Scots driving test centre named most likely place in UK to pass

• The areas with the UK’s best male and female drivers have been announced, with one Scottish test centre taking first place.  
• Aberdeen South (Cove) has an average driving test pass rate of 69.58% for men – the highest in the UK 

New analysis has revealed that Lee On The Solent has the highest driving test pass rate amongst women whilst Aberdeen South (Cove) has the highest for men. 

The study by A-Plan Insurance examined the pass rate percentage of major driving test centres in the UK – those that have conducted at least 1,000 tests since April 2020 – to determine the one with the highest pass rate for women and men. 

Lee On The Solent comes out on top for women as the test centre with the highest female pass rate. This test centre has an average pass rate of 67%, when analysing the passes of all tests from April 2020 to June 2021 – of 1,649 tests for women taken, 1,107 were passed. In comparison, Aberdeen South (Cove) has the highest pass rate for males out of all test centres in the UK. The average pass rate is 69%. 

Placing second is Llantrisant with a female pass rate of 66% – out of 762 tests conducted for women, 507 were passed. Lee On The Solent has the second highest pass rate for males at 68%. 1,667 tests were taken in this area for men and 1,147 of these passed. 

Newbury (Hambridge Lane) has the third highest pass rates for female driving tests out of all test centres in the UK. 814 tests were conducted for women with 527 being passed, making the average pass rate 64.7%. Dorchester has seen a 68% pass rate for male tests, making this area the UK test centre with the third highest pass rate for men. 

Chichester’s average driving test pass rate for women is 64.5%, placing it just below Newbury (Hambridge Lane). Yeovil comes in as the test centre with the fourth highest driving test pass rate for men at 68.5%. 

Aberdeen South (Cove) at 64.2% pass rate for women comes in as the having the fifth highest overall in the UK. Chichester has an average pass rate for males of 66.8%. 

Yeovil, Somerset, has the sixth highest pass rate for female driving tests with a rate of 63.5%. 1,145 tests were conducted here and 728 passed.  Llantrisant in Wales has a pass rate of 66.7% for males and out of 608 tests taken, 406 passed. 

Winchester ranks as the UK test centre with the seventh highest pass rate for women at 63.5% whilst Darlington has the highest rate for males at 66.7%.  

Sevenoaks in Kent has a pass rate of 63.5% for women; out of 838 tests taken, 532 were passes, putting it eighth. Durham has an average pass rate of 66% for male driving tests and out of 1,037 tests taken, 684 were passes. 

Northwich places as the ninth area with the highest female pass rate for driving tests in the UK at 63.2% while Hereford ranks for male pass rates with an average of 65.9%. 

The areas with the tenth highest pass rates are Dorchester with 62.5% for females and Livingston with 65.7% for males. 

In total between April 2020 and June 2021, there were 355,348 male tests taken and 337,161 female tests conducted.  

Commenting on the figures, a spokesperson for A-Plan Insurance said: “This analysis highlights the geographical disparity of pass rates for men and women in the UK. A driving test is often a stressful time in someone’s life and can be both exciting and daunting. The considerable difference for men and women at some of the UK’s major test centres is fascinating. It will be interesting to see if these differences become wider, stay consistent, or balance out in the future.” 

The top 10: Test centre and average percent pass rate for Women in the UK
Lee On The Solent	67.1
Llantrisant	66.5
Newbury (Hambridge Lane)	64.7
Chichester	64.6
Aberdeen South (Cove)	64.3
Yeovil	63.6
Winchester	63.5
Sevenoaks	63.5
Northwich	63.2
Dorchester	62.5

The top 10: Test centre and average percent pass rate for Men in the UK
Aberdeen South (Cove)	69.8
Lee On The Solent	68.8
Dorchester	68.6
Yeovil	68.5
Chichester	66.8
Llantrisant	66.7
Darlington	66.7
Durham	66.0
Hereford	65.9
Livingston	65.7

The research was carried out by A-Plan Insurance, which has more than 100 branches nationwide. The company, established in the 1960s, provides a personalised service to more than 900,000 policy holders.   

Further information can be found at  https://www.aplan.co.uk/