Automatic driving test pass rates by centre, 2025/26

255 centres ranked by their pass rate in automatic cars, highest to lowest. Great Britain conducted 582,403 automatic tests and passed 259,952 of them, a rate of 44.6%, against 50% for manual and automatic tests together.

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#	Test centre	Region	Automatic tests	Automatic pass rate	All tests	Difference
1	Melton Mowbray	East Midlands	382	62.6%	69.7%	-7.1
2	Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)	Wales	232	61.2%	55.1%	+6.1
3	Tunbridge Wells	South East	1,501	61.0%	64.5%	-3.5
4	Dorchester	South West	1,355	59.3%	69.0%	-9.7
5	Barrow In Furness	North West	284	58.1%	69.6%	-11.5
6	Wellingborough	East Midlands	653	57.6%	60.0%	-2.4
7	Yeovil	South West	1,404	57.2%	63.4%	-6.2
8	Sidcup (London)	London	6,877	56.7%	58.7%	-2.0
9	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,715	56.6%	58.5%	-1.9
10	Ipswich	East of England	2,710	56.4%	62.3%	-5.9
11	Norwich (Peachman Way)	East of England	2,716	55.4%	61.7%	-6.3
12	Skipton	Yorkshire and The Humber	325	55.1%	57.3%	-2.2
13	Bradford (Heaton)	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,715	55.0%	56.1%	-1.1
14	Abergavenny	Wales	779	54.8%	64.2%	-9.4
15	Weston-super-Mare	South West	849	54.8%	61.0%	-6.2
16	Chichester	South East	1,299	54.7%	61.6%	-6.9
17	Irvine	Scotland	635	54.5%	55.7%	-1.2
18	Sevenoaks	South East	1,856	54.2%	59.0%	-4.8
19	Maidstone	South East	2,603	53.6%	60.2%	-6.6
20	Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,142	53.3%	58.5%	-5.2
21	Kendal (Oxenholme Road)	North West	342	53.2%	65.1%	-11.9
22	Lee On The Solent	South East	2,455	53.1%	63.2%	-10.1
23	Taunton	South West	1,823	52.9%	59.5%	-6.6
24	Reading	South East	3,800	52.7%	55.4%	-2.7
25	Farnborough	South East	2,892	52.2%	59.7%	-7.5
26	Herne Bay	South East	2,601	52.2%	55.9%	-3.7
27	Basingstoke	South East	1,638	52.1%	56.8%	-4.7
28	Gillingham	South East	5,984	51.9%	56.4%	-4.5
29	Yeading (London)	London	2,033	51.9%	52.8%	-0.9
30	Hastings (Ore)	South East	1,149	51.6%	52.4%	-0.8
31	Southport (Liverpool)	North West	1,834	51.6%	56.5%	-4.9
32	Trowbridge	South West	493	51.5%	55.2%	-3.7
33	Letchworth	East of England	1,335	51.3%	57.5%	-6.2
34	Bristol (Avonmouth)	South West	2,807	51.2%	55.5%	-4.3
35	Mill Hill (London)	London	5,019	51.2%	51.4%	-0.2
36	Bromley (London)	London	6,543	51.0%	52.9%	-1.9
37	Hendon (London)	London	5,790	51.0%	51.4%	-0.4
38	Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	508	51.0%	60.4%	-9.4
39	Workington	North West	480	51.0%	61.9%	-10.9
40	Guildford	South East	1,418	50.8%	57.1%	-6.3
41	Redditch	West Midlands	824	50.8%	51.4%	-0.6
42	West Wickham (London)	London	4,920	50.8%	51.6%	-0.8
43	Chippenham	South West	1,784	50.6%	56.4%	-5.8
44	Rhyl	Wales	856	50.5%	56.9%	-6.4
45	Erith (London)	London	3,045	50.4%	51.6%	-1.2
46	Uxbridge (London)	London	2,143	50.3%	52.3%	-2.0
47	Eastbourne	South East	1,603	50.2%	55.4%	-5.2
48	Brecon	Wales	214	50.0%	58.7%	-8.7
49	Enfield (Innova Business Park)	London	3,460	50.0%	53.9%	-3.9
50	Bangor	Wales	535	49.9%	62.2%	-12.3
51	Grantham (Somerby)	East Midlands	2,019	49.9%	57.9%	-8.0
52	Tolworth (London)	London	4,152	49.9%	53.6%	-3.7
