Test centre · Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Driving Test Centre

A test from Wolverhampton can go out through Bilston, Coseley, Old Heath and Sedgley, and on the roads between them.

34.3%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 15.7 points below 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 50

Mini-roundabout 28

Emerging at a junction 6

Traffic lights 125

Bus lane merge 16

Buses only 7

One-way street 31

Turn banned 44

Compulsory turn 10

Pedestrian crossing 18

Signal-controlled crossing 56

Speed limit change 15

Road humps 82

Dual carriageway 23

Bridge 57

STOP sign 2

Crossroads 95

Slip road 12

Junction 306

Central reservation 37

Speed limit 41

School 64

Level crossing 1

Wolverhampton 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 · 34.3%

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

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

Tests taken: 11,561; 3,961 passed
First attempts: 33.4%; 1,588 of 4,751
Median wait: 12.7 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 27.2%; 4,162 tests
Manual: 38.2%; 7,399 tests
Women · men: 30.8% · 37.5%
Aged 17: 50.6%
Aged 17 to 25: 40.2%
Car tests start from: WV4 6JX; 52.56367, -2.10224

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	34.3%	11,561	3,961	15.7 points below (50.0%)
2024-25	33.4%	11,719	3,920	15.3 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	32.4%	15,295	4,949	15.5 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	35.3%	13,160	4,649	13.1 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	36.7%	10,023	3,677	12.2 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	37.3%	2,575	960	12.5 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	35.1%	9,243	3,247	10.8 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	34.7%	10,173	3,526	–
2017-18	37.6%	8,354	3,142	–
2016-17	41.5%	9,884	4,105	–
2015-16	43.1%	10,325	4,454	–
2014-15	45.1%	11,160	5,029	–
2013-14	46.9%	11,518	5,400	–
2012-13	48.5%	10,814	5,247	–
2011-12	47.8%	11,629	5,559	–
2009-10	47.5%	3,776	1,793	–

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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Wolverhampton beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Wolverhampton	34.3%	33.4%	11,561	12.7 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Wednesbury	35.0%	31.5%	7,508	10.3 wks	6.2 km
Dudley	45.2%	45.1%	13,721	14.3 wks	7.7 km
Featherstone	36.4%	35.1%	13,193	11.9 wks	8.6 km
Birmingham, Kingstanding	48.5%	47.2%	16,133	23.0 wks	14.5 km
Birmingham, Cocks Moors Woods	53.5%	55.5%	486	3.1 wks	21.7 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 Wolverhampton in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 12.7 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 693 tests here in 2025-26, 6.0 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 Wolverhampton test centre

What is the pass rate at Wolverhampton driving test centre?

34.3% of driving tests at Wolverhampton were passes in 2025-26: 3,961 of 11,561, according to DVSA. That is 15.7 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 11,561 car driving tests at Wolverhampton in 2025-26, of which 3,961 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Wolverhampton different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 33.4% (1,588 of 4,751) in 2025-26, against 34.3% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Wolverhampton was 12.7 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 Wolverhampton driving test centre?

Car tests start from WV4 6JX. On a map it is at 52.56367, -2.10224.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Wolverhampton was 34.3%. The nearest centres with a page here: Wednesbury 35.0% (6.2 km away); Dudley 45.2% (7.7 km away); Featherstone 36.4% (8.6 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.

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