Didsbury (Manchester)	848	296	34.9
West Wickham (London)	1510	671	44.4
Westbury	58	28	48.3
Weston-super-Mare	179	94	52.5
Whitby	13	7	53.8
Whitchurch	..	..	31.3
Widnes	109	41	37.6
Winchester	163	61	37.4
Wolverhampton	628	213	33.9
Wood Green (London)	1891	529	28.0
Worcester	246	95	38.6
Workington	43	20	46.5
Worksop	136	63	46.3
Worthing	377	172	45.6
Wrexham	49	24	49.0
Yeovil	122	69	56.6
York	123	58	47.2
National	105,948	41,391	39.1

Automatic Pass Rates for Closed Test Centres

Test Centre	Conducted	Passes	Pass rate
Aberdeen Bridge of Don	310	138	44.5
Bathgate	112	58	51.8
Cannock	113	45	39.8
Chelmsford	259	93	35.9
Derby	270	121	44.8
Glasgow Springburn	239	97	40.6
Grantham	131	65	49.6
Grimsby	121	55	45.5
Hastings	209	101	48.3
HULL (Craven Park)	239	106	44.4
Kendal	25	13	52.0
Leicester Gipsy Lane	396	145	36.6
Leighton Buzzard	231	97	42.0
Longbenton	134	47	35.1
Montrose	13	7	53.8
Newbury	157	70	44.6
Nottingham (Clarendon Street)	51	22	43.1
Perth	37	19	51.4
Rutherglen	30	13	43.3