Bathgate Driving Test Centre

· West Lothian

50.3%
final pass rate 4,477 tests/year · 7 years of data · DVSA data: 2013-14

Key Statistics

50.3% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +2.1pp
53.3% Male Pass Rate
47.7% Female Pass Rate
31,932 Total Tests (7 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Bathgate pass rate over 7 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 47.9% 2008: 49.1% 2009: 50.0% 2010: 49.0% 2011: 49.7% 2012: 48.2% 2013: 50.3%

Monthly Breakdown (2013-14)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 446 225 50.4% 57.4% 44.7%
May 343 175 51.0% 51.3% 50.8%
Jun 331 182 55.0% 60.3% 50.6%
Jul 427 210 49.2% 50.0% 48.5%
Aug 344 175 50.9% 51.5% 50.3%
Sep 374 187 50.0% 51.7% 48.5%
Oct 416 199 47.8% 54.2% 41.8%
Nov 369 189 51.2% 54.7% 47.9%
Dec 314 145 46.2% 51.0% 42.1%
Jan 367 191 52.0% 52.8% 51.3%
Feb 350 181 51.7% 52.7% 50.8%
Mar 396 195 49.2% 52.2% 46.8%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 5.6pp higher rate than female candidates at Bathgate.

40% 44% 48% 52% 56% 60% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 44.7% 2008: 45.5% 2009: 45.6% 2010: 45.8% 2011: 47.3% 2012: 45.1% 2013: 47.7% 2007: 51.5% 2008: 53.2% 2009: 55.4% 2010: 52.4% 2011: 52.2% 2012: 52.0% 2013: 53.3%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Bathgate? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 438.066 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1036.0% 18: 792.0% 19: 378.0% 20: 279.0% 21: 192.0% 22: 197.0% 23: 151.0% 24: 138.0% 25: 116.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Bathgate with 1036.0% from 57.48987854251013 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 116.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 920.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1757.491036.0%58.1%284.0%
1847.304792.0%50.8%193.0%
1955.897378.0%54.6%109.0%
2044.578279.0%45.1%74.0%
2151.754192.0%55.1%59.0%
2248.182197.0%56.3%53.0%
2351.136151.0%49.2%45.0%
2440.741138.0%45.6%33.0%
2540.984116.0%50.9%25.0%

Automatic vs Manual

32.2%Automatic Pass Rate
50.3%Overall Pass Rate
149Auto Tests/Year

At Bathgate, the automatic test pass rate is 32.2%, which is 18.1 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 50.3%. 149 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

The lower automatic pass rate compared to overall is unusual. This could reflect a smaller sample size or a particular candidate demographic. Check the trend over time to see if this is consistent.

Female automatic candidates pass at 32.5% compared to 31.3% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2009: 50.0% 2010: 49.0% 2011: 49.7% 2012: 48.2% 2013: 50.3% 2008: 52.0% 2009: 49.2% 2010: 46.0% 2012: 45.8% 2013: 32.2%
Automatic Overall

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