Learner drivers are having to wait more than five months to book their driving test at four out of five British test centres, it emerged yesterday.
Some 258 sites, or 81 per cent of the total, had the maximum waiting time of 24 weeks for a test as of May 5 – up from 161 at the start of the year.
AA Driving School, which obtained the figures from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), said things ‘cannot get much worse’.
The average waiting time across all test centres has reached 22 weeks, up from 14 weeks in February 2024.
The DVSA blamed higher demand and some learners booking their test much earlier than before.
