Male Driving Test Pass Rates by Age

Official Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) statistics for male test candidates from ages 16 upwards, including the total amount of driving tests taken, the total amount of test passes and the pass rate for that age group. Dates range from the months April 2016 through to March 2017.

Age	Conducted	Passes	Pass rate (%)
16	46	32	69.6
17	156,348	90,792	58.1
18	123,936	63,080	50.9
19	69,878	34,715	49.7
20	49,262	24,254	49.2
21	42,090	21,225	50.4
22	37,807	19,566	51.8
23	33,087	16,820	50.8
24	29,228	15,002	51.3
25	25,749	13,137	51.0
26	23,769	11,916	50.1
27	21,036	10,387	49.4
28	19,488	9,555	49.0
29	18,385	8,973	48.8
30	17,634	8,447	47.9
31	16,533	7,782	47.1
32	15,434	7,152	46.3
33	14,401	6,577	45.7
34	13,139	5,978	45.5
35	11,973	5,475	45.7
36	11,133	4,954	44.5
37	9,299	4,227	45.5
38	8,085	3,567	44.1
39	7,134	3,075	43.1
40	6,529	2,761	42.3
41	5,761	2,366	41.1
42	4,914	2,041	41.5
43	4,260	1,795	42.1
44	3,993	1,658	41.5
45	3,297	1,380	41.9
46	3,111	1,255	40.3
47	2,655	1,137	42.8
48	2,436	976	40.1
49	1,905	810	42.5
50	1,736	699	40.3
51	1,518	641	42.2
52	1,348	535	39.7
53	1,098	476	43.4
54	1,030	386	37.5
55	936	367	39.2
56	867	333	38.4
57	679	257	37.8
58	520	218	41.9
59	430	174	40.5
60	331	144	43.5
61+	1,856	781	42.1
Unidentified	1	1	100.0
Total	826,085	417,879	50.6

Female Driving Test Pass Rates by Age

For the same statistics but for female test candidates, see:

• Female driving test pass rates by age