Test centre · Leeds (Colton Mill)

Leeds, Colton Mill Driving Test Centre

A test from Leeds, Colton Mill can go out through Garforth, Whitkirk, Manston and Halton, and on the roads between them.

51.8%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 1.8 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 7

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 25

Mini-roundabout 12

Emerging at a junction 14

Traffic lights 74

Bus lane merge 12

Buses only 1

One-way street 9

Turn banned 11

Compulsory turn 2

Pedestrian crossing 14

Signal-controlled crossing 6

Speed limit change 44

Road humps 50

Dual carriageway 15

Bridge 24

STOP sign 2

Crossroads 30

Slip road 2

Junction 86

Central reservation 10

Speed limit 86

School 28

Leeds, Colton Mill 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 · 51.8%

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

Joint 113th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 6,432; 3,332 passed
First attempts: 53.4%; 1,692 of 3,169
Median wait: 8.4 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 47.0%; 2,255 tests
Manual: 54.4%; 4,177 tests
Women · men: 49.1% · 53.9%
Aged 17: 66.5%
Aged 17 to 25: 58.6%
Car tests start from: Part Ground Floor, Unit 1, Colton Mill Office Park, Bullerthorpe Lane, Leeds, LS15 9JN; 53.79204, -1.43029

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	51.8%	6,432	3,332	1.8 points above (50.0%)

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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Leeds, Colton Mill beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Leeds, Colton Mill	51.8%	53.4%	6,432	8.4 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Leeds, Fearnville	51.8%	52.8%	4,676	9.6 wks	4.4 km
Pontefract	46.9%	47.0%	5,544	13.9 wks	11.1 km
Horsforth	49.7%	51.1%	12,466	10.7 wks	13.7 km
Wakefield	45.4%	46.6%	11,653	7.6 wks	14.3 km
Walton LGV	59.8%	63.7%	1,894	8.9 wks	16.0 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 Leeds, Colton Mill in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 8.4 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 16.0 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 786 tests here in 2025-26, 12.2 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 Leeds, Colton Mill test centre

What is the pass rate at Leeds, Colton Mill driving test centre?

51.8% of driving tests at Leeds, Colton Mill were passes in 2025-26: 3,332 of 6,432, according to DVSA. That is 1.8 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

How many driving tests were taken at Leeds, Colton Mill in the latest year?

DVSA records 6,432 car driving tests at Leeds, Colton Mill in 2025-26, of which 3,332 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Leeds, Colton Mill different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 53.4% (1,692 of 3,169) in 2025-26, against 51.8% for all attempts.

What is the waiting time for a driving test at Leeds, Colton Mill?

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Leeds, Colton Mill was 8.4 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 Leeds, Colton Mill driving test centre?

Car tests start from Part Ground Floor, Unit 1, Colton Mill Office Park, Bullerthorpe Lane, Leeds, LS15 9JN. On a map it is at 53.79204, -1.43029.

Is there an official list of routes for Leeds, Colton Mill 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 Leeds, Colton Mill compare with nearby test centres?

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Leeds, Colton Mill was 51.8%. The nearest centres with a page here: Leeds, Fearnville 51.8% (4.4 km away); Pontefract 46.9% (11.1 km away); Horsforth 49.7% (13.7 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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