Borehamwood Driving Test Centre

· Hertfordshire

48.4%
final pass rate 7,878 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

48.4% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +1.6pp
51.1% Male Pass Rate
45.6% Female Pass Rate
63,966 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Borehamwood pass rate over 6 years

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 44.3% 2008: 45.3% 2009: 46.4% 2010: 46.7% 2011: 46.8% 2012: 48.4%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 521 258 49.5% 54.5% 44.8%
May 874 422 48.3% 49.0% 47.6%
Jun 684 333 48.7% 53.0% 43.8%
Jul 747 371 49.7% 51.9% 47.4%
Aug 723 332 45.9% 49.1% 42.2%
Sep 667 334 50.1% 53.5% 46.5%
Oct 915 455 49.7% 51.9% 47.4%
Nov 904 409 45.2% 45.8% 44.6%
Dec 471 230 48.8% 55.4% 43.0%
Jan 463 241 52.1% 53.6% 50.2%
Feb 490 222 45.3% 46.7% 43.9%
Mar 419 207 49.4% 54.3% 43.9%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 5.5pp higher rate than female candidates at Borehamwood.

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 41.1% 2008: 42.4% 2009: 44.3% 2010: 44.4% 2011: 44.2% 2012: 45.6% 2007: 46.5% 2008: 47.6% 2009: 48.0% 2010: 48.9% 2011: 49.2% 2012: 51.1%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Borehamwood? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 426.506 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1472.0% 18: 919.0% 19: 480.0% 20: 364.0% 21: 388.0% 22: 289.0% 23: 285.0% 24: 264.0% 25: 272.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Borehamwood with 1472.0% from 54.50381679389313 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 264.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1208.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1754.5041472.0%55.6%357.0%
1845.676919.0%47.4%206.0%
1949.362480.0%50.6%116.0%
2046.316364.0%53.4%88.0%
2146.114388.0%47.7%89.0%
2248.201289.0%52.0%67.0%
2344.156285.0%55.0%68.0%
2439.869264.0%60.4%61.0%
2552.308272.0%45.8%68.0%

Automatic vs Manual

46.7%Automatic Pass Rate
48.4%Overall Pass Rate
793Auto Tests/Year

At Borehamwood, the automatic test pass rate is 46.7%, which is similar to the overall pass rate of 48.4%. With 793 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 50.7% compared to 45.1% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 46.4% 2010: 46.7% 2011: 46.8% 2012: 48.4% 2008: 44.3% 2009: 45.2% 2010: 41.4% 2012: 46.7%
Automatic Overall

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