Best places to pass your driving test

If you’re determined to pass your driving test first time, then Kendal is the place for you – more than two in three learner drivers (68%) pass their test first time in the Cumbrian town.

Barrow-in-Furness, also in Cumbria, had the second highest first time pass rate (66%) in 2015/2016, according to data analysis by The Car People.

There’s up to a 40% difference in first time pass rates between major towns, with only 28% of learners passing their test first time in Belvedere, London.

Best places to pass your test first time

Test Centre		% first time pass rate
Kendal (Oxenholme Road), Cumbria	67.8
Barrow In Furness, Cumbria	66.6
Ashton Under Lyne, Greater Manchester	66
Brecon, Wales	64.8
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire	63.3
Skegness, Lincolnshire	63
Malton, North Yorkshire	62.9
Hyde, Manchester	62
Dorchester, Dorset	62
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire	61.8

Of course, passing your test is all down to your knowledge, skill and plenty of practice, but it’s clear to see that the busier the town/city, the lower the pass rate.

That said, the amount of people passing their test with zero faults has doubled in nine years.

Overall, a total of 1,252,871 tests were taken in 2016/2017 – and 52.8% of these were failed.

Top 10 places with the lowest first time pass rate

Test centre	% first time pass rate
Belvedere, London	28.0
Cheetham Hill, Manchester	30.5
Wanstead, London	31.7
South Yardley, Birmingham	31.8
Erith, London	33.2
Leeds, West Yorkshire	33.7
Garston (Liverpool), Merseyside	34.1
Barking, London	34.1
Ayr, Scotland	34.9
Salford (Fire Station), Manchester	35.0