Test centre · Banbury

Banbury Driving Test Centre

A test from Banbury can go out through Neithrop, Calthorpe, Easington and Ruscote, and on the roads between them.

41.3%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 8.7 points below Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 9

DVSA does not publish test routes. These are shown for visualisation and practice only.

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 35

Mini-roundabout 5

Emerging at a junction 2

Traffic lights 41

Bus lane merge 1

Buses only 5

One-way street 11

Turn banned 19

Compulsory turn 3

Pedestrian crossing 6

Signal-controlled crossing 9

Speed limit change 32

Road humps 17

Dual carriageway 8

Bridge 23

Crossroads 9

Slip road 2

Junction 53

Central reservation 3

Speed limit 49

School 27

Banbury in DVSA's figures

DVSA figures for 2025-26, published 25 June 2026 · waiting time for July 2026, published 9 September 2026

Pass rate · 2025-26 · 41.3%

8.7 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0% (the marker on the bar).

240th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 9,069; 3,741 passed
First attempts: 39.6%; 1,706 of 4,308
Median wait: 18.1 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 35.8%; 2,346 tests
Manual: 43.1%; 6,723 tests
Women · men: 41.7% · 40.8%
Aged 17: 51.3%
Aged 17 to 25: 45.2%
Car tests start from: Suite 008 and 009, Colin Sanders Innovation Centre, Mewburn Road, Banbury, OX16 9PA; 52.05775, -1.34888

Source: DVSA tables DRT122A, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E, DRT122F, DRT121G. Manual is our arithmetic: all tests minus automatic. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and notes

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Pass rate by year

Year	Pass rate	Tests	Passes	Against Great Britain
2025-26	41.3%	9,069	3,741	8.7 points below (50.0%)
2024-25	39.9%	8,241	3,287	8.8 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	40.8%	6,679	2,727	7.1 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	43.5%	6,747	2,935	4.9 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	46.0%	6,265	2,883	2.9 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	55.5%	1,631	905	5.7 points above (49.8%)
2019-20	50.2%	5,264	2,641	4.3 points above (45.9%)
2018-19	52.3%	5,005	2,617	–
2017-18	53.1%	5,468	2,901	–
2016-17	53.8%	5,536	2,981	–
2015-16	51.8%	5,798	3,005	–
2014-15	51.6%	4,850	2,501	–
2013-14	52.9%	4,857	2,569	–
2012-13	51.2%	4,769	2,441	–
2011-12	51.9%	5,291	2,744	–
2010-11	53.0%	5,155	2,732	–
2009-10	51.8%	4,666	2,418	–
2008-09	52.2%	5,267	2,752	–
2007-08	52.5%	5,583	2,933	–

DVSA table DRT122A, each financial year it publishes for this centre. Great Britain from DRT121G, which starts in January 2019, so a dash marks a year with no whole-year Great Britain figure to compare.

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Banbury beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Banbury	41.3%	39.6%	9,069	18.1 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Warwick, Wedgenock House	48.5%	47.3%	15,070	18.0 wks	31.4 km
Rugby	51.4%	55.0%	6,664	9.4 wks	35.1 km
Oxford, Cowley	50.6%	49.0%	5,419	5.0 wks	36.6 km
Northampton	52.1%	51.8%	13,539	7.9 wks	36.8 km
Bletchley	51.5%	49.6%	9,415	14.6 wks	42.1 km

Pass rates and tests for 2025-26; waits for tests taken in July 2026. A dash means DVSA publishes no figure we hold. Distances are straight lines between centres, and only centres with a page here are listed (find them from all test centres), so a centre we have not mapped yet may be nearer. You can book at any centre, but since 9 June 2026 a booked test can only be moved to one of the 3 centres nearest it, or back to the one you first booked (GOV.UK).

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Waiting times and booking

For tests taken at Banbury in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 18.1 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 24.0 weeks until at least one in ten appointments a week was free. These are a past month's figures; the dates you can book today are on GOV.UK.

DVSA cancelled 706 tests here in 2025-26, 7.8 for every 100 it conducted, most often for medical absence. These are DVSA's own cancellations; we have found no published figures for tests cancelled by candidates.

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Questions about Banbury test centre

What is the pass rate at Banbury driving test centre?

41.3% of driving tests at Banbury were passes in 2025-26: 3,741 of 9,069, according to DVSA. That is 8.7 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

How many driving tests were taken at Banbury in the latest year?

DVSA records 9,069 car driving tests at Banbury in 2025-26, of which 3,741 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Banbury different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 39.6% (1,706 of 4,308) in 2025-26, against 41.3% for all attempts.

What is the waiting time for a driving test at Banbury?

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Banbury was 18.1 weeks for tests taken in July 2026. It is a month's figure, not today's: GOV.UK shows the dates you can book now.

Where exactly is Banbury driving test centre?

Car tests start from Suite 008 and 009, Colin Sanders Innovation Centre, Mewburn Road, Banbury, OX16 9PA. On a map it is at 52.05775, -1.34888.

Is there an official list of routes for Banbury driving test centre?

No. DVSA stopped publishing test routes in October 2010, and they are still not published, so you cannot check them before your test. The drives on this page are for visualisation and practice only: they show the kind of roads a test from here can use.

How does Banbury compare with nearby test centres?

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Banbury was 41.3%. The nearest centres with a page here: Warwick, Wedgenock House 48.5% (31.4 km away); Rugby 51.4% (35.1 km away); Oxford, Cowley 50.6% (36.6 km away).

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Sources and notes

DRT122A: Car driving test pass rates by gender and month: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
DRT122C: Car driving test pass rates by first driving attempt and gender, including zero faults: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
DRT122D: Car driving test pass rates by age (17 to 25 year olds) and year: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
DRT122E: Automatic car driving test pass rates by gender: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
DRT122F: Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.
DRT121G: Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.

All from DVSA's driving test statistics, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Analysis by Driving Mastery; DVSA does not endorse it. A pass rate is not a measure of how hard a test centre is. It reflects who books there and how prepared they are, the mix of automatic and manual tests, and local road conditions, as well as anything about the centre itself. Manual figures are all tests minus automatic tests, which is our arithmetic rather than a DVSA figure. Waiting times are a median over the tests taken that month, not a quoted booking lead time.

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