Test centre · Plymouth

Plymouth Driving Test Centre

A test from Plymouth can go out through Saltash, Ernesettle, Kings Tamerton and Badgers Wood, and on the roads between them.

40.7%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 9.3 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 19

Mini-roundabout 52

Emerging at a junction 4

Traffic lights 29

Bus lane merge 2

One-way street 20

Turn banned 47

Compulsory turn 2

Pedestrian crossing 9

Signal-controlled crossing 3

Speed limit change 26

Road humps 7

Dual carriageway 8

Bridge 25

Crossroads 17

Slip road 19

Junction 56

Central reservation 16

Speed limit 77

School 40

Plymouth 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 · 40.7%

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

243rd highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 11,167; 4,546 passed
First attempts: 38.8%; 1,781 of 4,589
Median wait: 7.0 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 34.5%; 2,442 tests
Manual: 42.4%; 8,725 tests
Women · men: 43.7% · 38.3%
Aged 17: 51.2%
Aged 17 to 25: 45.8%
Car tests start from: Ernesettle Lane, Plymouth, PL5 2EY; 50.41742, -4.18569

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	40.7%	11,167	4,546	9.3 points below (50.0%)
2024-25	40.8%	9,867	4,023	7.9 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	40.3%	9,037	3,641	7.6 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	37.2%	9,345	3,475	11.2 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	39.4%	7,671	3,021	9.5 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	42.4%	2,327	986	7.4 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	38.6%	8,563	3,303	7.3 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	37.4%	7,948	2,975	–
2017-18	40.5%	9,035	3,657	–
2016-17	43.5%	9,304	4,049	–
2015-16	41.5%	7,934	3,296	–
2014-15	41.4%	8,411	3,485	–
2013-14	44.3%	7,739	3,430	–
2012-13	45.3%	7,159	3,240	–
2011-12	43.9%	7,894	3,462	–
2009-10	45.5%	7,444	3,387	–

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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Plymouth beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Plymouth	40.7%	38.8%	11,167	7.0 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Bodmin	47.5%	45.2%	6,392	3.6 wks	37.2 km
Newton Abbot	53.8%	54.5%	6,591	6.8 wks	43.4 km
Barnstaple	51.4%	53.8%	5,562	8.0 wks	74.6 km
Camborne	40.6%	37.8%	6,271	5.6 wks	79.8 km
Penzance	46.5%	43.4%	507	21.0 wks	102.0 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 Plymouth in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 7.0 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 15.3 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 140 tests here in 2025-26, 1.3 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 Plymouth test centre

What is the pass rate at Plymouth driving test centre?

40.7% of driving tests at Plymouth were passes in 2025-26: 4,546 of 11,167, according to DVSA. That is 9.3 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 11,167 car driving tests at Plymouth in 2025-26, of which 4,546 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Plymouth different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 38.8% (1,781 of 4,589) in 2025-26, against 40.7% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Plymouth 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 Plymouth driving test centre?

Car tests start from Ernesettle Lane, Plymouth, PL5 2EY. On a map it is at 50.41742, -4.18569.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Plymouth was 40.7%. The nearest centres with a page here: Bodmin 47.5% (37.2 km away); Newton Abbot 53.8% (43.4 km away); Barnstaple 51.4% (74.6 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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