Motorcycle test centres: module 1 and 2 pass rates

Basildon

Basildon, East of England

Module 1, 2025/26

74.0%

1,780 tests

Module 2, 2025/26

63.7%

1,676 tests

Pass rate by year

Year	Module 1		Module 2
	Tests	Pass rate	Tests	Pass rate
2025/26	1,780	74.0%	1,676	63.7%
2024/25	1,639	72.3%	1,614	62.3%
2023/24	1,444	72.8%	1,489	58.6%
2022/23	1,475	72.3%	1,593	59.9%
2021/22	1,835	73.2%	2,046	63.7%
2020/21	665	69.2%	593	64.1%
2019/20	1,109	66.8%	1,117	66.0%
2018/19	1,357	66.5%	1,353	61.0%
2017/18	1,213	60.4%	1,235	63.5%
2016/17	1,222	67.3%	1,389	61.7%
2015/16	1,226	67.5%	1,367	54.0%
2014/15	1,207	69.0%	1,368	57.3%
2013/14	1,102	66.8%	1,074	62.8%
2012/13	1,433	65.7%	1,600	60.9%
2011/12	1,498	65.6%	1,511	57.0%
2010/11	1,462	61.9%	1,342	59.3%
2009/10	1,393	58.1%	1,150	55.5%

Quarter by quarter, 2025/26

DVSA publishes motorcycle results by quarter, which car tests do not get. Riding is seasonal: nationally about 40% more module 1 tests are taken between April and September than between October and March, and the national pass rate in the winter quarters runs a few points lower. Individual sites vary, and several of the busiest ones do not follow the pattern at all.

Quarter	Module 1		Module 2
	Tests	Pass rate	Tests	Pass rate
Apr–Jun	517	74.7%	442	62.7%
Jul–Sep	530	73.6%	467	62.1%
Oct–Dec	434	74.9%	447	64.9%
Jan–Mar	299	72.2%	320	65.6%

What is tested here

Motorcycle module 1: The off-road manoeuvres test: slow control, a slalom, a U-turn, the controlled stop and the emergency stop through a speed trap, all on a closed manoeuvring area.
Motorcycle module 2: The on-road test: around 40 minutes of riding in traffic with an examiner following on radio, plus safety questions and a hill start.

Basildon also runs car tests

Car pass rates, waiting times, the roads around it and learner reports are on the Basildon car test centre page.

Source: DVSA driving test statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.