Weston-Super-Mare Driving Test Centre

· North Somerset

56.5%
final pass rate 5,807 tests/year · 7 years of data · DVSA data: 2013-14

Key Statistics

53.2% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.7pp
56.5% Male Pass Rate
50.2% Female Pass Rate
34,182 Total Tests (7 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Weston-Super-Mare pass rate over 7 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 47.4% 2008: 48.8% 2009: 52.2% 2010: 52.2% 2011: 51.7% 2012: 52.5% 2013: 53.2%

Monthly Breakdown (2013-14)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 325 184 56.6% 60.3% 53.4%
May 370 201 54.3% 54.8% 53.8%
Jun 287 160 55.7% 61.5% 50.0%
Jul 399 204 51.1% 51.1% 51.2%
Aug 325 169 52.0% 56.4% 47.5%
Sep 322 166 51.6% 51.0% 52.0%
Oct 431 228 52.9% 55.9% 49.8%
Nov 407 204 50.1% 53.0% 47.8%
Dec 336 187 55.7% 67.3% 45.6%
Jan 386 221 57.3% 63.2% 52.0%
Feb 339 176 51.9% 52.1% 51.7%
Mar 423 215 50.8% 54.0% 48.0%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.3pp higher rate than female candidates at Weston-Super-Mare.

40% 44% 48% 52% 56% 60% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 44.1% 2008: 45.3% 2009: 48.9% 2010: 49.8% 2011: 49.6% 2012: 49.5% 2013: 50.2% 2007: 50.9% 2008: 52.5% 2009: 55.7% 2010: 54.9% 2011: 54.1% 2012: 55.9% 2013: 56.5%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Weston-Super-Mare? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 448.831 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1424.0% 18: 743.0% 19: 328.0% 20: 226.0% 21: 167.0% 22: 197.0% 23: 127.0% 24: 118.0% 25: 115.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Weston-Super-Mare with 1424.0% from 56.05839416058394 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 115.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1309.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1756.0581424.0%59.4%384.0%
1848.634743.0%53.1%178.0%
1948.901328.0%60.3%89.0%
2060.55226.0%53.0%66.0%
2143.023167.0%63.0%37.0%
2249.107197.0%44.7%55.0%
2347.826127.0%58.6%33.0%
2446.97118.0%53.8%31.0%
2547.761115.0%66.7%32.0%

Automatic vs Manual

52.2%Automatic Pass Rate
53.2%Overall Pass Rate
138Auto Tests/Year

At Weston-Super-Mare, the automatic test pass rate is 52.2%, which is similar to the overall pass rate of 53.2%. 138 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

Female automatic candidates pass at 55.8% compared to 41.2% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2009: 52.2% 2010: 52.2% 2011: 51.7% 2012: 52.5% 2013: 53.2% 2008: 47.2% 2009: 42.1% 2010: 47.5% 2012: 47.9% 2013: 52.2%
Automatic Overall