Male and Female Driving Test Statistics

Detailed on this page are the official DVSA male and female driving test statistics. Statistics detail the total amount of driving tests conducted by male and female test candidates, taken all all UK practical driving test centres. Statistics range from the year 2007, through to 2016 up to the current month. Statistics details the amount of tests passed along with the pass rate by gender for each year, plus total male and female statistics combined.

Male driving test statistics

Year	Tests Conducted	Test Passes	Pass Rate (%)
2007/2008	865,614	409,329	47.3
2008/2009	849,997	413,160	48.6
2009/2010	753,838	370,148	49.1
2010/2011	772,537	383,405	49.6
2011/2012	744,487	374,472	50.3
2012/2013	682,699	345,599	50.6
2013/2014	706,757	358,143	50.7
2014/2015	733,161	370,343	50.5
2015/2016	736,261	372,777	50.6

Female Driving Test Statistics

Year	Tests Conducted	Test Passes	Pass Rate (%)
2007/2008	896,341	369,798	41.3
2008/2009	888,942	374,462	42.1
2009/2010	780,087	333,805	42.8
2010/2011	833,035	360,637	43.3
2011/2012	824,572	361,685	43.9
2012/2013	753,774	331,653	44.0
2013/2014	770,823	337,436	43.8
2014/2015	799,341	348,367	43.6
2015/2016	801,472	350,667	43.8

Combined Driving Test Statistics

Year	Tests Conducted	Test Passes	Pass Rate (%)
2007/2008	1,762,363	779,317	44.2
2008/2009	1,739,257	787,760	45.3
2009/2010	1,534,039	703,994	45.9
2010/2011	1,605,599	744,044	46.3
2011/2012	1,569,069	736,158	46.9
2012/2013	1,436,481	677,255	47.1
2013/2014	1,477,585	695,580	47.1
2014/2015	1,532,504	718,711	46.9
2015/2016	1,537,735	723,444	47.0