Test centre · Doncaster

Doncaster Driving Test Centre

A test from Doncaster can go out through Wheatley Hills, Intake, Wheatley and Hyde Park, and on the roads between them.

53.2%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 3.2 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 30

Mini-roundabout 8

Emerging at a junction 3

Traffic lights 30

Bus lane merge 5

One-way street 15

Turn banned 17

Compulsory turn 5

Pedestrian crossing 2

Signal-controlled crossing 12

Speed limit change 5

Dual carriageway 16

Bridge 14

Crossroads 32

Slip road 2

Junction 45

Central reservation 15

Speed limit 23

School 33

Level crossing 5

Doncaster 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 · 53.2%

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

Joint 85th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 7,334; 3,903 passed
First attempts: 53.3%; 2,040 of 3,826
Median wait: 17.0 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 49.1%; 1,749 tests
Manual: 54.5%; 5,585 tests
Women · men: 52.8% · 53.6%
Aged 17: 65.5%
Aged 17 to 25: 57.3%
Car tests start from: Unit 10 & 11 Heather Court, Shaw Wood Business Park, Shaw Wood Way, Doncaster, DN2 5YL; 53.54303, -1.08653

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	53.2%	7,334	3,903	3.2 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	42.0%	7,865	3,303	6.7 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	42.3%	8,097	3,426	5.6 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	40.8%	8,509	3,469	7.6 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	43.1%	7,629	3,286	5.8 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	41.5%	1,674	694	8.3 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	44.0%	7,088	3,121	1.9 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	43.7%	7,609	3,323	–
2017-18	44.3%	7,418	3,287	–
2016-17	45.7%	8,338	3,813	–
2015-16	47.9%	6,717	3,217	–
2014-15	48.8%	7,007	3,420	–
2013-14	49.1%	6,390	3,140	–
2012-13	50.4%	5,820	2,934	–
2011-12	47.0%	7,218	3,389	–
2010-11	48.0%	6,521	3,127	–
2009-10	48.3%	6,657	3,213	–
2008-09	47.8%	7,946	3,800	–
2007-08	46.3%	7,927	3,668	–

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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Doncaster beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Doncaster	53.2%	53.3%	7,334	17.0 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Rotherham	53.1%	54.7%	9,134	9.5 wks	21.2 km
Pontefract	46.9%	47.0%	5,544	13.9 wks	24.8 km
Worksop	55.2%	56.2%	5,975	11.0 wks	24.9 km
Sheffield, Handsworth	44.1%	44.7%	9,788	6.0 wks	26.7 km
Barnsley	58.5%	60.6%	7,737	5.4 wks	27.6 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 Doncaster in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 17.0 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 23.3 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 840 tests here in 2025-26, 11.5 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 Doncaster test centre

What is the pass rate at Doncaster driving test centre?

53.2% of driving tests at Doncaster were passes in 2025-26: 3,903 of 7,334, according to DVSA. That is 3.2 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 7,334 car driving tests at Doncaster in 2025-26, of which 3,903 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Doncaster different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 53.3% (2,040 of 3,826) in 2025-26, against 53.2% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Doncaster was 17.0 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 Doncaster driving test centre?

Car tests start from Unit 10 & 11 Heather Court, Shaw Wood Business Park, Shaw Wood Way, Doncaster, DN2 5YL. On a map it is at 53.54303, -1.08653.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Doncaster was 53.2%. The nearest centres with a page here: Rotherham 53.1% (21.2 km away); Pontefract 46.9% (24.8 km away); Worksop 55.2% (24.9 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.

Every centre's figures as CSV or JSON.

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