53	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,633	49.9%	54.4%	-4.5
54	Barry	Wales	410	49.8%	57.0%	-7.2
55	Birmingham (Shirley)	West Midlands	3,384	49.8%	56.6%	-6.8
56	Morden (London)	London	6,769	49.8%	51.0%	-1.2
57	Redhill Aerodrome	South East	1,808	49.7%	53.9%	-4.2
58	Ashfield	East Midlands	2,004	49.6%	57.3%	-7.7
59	Nelson	North West	1,115	49.4%	51.7%	-2.3
60	Chelmsford (Hanbury Road)	East of England	2,697	49.2%	55.4%	-6.2
61	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,749	49.1%	53.2%	-4.1
62	Preston	North West	2,506	49.0%	56.3%	-7.3
63	Carlisle	North West	585	48.9%	58.7%	-9.8
64	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,611	48.8%	53.1%	-4.3
65	Heysham	North West	556	48.7%	59.2%	-10.5
66	Northwich	North West	448	48.7%	57.6%	-8.9
67	Warrington	North West	2,010	48.6%	55.5%	-6.9
68	Stevenage	East of England	1,444	48.5%	55.3%	-6.8
69	Borehamwood (London)	East of England	3,058	48.4%	50.8%	-2.4
70	Dundee	Scotland	944	48.3%	57.3%	-9.0
71	Barnet (London)	London	5,259	48.1%	49.9%	-1.8
72	Chesterfield	East Midlands	1,622	48.0%	56.2%	-8.2
73	Tottenham	London	4,517	48.0%	48.9%	-0.9
74	Bletchley	South East	4,018	47.9%	51.5%	-3.6
75	Cambridge (Brookmount Court)	East of England	4,103	47.9%	53.8%	-5.9
76	Hereford	West Midlands	892	47.9%	58.8%	-10.9
77	Steeton	Yorkshire and The Humber	968	47.9%	52.8%	-4.9
78	Worksop	East Midlands	1,195	47.9%	55.2%	-7.3
79	Durham	North East	1,693	47.8%	53.2%	-5.4
80	Isleworth (Fleming Way)	London	5,566	47.8%	50.4%	-2.6
81	Blackpool	North West	2,072	47.7%	51.8%	-4.1
82	St Albans	East of England	2,454	47.7%	50.7%	-3.0
83	Bredbury (Manchester)	North West	2,647	47.6%	56.0%	-8.4
84	Buxton	East Midlands	961	47.6%	58.7%	-11.1
85	Leeds (Fearnville)	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,739	47.6%	51.8%	-4.2
86	Livingston	Scotland	656	47.6%	55.7%	-8.1
87	Peterborough	East of England	3,245	47.6%	52.8%	-5.2
88	Pinner (London)	London	7,183	47.6%	49.7%	-2.1
89	Upton	North West	3,242	47.5%	52.6%	-5.1
90	Newtown	Wales	629	47.4%	58.0%	-10.6
91	Chertsey (London)	South East	2,854	47.3%	52.9%	-5.6
92	Lanark	Scotland	331	47.1%	58.1%	-11.0
93	High Wycombe	South East	1,126	47.0%	51.5%	-4.5
94	Leeds (Colton Mill)	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,255	47.0%	51.8%	-4.8
95	Newton Abbot	South West	1,194	46.9%	53.8%	-6.9
96	Bedford	East of England	2,888	46.8%	53.7%	-6.9
97	Bolton (Manchester)	North West	4,167	46.7%	51.8%	-5.1
98	Dumbarton	Scotland	261	46.7%	52.8%	-6.1
99	Oxford (Cowley)	South East	1,939	46.6%	50.6%	-4.0
100	Ayr	Scotland	386	46.4%	57.5%	-11.1
101	Derby (Alvaston)	East Midlands	2,708	46.3%	51.8%	-5.5
102	Haddington	Scotland	432	46.3%	57.5%	-11.2
103	Slough (London)	South East	4,209	46.3%	50.8%	-4.5
104	Aylesbury	South East	1,607	46.2%	49.3%	-3.1
105	Chorley	North West	1,045	46.2%	52.8%	-6.6
106	Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)	East of England	2,262	46.2%	49.9%	-3.7
107	Brentwood (London)	East of England	1,974	46.1%	48.5%	-2.4
108	Leicester (Wigston)	East Midlands	6,333	46.1%	51.2%	-5.1
109	Portsmouth	South East	2,967	46.1%	52.8%	-6.7
110	East Kilbride	Scotland	374	46.0%	57.7%	-11.7
111	Lichfield	West Midlands	1,018	46.0%	53.0%	-7.0
