See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Published: 15:00 BST, 3 July 2026 | Updated: 15:04 BST, 3 July 2026
Learners are twice as likely to pass at some driving test centres in Britain compared to others, new figures suggest.Data from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) reveals how pass rates at various test centres range from more than 70 per cent to less than 35 per cent.Those taking their practical driving test on the Isles of Scilly had a 75 per cent pass rate in the 12 months to March this year.The Isle of Mull (73.8 per cent), Gairloch (73.5 per cent), Pitlochry (73.3 per cent) and Benbecula Island (72.9 per cent) also had high pass rates.By contrast, learners taking their practical driving test in Wolverhampton had a pass rate of just 34.3 per cent between April last year and March 2026.Barking Tanner Street (36.3 per cent), Featherstone (36.4 per cent), Dunfermline Vine (36.4 per cent) and Wednesbury (36.5 per cent) also had low pass rates.The figures showed, across all testing centres in Britain, there was a national pass rate of 50 per cent from the nearly two million tests conducted in 2025/26.Males had a slightly higher pass rate of 50.8 per cent compared to females of 49.1 per cent.
