Driving Tests
(asked on 27th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of tests for (a) D1 and (b) B category licenses resulted in a (i) pass and (ii) fail in each of the last five years.
The table below shows, for the last five years, the number of:
category B (car) practical driving tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA);
category D1 (minibus) 3b on road practical driving tests conducted by DVSA and delegated examiners; and
tests passed and failed, including pass rate.
| Category B practical driving tests | Category D1 – 3b on road practical driving tests | |||||||
Year | Conducted | Passed | Failed | Pass rate | Conducted | Passed | Failed | Pass rate | |
2020* | 809,509 | 388,217 | 421,292 | 48.0% | 1,815 | 1,417 | 398 | 78.1% | |
2021* | 1,113,735 | 552,166 | 561,569 | 49.6% | 1,950 | 1,527 | 423 | 78.3% | |
2022 | 1,667,935 | 802,223 | 865,712 | 48.1% | 2,834 | 2,249 | 585 | 79.4% | |
2023 | 1,831,588 | 883,114 | 948,474 | 48.2% | 3,454 | 2,849 | 605 | 82.5% | |
2024# | 1,479,177 | 708,847 | 770,330 | 47.9% | 2,446 | 2,023 | 423 | 82.7% | |
* - Testing reduced due to Covid-19 pandemic
# - January 2024 to September 2024 is the latest official statistics.