112	Tilbury	East of England	2,134	46.0%	50.4%	-4.4
113	Northampton	East Midlands	5,142	45.9%	52.1%	-6.2
114	Wood Green (London)	London	5,011	45.8%	46.8%	-1.0
115	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	3,353	45.7%	46.6%	-0.9
116	Nuneaton	West Midlands	2,409	45.5%	53.2%	-7.7
117	Mitcham (London)	London	7,167	45.4%	47.0%	-1.6
118	Swindon	South West	3,508	45.4%	51.1%	-5.7
119	Birmingham (Kingstanding)	West Midlands	6,025	45.3%	48.5%	-3.2
120	Hartlepool	North East	1,232	45.3%	51.0%	-5.7
121	Loughton (London)	East of England	3,249	45.3%	47.0%	-1.7
122	Winchester	South East	1,150	45.3%	52.2%	-6.9
123	Basildon	East of England	2,850	45.2%	49.1%	-3.9
124	Horsforth	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,841	45.2%	49.7%	-4.5
125	Ludlow	West Midlands	1,082	45.1%	58.7%	-13.6
126	Poole	South West	2,054	45.1%	53.4%	-8.3
127	Sale (Manchester)	North West	3,662	45.1%	51.4%	-6.3
128	Llantrisant	Wales	2,187	45.0%	54.0%	-9.0
129	Southampton (Maybush)	South East	3,177	45.0%	50.3%	-5.3
130	Newport (Isle Of Wight)	South East	749	44.9%	54.1%	-9.2
131	Birmingham (Kings Heath)	West Midlands	3,189	44.7%	46.8%	-2.1
132	Macclesfield	North West	1,000	44.7%	51.9%	-7.2
133	Airdrie	Scotland	953	44.6%	47.4%	-2.8
134	Edinburgh (Musselburgh)	Scotland	1,907	44.6%	49.4%	-4.8
135	Lincoln	East Midlands	1,516	44.5%	52.1%	-7.6
136	Worcester	West Midlands	2,441	44.4%	51.9%	-7.5
137	Gosforth	North East	3,755	44.3%	48.4%	-4.1
138	Carmarthen	Wales	399	44.1%	54.2%	-10.1
139	Kirkcaldy	Scotland	725	44.1%	50.9%	-6.8
140	Bridlington	Yorkshire and The Humber	420	44.0%	55.5%	-11.5
141	Paisley	Scotland	1,857	44.0%	48.6%	-4.6
142	Burton on Trent	West Midlands	1,683	43.9%	54.7%	-10.8
143	Telford	West Midlands	1,197	43.9%	48.9%	-5.0
144	Bristol (Kingswood)	South West	3,099	43.8%	51.9%	-8.1
145	Clacton-on- Sea	East of England	1,243	43.8%	48.2%	-4.4
146	Warwick (Wedgenock House)	West Midlands	4,710	43.8%	48.5%	-4.7
147	Rugby	West Midlands	2,018	43.7%	51.4%	-7.7
148	Middlesbrough	North East	1,550	43.6%	47.7%	-4.1
149	Colchester	East of England	2,207	43.5%	50.6%	-7.1
150	Hornchurch (London)	London	3,655	43.4%	46.3%	-2.9
151	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,775	43.4%	49.2%	-5.8
152	Nottingham (Chilwell)	East Midlands	2,501	43.4%	49.9%	-6.5
153	Llanelli	Wales	831	43.2%	51.0%	-7.8
154	Pembroke Dock	Wales	292	43.2%	50.1%	-6.9
155	Sheffield (Middlewood Road)	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,801	43.2%	48.7%	-5.5
156	West Didsbury (Manchester)	North West	6,015	43.1%	47.7%	-4.6
157	Bridgend	Wales	973	43.0%	53.3%	-10.3
158	Canterbury	South East	1,380	43.0%	45.8%	-2.8
159	Bishops Stortford	East of England	1,752	42.8%	51.3%	-8.5
160	Rochdale (Manchester)	North West	3,112	42.8%	48.3%	-5.5
161	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	696	42.7%	51.2%	-8.5
162	Sunderland	North East	2,354	42.7%	51.1%	-8.4
163	Nottingham (Colwick )	East Midlands	5,371	42.4%	46.4%	-4.0
164	Aberdeen South (Cove)	Scotland	1,545	42.3%	52.4%	-10.1
165	Bradford (Thornbury)	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,420	42.3%	47.8%	-5.5
166	Ashford (Kent)	South East	1,575	42.1%	46.2%	-4.1
167	Wanstead (London)	London	3,633	42.1%	44.4%	-2.3
