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Huddersfield Driving Test Centre

A test from Huddersfield can go out through Brighouse, Sheepridge, Brackenhall and Fartown, and on the roads between them.

49.2%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 0.8 points below 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 18

Mini-roundabout 26

Emerging at a junction 10

Traffic lights 102

Bus lane merge 15

Buses only 1

One-way street 34

Turn banned 64

Compulsory turn 8

Pedestrian crossing 23

Signal-controlled crossing 2

Speed limit change 45

Road humps 15

Dual carriageway 15

Bridge 61

STOP sign 2

Crossroads 82

Slip road 6

Junction 181

Central reservation 14

Speed limit 35

School 42

Huddersfield 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 · 49.2%

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

159th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 10,563; 5,198 passed
First attempts: 49.4%; 2,511 of 5,086
Median wait: 11.1 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 43.4%; 2,775 tests
Manual: 51.3%; 7,788 tests
Women · men: 47.4% · 50.6%
Aged 17: 61.6%
Aged 17 to 25: 54.1%
Car tests start from: Board Room 1 and Board Room 2, Chestnut Centre, 2A Chestnut Street, Huddersfield, HD2 1HJ; 53.66809, -1.76873

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	49.2%	10,563	5,198	0.8 points below (50.0%)
2024-25	48.4%	9,223	4,468	0.3 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	48.9%	8,996	4,401	1.0 points above (47.9%)
2022-23	45.0%	7,270	3,268	3.4 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	47.2%	6,964	3,289	1.7 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	51.3%	2,309	1,184	1.5 points above (49.8%)
2019-20	46.6%	6,577	3,067	0.7 points above (45.9%)
2018-19	46.8%	6,771	3,166	–
2017-18	47.7%	7,340	3,501	–
2016-17	48.5%	7,809	3,791	–
2015-16	47.3%	6,588	3,113	–
2014-15	43.3%	7,160	3,101	–
2013-14	44.4%	6,432	2,859	–
2012-13	46.3%	5,302	2,457	–
2011-12	45.4%	6,992	3,174	–
2010-11	43.7%	6,691	2,921	–
2009-10	45.1%	6,363	2,867	–
2008-09	42.6%	7,810	3,325	–
2007-08	38.8%	7,571	2,935	–

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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Huddersfield beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Huddersfield	49.2%	49.4%	10,563	11.1 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Heckmondwike	45.8%	45.8%	5,471	10.1 wks	7.8 km
Halifax	45.0%	42.9%	5,845	11.1 wks	10.6 km
Wakefield	45.4%	46.6%	11,653	7.6 wks	14.7 km
Bradford, Thornbury	47.8%	47.5%	10,831	6.5 wks	15.1 km
Bradford, Heaton	56.1%	54.3%	8,354	15.1 wks	15.7 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 Huddersfield in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 11.1 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 18.0 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 528 tests here in 2025-26, 5.0 for every 100 it conducted, most often for examiner leave. These are DVSA's own cancellations; we have found no published figures for tests cancelled by candidates.

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Questions about Huddersfield test centre

What is the pass rate at Huddersfield driving test centre?

49.2% of driving tests at Huddersfield were passes in 2025-26: 5,198 of 10,563, according to DVSA. That is 0.8 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 10,563 car driving tests at Huddersfield in 2025-26, of which 5,198 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Huddersfield different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 49.4% (2,511 of 5,086) in 2025-26, against 49.2% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Huddersfield was 11.1 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 Huddersfield driving test centre?

Car tests start from Board Room 1 and Board Room 2, Chestnut Centre, 2A Chestnut Street, Huddersfield, HD2 1HJ. On a map it is at 53.66809, -1.76873.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Huddersfield was 49.2%. The nearest centres with a page here: Heckmondwike 45.8% (7.8 km away); Halifax 45.0% (10.6 km away); Wakefield 45.4% (14.7 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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