Sutton Driving Test Centre

· North Yorkshire

45.8%
final pass rate 8,313 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

45.8% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.1pp
48.2% Male Pass Rate
43.7% Female Pass Rate
36,820 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Sutton pass rate over 5 years

45% 46% 47% 48% 49% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 48.1% 2008: 48.0% 2009: 49.9% 2011: 45.7% 2012: 45.8%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 697 309 44.3% 48.2% 41.5%
May 756 340 45.0% 46.1% 44.0%
Jun 583 285 48.9% 49.6% 48.4%
Jul 701 340 48.5% 50.8% 46.5%
Aug 604 260 43.0% 43.5% 42.7%
Sep 777 369 47.5% 50.3% 44.8%
Oct 734 299 40.7% 43.0% 38.6%
Nov 804 367 45.6% 49.7% 42.0%
Dec 658 315 47.9% 50.6% 45.3%
Jan 626 312 49.8% 49.8% 49.8%
Feb 699 304 43.5% 49.1% 37.9%
Mar 674 307 45.5% 47.4% 43.9%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 4.5pp higher rate than female candidates at Sutton.

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 44.2% 2008: 43.3% 2009: 46.1% 2011: 42.7% 2012: 43.7% 2007: 52.5% 2008: 53.1% 2009: 54.3% 2011: 49.1% 2012: 48.2%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Sutton? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 422.982 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1355.0% 18: 988.0% 19: 554.0% 20: 400.0% 21: 366.0% 22: 310.0% 23: 278.0% 24: 253.0% 25: 259.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Sutton with 1355.0% from 57.68645357686453 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 253.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1102.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1757.6861355.0%53.3%379.0%
1848.444988.0%49.4%249.0%
1942.177554.0%54.6%124.0%
2046.734400.0%47.3%93.0%
2143.114366.0%44.2%72.0%
2249.143310.0%55.6%86.0%
2347.857278.0%51.4%67.0%
2444.628253.0%41.7%54.0%
2543.2259.0%48.5%54.0%

Automatic vs Manual

41.2%Automatic Pass Rate
45.8%Overall Pass Rate
1,102Auto Tests/Year

At Sutton, the automatic test pass rate is 41.2%, which is 4.6 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 45.8%. With 1,102 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 47.5% compared to 39.3% for females.

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