Chingford Driving Test Centre

· Greater London

40.4%
final pass rate 12,717 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

40.4% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -1.3pp
44.0% Male Pass Rate
36.3% Female Pass Rate
70,653 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Chingford pass rate over 6 years

35% 37% 39% 41% 43% 45% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 35.2% 2008: 36.2% 2009: 38.8% 2010: 41.2% 2011: 41.7% 2012: 40.4%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 1,161 485 41.8% 47.0% 35.9%
May 1,395 558 40.0% 42.5% 36.9%
Jun 1,107 460 41.6% 43.8% 39.0%
Jul 974 393 40.3% 44.9% 34.8%
Aug 657 299 45.5% 49.3% 41.2%
Sep 1,019 423 41.5% 42.6% 40.0%
Oct 1,404 572 40.7% 43.3% 37.7%
Nov 1,267 485 38.3% 43.5% 32.0%
Dec 806 342 42.4% 47.1% 37.4%
Jan 1,058 422 39.9% 43.3% 35.8%
Feb 984 357 36.3% 40.7% 31.3%
Mar 885 346 39.1% 42.5% 35.5%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 7.7pp higher rate than female candidates at Chingford.

30% 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 32.8% 2008: 33.0% 2009: 36.2% 2010: 38.7% 2011: 37.7% 2012: 36.3% 2007: 36.7% 2008: 38.4% 2009: 40.6% 2010: 43.2% 2011: 44.9% 2012: 44.0%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Chingford? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 346.482 of the tests conducted here.

17: 735.0% 18: 988.0% 19: 716.0% 20: 609.0% 21: 515.0% 22: 503.0% 23: 505.0% 24: 547.0% 25: 513.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Chingford with 988.0% from 43.80952380952381 tests, while 22-year-olds have the lowest at 503.0%. The 485.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1747.198735.0%50.5%160.0%
1843.81988.0%44.9%184.0%
1934.557716.0%44.7%113.0%
2038.71609.0%40.6%108.0%
2137.759515.0%44.9%91.0%
2236.22503.0%51.0%92.0%
2338.306505.0%49.0%95.0%
2432.218547.0%44.2%77.0%
2537.705513.0%43.5%92.0%

Automatic vs Manual

35.0%Automatic Pass Rate
40.4%Overall Pass Rate
1,889Auto Tests/Year

At Chingford, the automatic test pass rate is 35.0%, which is 5.4 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 40.4%. With 1,889 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

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.

Male automatic candidates pass at 41.1% compared to 33.0% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 38.8% 2010: 41.2% 2011: 41.7% 2012: 40.4% 2008: 33.3% 2009: 34.8% 2010: 38.6% 2012: 35.0%
Automatic Overall

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