Nottingham (Chalfont Drive) Driving Test Centre

· City of Nottingham

48.2%
final pass rate 9,489 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2011-12

Key Statistics

48.2% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +2.9pp
51.8% Male Pass Rate
45.1% Female Pass Rate
47,529 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Nottingham (Chalfont Drive) pass rate over 5 years

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007: 38.8% 2008: 41.3% 2009: 40.5% 2010: 45.3% 2011: 48.2%

Monthly Breakdown (2011-12)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 729 359 49.2% 54.4% 44.5%
May 853 417 48.9% 52.2% 45.9%
Jun 735 373 50.7% 56.9% 45.0%
Jul 921 495 53.7% 60.4% 48.1%
Aug 886 415 46.8% 48.9% 45.0%
Sep 1,030 520 50.5% 52.0% 49.1%
Oct 958 440 45.9% 51.4% 41.6%
Nov 892 395 44.3% 45.1% 43.5%
Dec 466 209 44.8% 48.8% 41.6%
Jan 637 287 45.1% 45.8% 44.3%
Feb 578 275 47.6% 53.4% 42.0%
Mar 804 389 48.4% 50.3% 46.8%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.7pp higher rate than female candidates at Nottingham (Chalfont Drive).

35% 39% 43% 47% 51% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007: 36.1% 2008: 39.4% 2009: 37.1% 2010: 43.5% 2011: 45.1% 2007: 41.7% 2008: 43.3% 2009: 44.3% 2010: 47.4% 2011: 51.8%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Nottingham (Chalfont Drive)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 436.752 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1213.0% 18: 1293.0% 19: 753.0% 20: 594.0% 21: 491.0% 22: 463.0% 23: 392.0% 24: 380.0% 25: 337.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Nottingham (Chalfont Drive) with 1293.0% from 51.36363636363636 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 337.0%. The 956.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
17521213.0%59.9%299.0%
1851.3641293.0%55.5%339.0%
1945.802753.0%51.1%180.0%
2052.597594.0%51.4%162.0%
2151.971491.0%54.2%145.0%
2248.627463.0%49.0%124.0%
2349.573392.0%55.7%116.0%
2445.045380.0%58.9%100.0%
2539.773337.0%50.3%70.0%

Automatic vs Manual

43.1%Automatic Pass Rate
48.2%Overall Pass Rate
357Auto Tests/Year

At Nottingham (Chalfont Drive), the automatic test pass rate is 43.1%, which is 5.1 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 48.2%. 357 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.

Male automatic candidates pass at 48.2% compared to 41.5% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2008 2009 2010 2009: 40.5% 2010: 45.3% 2011: 48.2% 2008: 39.8% 2009: 36.4% 2010: 43.1%
Automatic Overall

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