Motorcycle test centres: module 1 and 2 pass rates

Darlington

Darlington, North East

Module 1, 2025/26

71.3%

1,027 tests

Module 2, 2025/26

84.0%

802 tests

Pass rate by year

Year	Module 1		Module 2
	Tests	Pass rate	Tests	Pass rate
2025/26	1,027	71.3%	802	84.0%
2024/25	956	71.7%	796	82.4%
2023/24	901	70.9%	697	82.8%
2022/23	1,025	68.0%	892	61.5%
2021/22	1,166	73.8%	886	66.1%
2020/21	454	75.6%	277	69.7%
2019/20	866	69.6%	722	69.8%
2018/19	989	65.9%	790	67.5%
2017/18	886	62.6%	788	65.2%
2016/17	816	65.8%	743	66.1%
2015/16	842	68.6%	791	72.7%
2014/15	815	65.8%	799	63.2%
2013/14	778	69.9%	713	67.3%
2012/13	865	74.9%	848	69.6%
2011/12	778	74.2%	819	71.7%
2010/11	783	64.4%	701	62.9%
2009/10	772	64.8%	632	68.0%

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	279	69.9%	193	78.8%
Jul–Sep	345	75.1%	254	85.8%
Oct–Dec	210	69.5%	160	86.3%
Jan–Mar	193	68.4%	195	85.1%

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.

Darlington also runs car tests

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

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