Automatic Driving Test Pass Rates

Detailed in this section are the official Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) automatic driving test pass rates. These pass rate statistics are for cars with automatic transmission and are for the time period between August 2016 to August 2017.

The vast majority of candidates take the practical driving test in a manual transmission car, particularly males. 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 August 2016 and August 2017, there were 141,264 automatic driving tests conducted. 35,469 were conducted with male candidates and 105,790 with female candidates. Male and female Automatic driving test statistics can be found at the bottom of this page.

Automatic DRIVING TEST PASS RATES BY Year

Although the number of automatic driving tests conducted from 2007 through to 2017 has substantially increased, annual pass rates remain similar.

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
2015/16	114,994	45,238	39.3
2016/17	141,264	56,172	39.8

Automatic Driving Test Pass Rates by Test Centre

Combined male and female automatic driving test pass rates between August 2016 to August 2017 for each UK test centre.

Test Centre	Conducted	Passes	Pass Rate (%)
Aberdeen North	382	167	43.7
Aberdeen South (Cove)	435	194	44.6
Abergavenny	123	72	58.5
Aberystwyth	26	14	53.8
Airdrie	183	79	43.2
Alness	33	19	57.6
Alnwick	..	..	50.0
Arbroath	53	27	50.9
Ashfield	296	176	59.5
Ashford (Kent)	220	81	36.8
Ashford (London Middlesex)	985	395	40.1
Atherton (Manchester)	198	95	48.0
Aylesbury	325	107	32.9
Ayr	91	32	35.2
Bala	9	6	66.7
Ballater	9	8	88.9
Banbury	257	128	49.8
Banff	11	6	54.5
Bangor	215	130	60.5
Barking (Tanner Street)	1645	517	31.4
Barking (Town Quay)	190	57	30.0
Barnet (London)	1345	431	32.0
Barnsley	303	123	40.6
Barnstaple	118	52	44.1
Barrow In Furness	51	24	47.1
Barry	78	44	56.4
Basildon	827	285	34.5
Basingstoke	490	169	34.5
Belvedere (London)	1297	324	25.0
Benbecula Island	..	..	55.6
Berwick-On-Tweed	17	9	52.9
Beverley LGV	26	12	46.2
Birmingham (Garretts Green)	1170	376	32.1
Birmingham (Kings Heath)	666	241	36.2
Birmingham (Kingstanding)	779	216	27.7
Birmingham (Shirley)	240	84	35.0
Birmingham (South Yardley)	691	217	31.4
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)	464	131	28.2
Bishopbriggs	290	130	44.8
Bishops Stortford	623	255	40.9
Blackburn with Darwen	280	115	41.1
Blackpool	460	194	42.2
Bletchley	1216	480	39.5
Blyth	200	103	51.5
Bodmin	178	92	51.7
Bolton (Manchester)	470	224	47.7
Borehamwood (London)	666	285	42.8
Boston	142	78	54.9
Bournemouth	251	133	53.0
Bradford (Heaton)	454	157	34.6
Bradford (Manningham)	27	6	22.2
Bradford (Thornbury)	308	100	32.5
Brecon	15	7	46.7
Bredbury (Manchester)	247	93	37.7
Brentwood (London)	302	139	46.0
Bridgend	130	51	39.2
Bridlington	44	20	45.5
Bristol (Avonmouth)	60	27	45.0
Bristol (Brislington)	207	81	39.1
Bristol (Kingswood)	345	133	38.6
Bristol (Southmead)	842	341	40.5
Bromley Court	255	96	37.6
Bromsgrove	27	12	44.4
Buckie	..	..	42.9
Burgess Hill	758	334	44.1
Burton on Trent	220	101	45.9
Bury (Manchester)	237	75	31.6
Bury St Edmunds	390	132	33.8
Buxton	115	47	40.9
Callander	43	14	32.6
Camborne	136	74	54.4
Cambridge (Chesterton Road)	518	214	41.3
Cambridge (Cowley Road)	421	170	40.4
Cannock	30	20	66.7
Canterbury	174	74	42.5
Cardiff (Llanishen)	552	239	43.3
Cardigan	33	15	45.5
Cardington	444	164	36.9
