Statistical data set

Driving test and theory test data: cars

Car theory test and driving test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

Car theory test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT111A (ODS, 12.5 KB)
DRT111B (ODS, 56.5 KB)

Data updated annually

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT111C (ODS, 138 KB)

Car theory test data by test centre

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT112A (ODS, 3.98 MB)

Car driving test data for Great Britain

Data updated monthly

This data table is updated on the second Wednesday of each month with data to the end of the previous month. It was last updated on 13 August 2025 with data for July 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT121G (ODS, 14.1 KB)

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT121A (ODS, 12.3 KB)
DRT121B (ODS, 55.9 KB)

Data updated annually

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT121C (ODS, 139 KB)
DRT121D (ODS, 403 KB)
DRT121E (ODS, 5.7 KB)
DRT121F (ODS, 6.3 KB)

Car driving test data by test centre

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT122A (ODS, 8.13 MB)
DRT122B (ODS, 1.47 MB)
DRT122C (ODS, 871 KB)
DRT122D (ODS, 5.51 MB)
DRT122E (ODS, 535 KB)

Changes to how this data is published

This data is now all published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Before 2025, data for Great Britain overall was published by the Department for Transport (DfT).

You can view archived versions of the data as it was published by DfT in the National Archives.

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Updates to this page

Published 1 January 2025
Last updated 14 August 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated car theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT111A, DRT111B, DRT11C), car theory test data by test centre (table DRT112A), car driving test data for Great Britain (tables DRT121A, DRT121B, DRT121C, DRT121D, DRT121E, DRT121F) and car driving test data by test centre (tables DRT122A, DRT122B, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E) with data to March 2025.

  2. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for July 2025.

  3. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for June 2025.

  4. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for May 2025.

  5. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for April 2025.

  6. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for March 2025.

  7. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' (table DRT121G) with data for February 2025.

  8. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' with data for January 2025.

  9. Updated 'Car driving tests conducted, passed, pass rates and forward bookings, January 2019 to date: Great Britain' with data for December 2024.

  10. First published.