Test centre · Birmingham (Garretts Green)

Birmingham, Garretts Green Driving Test Centre

A test from Garretts Green can go out through Chelmsley Wood, Lyndon Green, Fordbridge and Sheldon, and on the roads between them.

44.4%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 5.6 points below Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 8

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 72

Mini-roundabout 36

Emerging at a junction 67

Traffic lights 39

Bus lane merge 10

Buses only 8

One-way street 9

Turn banned 13

Compulsory turn 3

Pedestrian crossing 17

Signal-controlled crossing 58

Speed limit change 16

Road humps 61

Dual carriageway 20

Bridge 32

Crossroads 48

Slip road 13

Junction 75

Central reservation 13

Speed limit 39

School 69

Birmingham, Garretts Green 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 · 44.4%

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

Joint 218th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 22,480; 9,980 passed
First attempts: 42.0%; 3,867 of 9,212
Median wait: 7.0 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 41.0%; 7,066 tests
Manual: 46.0%; 15,414 tests
Women · men: 40.7% · 46.9%
Aged 17: 56.4%
Aged 17 to 25: 48.5%
Car tests start from: Granby Avenue, Garretts Green, Birmingham, B33 0SD; 52.4727, -1.7713

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	44.4%	22,480	9,980	5.6 points below (50.0%)
2024-25	42.0%	21,871	9,189	6.7 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	40.2%	21,951	8,828	7.7 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	42.9%	12,677	5,440	5.5 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	41.3%	11,486	4,740	7.6 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	42.9%	3,393	1,456	6.9 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	38.0%	12,399	4,716	7.9 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	36.7%	14,093	5,173	–
2017-18	40.1%	15,349	6,156	–
2016-17	39.5%	11,066	4,372	–
2015-16	42.0%	10,235	4,298	–
2014-15	39.4%	11,267	4,437	–
2013-14	39.8%	10,876	4,327	–
2012-13	40.0%	8,738	3,493	–
2011-12	39.8%	9,080	3,615	–
2009-10	39.8%	8,116	3,232	–

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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Birmingham, Garretts Green beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Birmingham, Garretts Green	44.4%	42.0%	22,480	7.0 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Birmingham, South Yardley	42.8%	40.5%	14,471	10.0 wks	3.3 km
Birmingham, Shirley	56.6%	58.3%	9,385	16.2 wks	8.3 km
Birmingham, Cocks Moors Woods	53.5%	55.5%	486	3.1 wks	10.1 km
Kings Heath	46.8%	45.6%	9,072	11.7 wks	10.8 km
Birmingham, Kingstanding	48.5%	47.2%	16,133	23.0 wks	11.3 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 Birmingham, Garretts Green in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 7.0 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 2,332 tests here in 2025-26, 10.4 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 Birmingham, Garretts Green test centre

What is the pass rate at Birmingham, Garretts Green driving test centre?

44.4% of driving tests at Birmingham, Garretts Green were passes in 2025-26: 9,980 of 22,480, according to DVSA. That is 5.6 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

How many driving tests were taken at Birmingham, Garretts Green in the latest year?

DVSA records 22,480 car driving tests at Birmingham, Garretts Green in 2025-26, of which 9,980 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Birmingham, Garretts Green different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 42.0% (3,867 of 9,212) in 2025-26, against 44.4% for all attempts.

What is the waiting time for a driving test at Birmingham, Garretts Green?

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Birmingham, Garretts Green was 7.0 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 Birmingham, Garretts Green driving test centre?

Car tests start from Granby Avenue, Garretts Green, Birmingham, B33 0SD. On a map it is at 52.4727, -1.7713.

Is there an official list of routes for Birmingham, Garretts Green 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 Birmingham, Garretts Green compare with nearby test centres?

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Birmingham, Garretts Green was 44.4%. The nearest centres with a page here: Birmingham, South Yardley 42.8% (3.3 km away); Birmingham, Shirley 56.6% (8.3 km away); Birmingham, Cocks Moors Woods 53.5% (10.1 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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