Carlisle	49	27	55.1
Carmarthen	34	18	52.9
Chadderton	..	..	57.1
Cheadle(Fire Station)	44	18	40.9
Cheetham Hill (Manchester)	1470	417	28.4
Chelmsford (Hanbury Road)	462	194	42.0
Chelmsford (Hoffmans Way)	56	23	41.1
Cheltenham	276	102	37.0
Chertsey (London)	1119	553	49.4
Chester	287	91	31.7
Chesterfield	160	70	43.8
Chichester	282	137	48.6
Chingford (London)	3148	1057	33.6
Chippenham	190	85	44.7
Chorley	93	53	57.0
Clacton-on-Sea	422	167	39.6
Colchester	441	144	32.7
Coventry	517	153	29.6
Crawley	721	252	35.0
Crewe	90	47	52.2
Crieff	..	..	28.6
Croydon (London)	1730	667	38.6
Cumnock	23	11	47.8
Darlington	127	53	41.7
Derby (Alvaston)	540	186	34.4
Doncaster	354	157	44.4
Dorchester	326	206	63.2
Dumbarton	63	29	46.0
Dumfries	29	12	41.4
Dundee	203	110	54.2
Dunfermline	135	68	50.4
Duns	..	..	50.0
Durham	308	205	66.6
East Kilbride	24	9	37.5
Eastbourne	361	162	44.9
Edinburgh (Currie)	512	229	44.7
Edinburgh (Musselburgh)	482	214	44.4
Elgin	94	50	53.2
Elswick	317	142	44.8
Enfield (Innova Business Park)	1485	455	30.6
Erith (London)	2306	586	25.4
Exeter	233	97	41.6
Failsworth (Manchester)	705	212	30.1
Farnborough	924	383	41.5
Featherstone	278	103	37.1
Folkestone	242	95	39.3
Forfar	..	..	62.5
Fraserburgh	16	10	62.5
Galashiels	18	11	61.1
Garston (Liverpool)	411	98	23.8
Gateshead	168	69	41.1
Gillingham	824	369	44.8
Glasgow (Anniesland)	521	197	37.8
Glasgow (Baillieston)	397	154	38.8
Glasgow (Knightswood)	49	15	30.6
Glasgow (Shieldhall)	365	117	32.1
Gloucester	250	105	42.0
Goodmayes (London)	6706	2483	37.0
Gosforth	281	125	44.5
Grangemouth	89	39	43.8
Grantham (Somerby)	165	71	43.0
Grantown-On-Spey	..	..	71.4
Greenford (London)	1720	680	39.5
Greenock	104	50	48.1
Grimsby Coldwater	175	80	45.7
Guildford	531	244	46.0
Haddington	32	13	40.6
Halifax	162	77	47.5
Hamilton	153	63	41.2
Hartlepool	134	61	45.5
Hastings (Ore)	408	168	41.2
Hawick	15	9	60.0
Hayes (London)	1227	441	35.9
Heckmondwike	346	126	36.4
Hemel Hempstead (Fire Station)	162	76	46.9
Hendon (London)	2575	1201	46.6
Hereford	75	37	49.3
Herne Bay	603	229	38.0
Hexham	17	8	47.1
Heysham	85	47	55.3
High Wycombe	698	274	39.3
Hinckley	122	52	42.6
Hither Green (London)	3409	1305	38.3
Hornchurch (London)	1109	431	38.9
Horsforth	567	272	48.0
Huddersfield	369	191	51.8
Hull	402	172	42.8
Huntly	18	7	38.9
Hyde (Manchester)	310	175	56.5
Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park)	112	45	40.2
Inverurie	25	9	36.0
Ipswich	412	235	57.0
Irvine	118	54	45.8
Isle of Skye (Portree)	..	..	50.0
Isleworth (London)	2225	857	38.5
Kendal (Oxenholme Road)	70	50	71.4
Kettering	466	198	42.5
Kings Lynn	366	145	39.6
Kirkcaldy	156	70	44.9
Knaresborough	198	80	40.4
Lampeter	23	12	52.2
Lanark	30	13	43.3
Launceston	94	40	42.6
Lee On The Solent	326	131	40.2
Leeds	603	159	26.4
Leicester (Cannock Street)	825	310	37.6
Leicester (Wigston)	620	217	35.0
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)	713	305	42.8
Lerwick	..	..	40.0
Letchworth	176	94	53.4
Lichfield	310	128	41.3
Lincoln	211	109	51.7
Livingston	193	86	44.6
Llandrindod Wells	24	17	70.8
Llanelli	127	57	44.9
Loughborough	160	86	53.8
Loughton (London)	769	339	44.1
Louth	41	17	41.5
Lower Gornal	438	194	44.3
Lowestoft	223	121	54.3
Ludlow	68	26	38.2
Luton	1265	451	35.7
Macclesfield	139	56	40.3
Maidstone	433	158	36.5
Malton	31	16	51.6
Melton Mowbray	40	25	62.5
Merthyr Tydfil	106	58	54.7
Middlesbrough	298	142	47.7
