Statistical data set

Driving test and theory test data: motorcycles

Motorcycle theory test and riding test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

Motorcycle theory test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

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DRT211A Motorcycle theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain (ODS, 12.6 KB)
DRT211B Motorcycle theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by month, financial quarter, financial year and gender: Great Britain (ODS, 53.3 KB)

Data updated annually

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

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DRT211C Motorcycle theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 127 KB)

Motorcycle theory test data by test centre

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT212A  

Motorcycle riding test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT221A Motorcycle tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain (ODS, 17 KB)
DRT221B Motorcycle tests conducted, passed and pass rates by month, financial quarter, financial year and gender: Great Britain (ODS, 91.8 KB)

Data updated annually

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT221C Motorcycle tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 214 KB)

Motorcycle riding test data by test centre

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference File name
DRT222A Motorcycle module 1 (off-road) test pass rates by gender: test centres (ODS, 571 KB)
DRT222B Motorcycle module 2 (on-road) test pass rates by gender: test centres (ODS, 793 KB)
DRT222C Motorcycle module 1 (off-road) test cancellation reasons: test centres (ODS, 196 KB)
DRT222D Motorcycle module 2 (on-road) test cancellation reasons: test centres (ODS, 278 KB)

Changes to how this data is published

This data is published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Before 2025, data for Great Britain overall was published by the Department for Transport (DfT).

You can view archived versions of the data as it was published by DfT in the National Archives.

View data in the National Archives.

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Updates to this page

Published 1 January 2025
Last updated 14 August 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated motorcycle theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT211A, DRT211B, DRT11C), motorcycle theory test data by test centre (table DRT212A), motorcycle riding test data for Great Britain (tables DRT221A, DRT221B, DRT221C) and motorcycle riding test data by test centre (tables DRT222A, DRT222B, DRT222C, DRT222D) with data to March 2025.

  2. First published.