168	Barnstaple	South West	1,081	41.8%	51.4%	-9.6
169	Bishopbriggs	Scotland	1,585	41.7%	49.8%	-8.1
170	Southall (London)	London	3,176	41.7%	44.8%	-3.1
171	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,265	41.6%	45.0%	-3.4
172	Newport (Gwent)	Wales	2,110	41.6%	48.9%	-7.3
173	Cheetham Hill (Manchester)	North West	4,730	41.5%	44.7%	-3.2
174	Dudley	West Midlands	4,078	41.5%	45.2%	-3.7
175	Goodmayes (London)	London	11,560	41.5%	43.7%	-2.2
176	Hull	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,675	41.5%	47.9%	-6.4
177	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	1,098	41.3%	51.0%	-9.7
178	Skegness	East Midlands	446	41.3%	55.9%	-14.6
179	Galashiels	Scotland	673	41.2%	47.4%	-6.2
180	Glasgow (Anniesland)	Scotland	2,124	41.2%	44.3%	-3.1
181	Heckmondwike	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,233	41.2%	45.8%	-4.6
182	Bodmin	South West	971	41.1%	47.5%	-6.4
183	Peterhead	Scotland	548	41.1%	53.2%	-12.1
184	Watford	East of England	4,727	41.1%	46.2%	-5.1
185	Birmingham (Garretts Green)	West Midlands	7,066	41.0%	44.4%	-3.4
186	Dumfries	Scotland	412	41.0%	53.9%	-12.9
187	Greenford (London)	London	3,250	41.0%	41.4%	-0.4
188	Kettering	East Midlands	3,139	41.0%	49.1%	-8.1
189	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	2,213	41.0%	47.0%	-6.0
190	Glasgow (Baillieston)	Scotland	2,889	40.9%	47.4%	-6.5
191	Aberdeen North	Scotland	1,407	40.7%	48.2%	-7.5
192	Chadderton	North West	5,093	40.7%	46.8%	-6.1
193	Kings Lynn	East of England	1,370	40.7%	51.9%	-11.2
194	Darlington	North East	3,565	40.5%	47.1%	-6.6
195	Burgess Hill	South East	2,605	40.4%	45.5%	-5.1
196	Bury St Edmunds	East of England	1,858	40.1%	46.2%	-6.1
197	Chester	North West	2,031	40.1%	47.3%	-7.2
198	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,305	40.1%	45.4%	-5.3
199	Wallasey	North West	242	40.1%	54.3%	-14.2
200	Grangemouth	Scotland	535	40.0%	50.7%	-10.7
201	Boston	East Midlands	1,144	39.9%	50.7%	-10.8
202	Sheffield (Handsworth)	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,994	39.8%	44.1%	-4.3
203	Inverness (Longman Drive)	Scotland	590	39.7%	45.8%	-6.1
204	Pontefract	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,007	39.5%	46.9%	-7.4
205	Blyth	North East	1,803	39.4%	50.9%	-11.5
206	Cardiff (Llanishen)	Wales	4,556	39.2%	46.5%	-7.3
207	Crawley	South East	3,372	39.0%	42.7%	-3.7
208	Oswestry	West Midlands	282	39.0%	52.4%	-13.4
209	Bury (Manchester)	North West	1,820	38.9%	46.3%	-7.4
210	Exeter	South West	1,609	38.5%	46.8%	-8.3
211	Perth (Arran Road)	Scotland	491	38.5%	48.8%	-10.3
212	Swansea	Wales	3,368	38.4%	48.2%	-9.8
213	Belvedere (London)	London	2,060	38.3%	40.5%	-2.2
214	Chingford (London)	London	5,893	38.3%	39.9%	-1.6
215	Wrexham	Wales	746	38.3%	51.9%	-13.6
216	Atherton (Manchester)	North West	3,925	37.9%	44.3%	-6.4
217	Birmingham (South Yardley)	West Midlands	4,359	37.8%	42.8%	-5.0
218	Crewe	North West	1,060	37.8%	43.8%	-6.0
219	Widnes (Liverpool)	North West	1,776	37.6%	42.7%	-5.1
220	Hinckley	East Midlands	920	37.5%	46.4%	-8.9
221	Glasgow (Shieldhall)	Scotland	1,892	37.2%	39.9%	-2.7
222	Hexham	North East	363	37.2%	53.0%	-15.8
223	Speke (Liverpool)	North West	2,528	37.2%	40.5%	-3.3
224	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,270	37.1%	45.4%	-8.3
