Sidcup Driving Test Centre

· Greater London

45.1%
final pass rate 11,196 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

45.1% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -0.2pp
47.6% Male Pass Rate
42.1% Female Pass Rate
56,906 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Sidcup pass rate over 6 years

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 41.1% 2008: 42.6% 2009: 41.2% 2010: 43.2% 2011: 45.3% 2012: 45.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 908 433 47.7% 48.8% 46.0%
May 1,152 543 47.1% 49.6% 43.6%
Jun 886 396 44.7% 49.0% 39.3%
Jul 1,205 567 47.1% 52.3% 41.0%
Aug 1,076 479 44.5% 45.0% 43.9%
Sep 687 328 47.7% 46.4% 49.4%
Oct 1,150 513 44.6% 45.7% 43.4%
Nov 1,074 486 45.3% 46.6% 43.6%
Dec 651 267 41.0% 46.9% 34.6%
Jan 827 394 47.6% 49.3% 45.5%
Feb 809 331 40.9% 44.1% 36.7%
Mar 771 316 41.0% 44.8% 36.2%

Gender Comparison

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

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 36.5% 2008: 39.0% 2009: 38.8% 2010: 41.2% 2011: 42.1% 2012: 42.1% 2007: 45.0% 2008: 45.8% 2009: 43.3% 2010: 44.9% 2011: 48.2% 2012: 47.6%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Sidcup? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 403.423 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1835.0% 18: 1266.0% 19: 701.0% 20: 522.0% 21: 453.0% 22: 449.0% 23: 431.0% 24: 384.0% 25: 340.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Sidcup with 1835.0% from 52.83251231527093 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 340.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1495.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1752.8331835.0%56.3%429.0%
1846.9841266.0%50.0%296.0%
1942.089701.0%46.8%133.0%
2040.179522.0%46.6%90.0%
2144.131453.0%45.8%94.0%
2241.706449.0%50.0%88.0%
2340.741431.0%45.6%88.0%
2452.761384.0%49.3%86.0%
2542340.0%47.9%63.0%

Automatic vs Manual

39.7%Automatic Pass Rate
45.1%Overall Pass Rate
1,353Auto Tests/Year

At Sidcup, the automatic test pass rate is 39.7%, which is 5.4 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 45.1%. With 1,353 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 42.9% compared to 38.3% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 41.2% 2010: 43.2% 2011: 45.3% 2012: 45.1% 2008: 34.8% 2009: 31.2% 2010: 36.7% 2012: 39.7%
Automatic Overall

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