Test centre · Northampton

Northampton Driving Test Centre

A test from Northampton can go out through Spencer, Dallington, King's Heath and Semilong, and on the roads between them.

52.1%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 2.1 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 9

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 80

Mini-roundabout 48

Emerging at a junction 2

Traffic lights 123

Bus lane merge 12

Buses only 4

One-way street 52

Turn banned 103

Compulsory turn 4

Pedestrian crossing 28

Signal-controlled crossing 57

Speed limit change 70

Road humps 51

Dual carriageway 27

Bridge 50

STOP sign 4

Crossroads 66

Slip road 19

Junction 198

Central reservation 17

Speed limit 70

School 77

Northampton 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 · 52.1%

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

Joint 106th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 13,539; 7,050 passed
First attempts: 51.8%; 3,571 of 6,892
Median wait: 7.9 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 45.9%; 5,142 tests
Manual: 55.8%; 8,397 tests
Women · men: 51.0% · 52.9%
Aged 17: 67.3%
Aged 17 to 25: 59.1%
Car tests start from: Gladstone Business Centre, Gladstone Road, Northampton, NN5 7QA; 52.25165, -0.91257

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	52.1%	13,539	7,050	2.1 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	50.4%	12,825	6,464	1.7 points above (48.7%)
2023-24	49.2%	12,392	6,103	1.3 points above (47.9%)
2022-23	47.7%	11,804	5,629	0.7 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	47.8%	9,732	4,656	1.1 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	48.9%	2,650	1,295	0.9 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	44.8%	9,659	4,332	1.1 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	48.7%	9,005	4,387	–
2017-18	51.2%	8,272	4,234	–
2016-17	52.8%	8,537	4,507	–
2015-16	50.1%	7,401	3,706	–
2014-15	46.9%	8,604	4,032	–
2013-14	46.2%	8,246	3,806	–
2012-13	48.7%	7,348	3,578	–
2011-12	49.2%	7,907	3,889	–
2010-11	48.0%	7,847	3,766	–
2009-10	47.8%	7,850	3,753	–
2008-09	47.4%	8,213	3,889	–
2007-08	47.2%	8,161	3,856	–

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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Northampton beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Northampton	52.1%	51.8%	13,539	7.9 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Wellingborough	60.0%	59.4%	1,450	21.4 wks	14.0 km
Kettering	49.1%	50.1%	11,876	7.3 wks	19.0 km
Rugby	51.4%	55.0%	6,664	9.4 wks	28.7 km
Bletchley	51.5%	49.6%	9,415	14.6 wks	30.9 km
Bedford	53.7%	54.4%	8,854	27.1 wks	31.9 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 Northampton in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 7.9 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 723 tests here in 2025-26, 5.3 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 Northampton test centre

What is the pass rate at Northampton driving test centre?

52.1% of driving tests at Northampton were passes in 2025-26: 7,050 of 13,539, according to DVSA. That is 2.1 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 13,539 car driving tests at Northampton in 2025-26, of which 7,050 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Northampton different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 51.8% (3,571 of 6,892) in 2025-26, against 52.1% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Northampton was 7.9 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 Northampton driving test centre?

Car tests start from Gladstone Business Centre, Gladstone Road, Northampton, NN5 7QA. On a map it is at 52.25165, -0.91257.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Northampton was 52.1%. The nearest centres with a page here: Wellingborough 60.0% (14.0 km away); Kettering 49.1% (19.0 km away); Rugby 51.4% (28.7 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.

Every centre's figures as CSV or JSON.

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