Driving Tests
(asked on 18th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many car driving tests were taken by people (a) taking it for the first time (b) taking it for the (i) second time and (ii) third or more times in 2025.
The table below shows how many car driving tests were taken for the first, second, third or more times in 2024 and 2025. Please note this data is up to 31 March 2025.
Year | Attempts | Number of people |
01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 | 1 | 900,260 |
01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 | 2 | 452,154 |
01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 | 3 or more | 487,403 |
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency publishes data on the number of people taking their test on their first attempt on GOV.UK The data in report DRT121D is updated annually. The next update is due to be published in August 2026.