225	Salisbury	South West	1,609	37.0%	48.5%	-11.5
226	Gloucester	South West	1,706	36.5%	47.8%	-11.3
227	Luton	East of England	3,272	36.5%	39.2%	-2.7
228	Scarborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	711	36.4%	45.1%	-8.7
229	Edinburgh (Currie)	Scotland	1,680	36.0%	41.6%	-5.6
230	Greenock	Scotland	766	35.9%	41.7%	-5.8
231	Grimsby Coldwater	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,311	35.9%	42.8%	-6.9
232	Banbury	South East	2,346	35.8%	41.3%	-5.5
233	Cheltenham	South West	1,027	35.6%	43.2%	-7.6
234	Coventry	West Midlands	4,424	35.6%	40.0%	-4.4
235	Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme)	West Midlands	1,943	35.5%	41.6%	-6.1
236	Featherstone	West Midlands	3,739	35.3%	36.4%	-1.1
237	Leicester (Cannock Street)	East Midlands	4,043	35.3%	40.2%	-4.9
238	Lowestoft (Mobbs Way)	East of England	1,491	35.2%	43.3%	-8.1
239	Stoke on Trent (Cobridge)	West Midlands	2,661	35.2%	40.6%	-5.4
240	Elgin	Scotland	471	35.0%	42.3%	-7.3
241	Norris Green (Liverpool)	North West	4,303	34.9%	37.8%	-2.9
242	Launceston	South West	597	34.8%	46.3%	-11.5
243	Hamilton	Scotland	1,387	34.5%	42.0%	-7.5
244	Plymouth	South West	2,442	34.5%	40.7%	-6.2
245	Folkestone	South East	1,913	34.3%	42.4%	-8.1
246	St Helens (Liverpool)	North West	3,593	34.1%	40.9%	-6.8
247	Stafford	West Midlands	1,189	33.8%	45.8%	-12.0
248	Stirling	Scotland	365	33.7%	43.0%	-9.3
249	Loughborough	East Midlands	1,089	33.2%	42.3%	-9.1
250	Gateshead	North East	2,571	32.7%	37.5%	-4.8
251	Alnwick	North East	276	32.6%	55.5%	-22.9
252	Wednesbury	West Midlands	2,467	30.2%	35.0%	-4.8
253	Camborne	South West	873	30.0%	40.6%	-10.6
254	Dunfermline	Scotland	1,079	30.0%	36.4%	-6.4
255	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	4,162	27.2%	34.3%	-7.1

Taking the test in an automatic

The automatic pass rate is usually the lower of the two at the same centre. Of the 255 centres in this table with both figures published for 2025/26, 254 pass fewer automatic candidates than they do candidates overall. Nationally the difference is 5.4 points, with automatics behind. The car is not the reason. Automatic learners are more likely to be older, to be returning to driving after a long gap, or to have found the clutch the obstacle in the first place, and the test itself is marked identically.

The thing to weigh is what you get at the end. Pass in an automatic and your licence is restricted to automatics: category B auto. Driving a manual afterwards means taking the practical test again in one. Pass in a manual and you may drive either. If you never intend to drive a manual that restriction costs you nothing, and it is now a common choice.

Volumes are climbing. Automatic tests went from 50,599 in 2008/09 to 582,403 in 2025/26, a rise of 1051%, and they are now 29.4% of all car tests. Expect waits for an automatic instructor to be longer than for a manual one in most towns, because supply has not kept pace.

Centres with fewer than 200 automatic tests in the year are left out; 27 are excluded on that rule. Many centres still do only a handful of automatic tests a week, and at that volume the rate swings wildly from one year to the next.