Middleton	44	18	40.9
Mill Hill (London)	2016	814	40.4
Mitcham (London)	2893	1149	39.7
Monmouth	63	40	63.5
Montrose (Broomfield Ind Estate)	18	11	61.1
Morden (London)	2625	1158	44.1
Nelson	151	85	56.3
Newbury (Hambridge Lane)	460	184	40.0
Newport (Gwent)	194	95	49.0
Newport (Isle Of Wight)	225	108	48.0
Newton Abbot	306	155	50.7
Newtown	13	8	61.5
Norris Green (Liverpool)	516	194	37.6
Northallerton	59	28	47.5
Northampton	881	383	43.5
Northwich	94	53	56.4
Norwich (Jupiter Road)	29	17	58.6
Norwich (Peachman Way)	595	279	46.9
Nottingham (Chilwell)	312	106	34.0
Nottingham (Clifton)	45	18	40.0
Nottingham (Colwick)	428	186	43.5
Nuneaton	397	164	41.3
Oswestry	22	12	54.5
Oxford (Cowley)	747	340	45.5
Oxford (Kassam Stadium)	54	25	46.3
Paisley	212	72	34.0
Peebles	..	..	80.0
Pembroke Dock	58	25	43.1
Penzance	41	17	41.5
Perth (Arran Road)	92	44	47.8
Peterborough	542	279	51.5
Peterhead	27	15	55.6
Pinner (London)	3494	1466	42.0
Pitlochry	..	..	66.7
Plymouth	418	163	39.0
Pontefract	254	70	27.6
Pontypridd	139	67	48.2
Poole	392	216	55.1
Portsmouth	600	223	37.2
Preston	340	156	45.9
Pwllheli	22	14	63.6
Reading	1598	638	39.9
Redditch	270	106	39.3
Reigate	454	184	40.5
Rhyl	156	67	42.9
Rochdale (Manchester)	403	109	27.0
Rotherham	426	189	44.4
Rugby	325	101	31.1
Sale (Manchester)	458	216	47.2
Salford (Fire Station)	69	17	24.6
Salisbury	224	108	48.2
Scarborough	133	77	57.9
Scunthorpe	173	72	41.6
Sevenoaks	477	207	43.4
Sheffield (Handsworth)	699	261	37.3
Sheffield (Middlewood Road)	538	227	42.2
Shrewsbury	102	41	40.2
Sidcup (London)	1120	507	45.3
Skegness	54	26	48.1
Skipton	61	35	57.4
Slough (London)	1506	578	38.4
South Shields	197	82	41.6
Southall (London)	888	355	40.0
Southampton (Forest Hills)	456	173	37.9
Southampton (Maybush)	642	252	39.3
Southend-on-Sea	600	222	37.0
Southport (Liverpool)	148	75	50.7
St Albans	1007	427	42.4
St Helens (Liverpool)	193	77	39.9
Stafford	109	48	44.0
Steeton	118	56	47.5
Stevenage	490	238	48.6
Stirling	129	35	27.1
Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge)	409	131	32.0
Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)	298	117	39.3
Sunderland	285	116	40.7
Sutton (London)	1541	699	45.4
Swansea	357	143	40.1
Swindon	523	260	49.7
Taunton	272	149	54.8
Telford	238	103	43.3
Thurso	17	13	76.5
Tilbury	814	296	36.4
Tolworth (London)	1525	725	47.5
Tottenham	266	82	30.8
Trowbridge	22	9	40.9
Tunbridge Wells	365	180	49.3
Upton	415	193	46.5
Uxbridge (London)	1041	389	37.4
Wakefield	344	140	40.7
Wallasey	111	46	41.4
Wanstead (London)	2258	607	26.9
Warrington	182	83	45.6
Warwick	637	309	48.5
Watford	1044	396	37.9
Watnall	253	95	37.5
Wednesbury	529	157	29.7
Wellingborough	37	20	54.1
West Didsbury (Manchester)	778	246	31.6
West Wickham (London)	1702	718	42.2
Westbury	65	35	53.8
Weston-super-Mare	174	99	56.9
Whitby	22	16	72.7
Whitchurch	25	6	24.0
Wick	..	..	20.0
Widnes	171	72	42.1
Winchester	207	87	42.0
Wolverhampton	707	227	32.1
Wood Green (London)	1677	570	34.0
Worcester	340	139	40.9
Workington	62	34	54.8
Worksop	163	83	50.9
Worthing	412	184	44.7
Wrexham	117	53	45.3
Yeovil	229	124	54.1
York	190	87	45.8
National	141,264	56,172	39.8

Male and Female Automatic Driving Test Statistics

These are the statistics for male and female automatic driving tests conducted and passed between August 2016 and August 2017.

Gender	Conducted	Test Passes	Pass Rate (%)
Male	35,469	15,650	44.1
Female	105,790	40,520	38.3