FOI release

Top 20 faultless and top 20 greatest number of attempts at practical driving tests and car theory tests

Published 25 July 2013

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This is Freedom of Information request IA/00210/13.

1. Request 1

The top 20 greatest number of attempts at the car practical test between April 2004 and December 2012 showing the candidate’s gender, age at their last attempt and the test centre in which they took their last test.

2. Response

The table below shows the top 20 greatest number of attempts at the car practical driving test between 1 April 2004 and 31 December 2012. This information is broken down by the number of attempts, the candidates gender and age and the name of the driving test centre (DTC) where there latest test was taken.

Number of attempts Gender Age at latest test Test centre
37 Male 40 Stoke On Trent
36 Female 44 Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)
36 Male 22 Chelmsford
35 Female 24 Middlesbrough
34 Female 36 Heckmondwike
34 Female 49 Middlesbrough
33 Female 36 Enfield
33 Female 52 Goodmayes
33 Male 49 Hendon
32 Female 42 Heckmondwike
32 Female 48 Heckmondwike
32 Female 51 Horsforth
32 Female 39 Portsmouth
32 Male 40 South Norwood
31 Female 29 Bradford (Heaton)
31 Male 48 Failsworth
30 Female 40 Bradford (Heaton)
30 Female 35 Heckmondwike
30 Female 35 Heckmondwike
29 Male 39 Chingford
29 Male 44 Hayes
29 Male 38 Hendon
29 Male 38 Mill Hill

3. Request 2

The top 20 test centres that have recorded the greatest number of faultless car practical test in the last 12 months showing the test centre name and number of faultless passes achieved.

4. Response

The below table shows the top 20 test centres, that have recorded the greatest number of faultless car practical test in the last 12 months.

Test centre Number of faultless tests
1 Farnborough 191
2 Luton 186
3 Goodmayes 185
4 Middlesbrough 171
5 Nottingham (Chalfont Drive) 161
6 Lower Gornal 152
7 Bristol (Brislington) 141
8 Hither Green 141
9 Slough 137
10 Durham 133
11 Kettering 133
12 Maidstone 126
13 Reading 118
14 Norwich 116
15 Melton Mowbray 115
16 Wolverhampton 111
17 Chertsey 104
18 Ipswich 100
19 Ashford (Middlesex) 99
20 Pinner 98

5. Request 3

The top 20 theory test centres where the greatest number of candidates achieved full marks on the car multiple choice test in 2012. Please state the name of each test centre.

6. Response

The list below shows the top 20 theory test centres where the greatest number of candidates achieved full marks on the car multiple choice test in 2012.

  1. Southwark
  2. Ilford
  3. Glasgow
  4. Southgate
  5. Croydon
  6. Kingston
  7. Birmingham
  8. Manchester
  9. Bristol
  10. Uxbridge
  11. Watford
  12. Edinburgh
  13. Leeds
  14. Newcastle
  15. Sidcup
  16. Leicester
  17. Liverpool
  18. Sheffield
  19. Reading
  20. Nottingham

7. Request 4

The top 20 theory test centres where the greatest number of candidates achieved full marks on the car hazard perception test in 2012. Please state the name of each test centre.

8. Response

Our records show that there were no candidates that achieved full marks on the car hazard perception test in 2012.

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