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Bedford Driving Test Centre

A test from Bedford can go out through Kempston, Harpur, De Parys and Brickhill, and on the roads between them.

53.7%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 3.7 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 10

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 51

Mini-roundabout 33

Emerging at a junction 5

Traffic lights 55

Bus lane merge 3

Buses only 5

One-way street 33

Turn banned 33

Compulsory turn 1

Pedestrian crossing 43

Signal-controlled crossing 32

Speed limit change 14

Road humps 14

Dual carriageway 5

Bridge 37

Crossroads 26

Slip road 6

Junction 110

Central reservation 3

Speed limit 61

School 50

Bedford 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 · 53.7%

3.7 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0% (the marker on the bar).

81st highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 8,854; 4,756 passed
First attempts: 54.4%; 2,601 of 4,785
Median wait: 27.1 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 46.8%; 2,888 tests
Manual: 57.0%; 5,966 tests
Women · men: 52.3% · 54.8%
Aged 17: 69.3%
Aged 17 to 25: 60.6%
Car tests start from: Bedford Heights, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7NY; 52.14824, -0.47654

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	53.7%	8,854	4,756	3.7 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	49.9%	8,958	4,472	1.2 points above (48.7%)
2023-24	52.7%	8,665	4,564	4.8 points above (47.9%)
2022-23	56.0%	5,501	3,079	7.6 points above (48.4%)
2021-22	54.3%	4,595	2,494	5.4 points above (48.9%)
2011-12	45.6%	6,751	3,081	–
2010-11	47.1%	6,729	3,172	–
2009-10	45.0%	6,201	2,792	–
2008-09	43.9%	6,736	2,960	–
2007-08	44.2%	6,865	3,037	–

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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Bedford beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Bedford	53.7%	54.4%	8,854	27.1 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Wellingborough	60.0%	59.4%	1,450	21.4 wks	24.1 km
Bletchley	51.5%	49.6%	9,415	14.6 wks	25.0 km
Letchworth	57.5%	59.3%	5,243	25.0 wks	26.0 km
Leighton Buzzard, Stanbridge Road	49.9%	48.8%	7,667	16.6 wks	28.3 km
Luton	39.2%	35.8%	7,759	10.3 wks	30.3 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 Bedford in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 27.1 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 19.5 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 574 tests here in 2025-26, 6.5 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 Bedford test centre

What is the pass rate at Bedford driving test centre?

53.7% of driving tests at Bedford were passes in 2025-26: 4,756 of 8,854, according to DVSA. That is 3.7 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 8,854 car driving tests at Bedford in 2025-26, of which 4,756 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Bedford different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 54.4% (2,601 of 4,785) in 2025-26, against 53.7% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Bedford was 27.1 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 Bedford driving test centre?

Car tests start from Bedford Heights, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7NY. On a map it is at 52.14824, -0.47654.

Is there an official list of routes for Bedford 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 Bedford compare with nearby test centres?

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Bedford was 53.7%. The nearest centres with a page here: Wellingborough 60.0% (24.1 km away); Bletchley 51.5% (25.0 km away); Letchworth 57.5% (26.0 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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