Derby Driving Test Centre

· City of Derby

47.9%
final pass rate 9,112 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2013-14

Key Statistics

47.9% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -2.2pp
53.4% Male Pass Rate
43.2% Female Pass Rate
55,217 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Derby pass rate over 6 years

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2007: 46.0% 2008: 44.7% 2009: 49.6% 2011: 50.8% 2012: 50.1% 2013: 47.9%

Monthly Breakdown (2013-14)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 725 367 50.6% 58.2% 44.5%
May 710 360 50.7% 57.2% 45.4%
Jun 686 329 48.0% 57.6% 40.6%
Jul 778 371 47.7% 51.7% 44.4%
Aug 622 308 49.5% 54.3% 45.7%
Sep 689 319 46.3% 51.9% 41.5%
Oct 905 435 48.1% 55.2% 41.8%
Nov 1,034 469 45.4% 49.1% 42.0%
Dec 646 306 47.4% 48.6% 46.4%
Jan 852 398 46.7% 50.7% 42.5%
Feb 696 338 48.6% 56.5% 41.3%
Mar 769 367 47.7% 52.6% 43.3%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 10.2pp higher rate than female candidates at Derby.

40% 44% 48% 52% 56% 60% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2007: 42.8% 2008: 40.1% 2009: 43.8% 2011: 46.7% 2012: 45.2% 2013: 43.2% 2007: 49.6% 2008: 50.0% 2009: 56.4% 2011: 55.8% 2012: 55.9% 2013: 53.4%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Derby? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 422.179 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1515.0% 18: 1477.0% 19: 779.0% 20: 484.0% 21: 462.0% 22: 441.0% 23: 359.0% 24: 305.0% 25: 324.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Derby with 1515.0% from 53.94321766561514 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 305.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1210.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1753.9431515.0%58.8%342.0%
1850.7771477.0%53.0%392.0%
1945.209779.0%49.2%184.0%
2045.726484.0%50.4%107.0%
2143.529462.0%63.8%111.0%
2239.483441.0%60.0%107.0%
2352.332359.0%55.4%101.0%
2448.408305.0%58.1%76.0%
2542.771324.0%52.5%71.0%

Automatic vs Manual

48.4%Automatic Pass Rate
47.9%Overall Pass Rate
322Auto Tests/Year

At Derby, the automatic test pass rate is 48.4%, which is similar to the overall pass rate of 47.9%. 322 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

Female automatic candidates pass at 48.6% compared to 47.9% for males.

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