Test centre · St Albans

St Albans Driving Test Centre

A test from St Albans can go out through Bernards Heath, Townsend, Cottonmill and Fleetville, and on the roads between them.

50.7%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 0.7 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 20

Mini-roundabout 42

Emerging at a junction 7

Traffic lights 67

Buses only 1

One-way street 23

Turn banned 43

Compulsory turn 2

Pedestrian crossing 27

Signal-controlled crossing 3

Speed limit change 43

Road humps 40

Dual carriageway 5

Bridge 25

STOP sign 2

Crossroads 18

Junction 86

Central reservation 3

Speed limit 36

School 50

St Albans 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 · 50.7%

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

Joint 143rd highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 7,336; 3,721 passed
First attempts: 49.4%; 1,914 of 3,873
Median wait: 6.7 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 47.7%; 2,454 tests
Manual: 52.3%; 4,882 tests
Women · men: 49.2% · 51.9%
Aged 17: 60.7%
Aged 17 to 25: 53.7%
Car tests start from: Beauver House, 6 Bricket Road, St Albans, AL1 3JX; 51.75244, -0.33512

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	50.7%	7,336	3,721	0.7 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	48.4%	6,881	3,333	0.3 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	44.1%	6,826	3,010	3.8 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	44.0%	5,320	2,342	4.4 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	45.9%	6,017	2,764	3.0 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	47.9%	1,779	852	1.9 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	41.8%	6,949	2,903	4.1 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	43.8%	7,456	3,265	–
2017-18	43.7%	7,852	3,432	–
2016-17	45.5%	8,414	3,831	–
2015-16	48.5%	7,013	3,404	–
2014-15	50.1%	6,342	3,176	–
2013-14	48.9%	6,278	3,073	–
2012-13	43.7%	5,986	2,616	–
2011-12	39.7%	6,882	2,734	–
2010-11	41.6%	7,012	2,914	–
2009-10	43.3%	6,413	2,776	–
2008-09	44.6%	6,049	2,696	–
2007-08	44.2%	7,154	3,163	–

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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St Albans beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
St Albans	50.7%	49.4%	7,336	6.7 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Watford	46.2%	44.8%	12,939	15.4 wks	9.8 km
Borehamwood, London	50.8%	49.2%	7,195	10.9 wks	13.0 km
Luton	39.2%	35.8%	7,759	10.3 wks	15.1 km
Barnet, London	49.9%	48.8%	12,397	21.1 wks	15.8 km
Mill Hill, London	51.4%	50.3%	9,797	14.7 wks	16.9 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 St Albans in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 6.7 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 200 tests here in 2025-26, 2.7 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 St Albans test centre

What is the pass rate at St Albans driving test centre?

50.7% of driving tests at St Albans were passes in 2025-26: 3,721 of 7,336, according to DVSA. That is 0.7 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 7,336 car driving tests at St Albans in 2025-26, of which 3,721 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at St Albans different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 49.4% (1,914 of 3,873) in 2025-26, against 50.7% for all attempts.

What is the waiting time for a driving test at St Albans?

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at St Albans was 6.7 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 St Albans driving test centre?

Car tests start from Beauver House, 6 Bricket Road, St Albans, AL1 3JX. On a map it is at 51.75244, -0.33512.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at St Albans was 50.7%. The nearest centres with a page here: Watford 46.2% (9.8 km away); Borehamwood, London 50.8% (13.0 km away); Luton 39.2% (15.1 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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