Aylesbury Driving Test Centre
Aylesbury in Aylesbury, England has a current pass rate of 48.7%, in line with the UK average of 48.7%. This page breaks down the multi-year trend, the first-time and gender pass rates, the waiting time and how it compares with the rest of the UK, all from the DVSA quarterly data.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Aylesbury sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 38%, rank #202 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road), about 9.5 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 36.6K passed, 40.9K failed, 77.5K total
How Aylesbury compares
Statistically Aylesbury is about as neutral as a venue gets, under a point from the national average and ranked 202 of 323 in its category. Preparation, not postcode, decides the outcome here.
Where Aylesbury ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Aylesbury has held a narrow 3.8-point range across the whole series (44.9% at the low in 2023-24, 48.7% at the high in 2024-25); what you see is what you get.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Aylesbury
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 18.8 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Aylesbury in May 2026 had waited 5.4 weeks from booking to test day.
Official DVSA data, May 2026. The median is the time between booking and taking the test; for live availability use the DVSA booking service.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Aylesbury
- Car
Accessibility & facilities
Parking and toilet details aren't included in DVSA's published feed. For the current on-site facilities, check the DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode HP19 8JR, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Of the DVSA car centres across England, Aylesbury is the one covering Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The routes are built around the roads the centre's examiners can reach inside the test's time budget. By volume, Aylesbury is at the upper end of the DVSA's network. With 77.5K tests across 2017-18-2024-25, the figures on this page are about as statistically settled as DVSA data gets.
If you've been told Aylesbury is "an easy centre" or "a hard one", the data won't fully back that. 48.7% is within a point of the UK car average of 48.7%, which is rank #202 out of 323. 47.4% of candidates pass on their first attempt at Aylesbury; the UK figure is 49%. The two are close enough that "first-time vs retake" mostly tracks how ready the individual was, not where they sat the test.
All figures shown are aggregated from the DVSA quarterly statistical release covering the most recent reporting periods available. Pass-rate calculations exclude tests cancelled by the candidate or examiner. Sample sizes and methodology are described in the source attribution at the foot of this page.
What learners should know about Aylesbury
- Aylesbury doesn't deviate much from the national curve, so generic preparation advice (mock tests, mirror discipline, junction observation) applies here in the same shape it would anywhere.
- Aylesbury is a high-volume centre. Booking pressure is real, check the DVSA booking service daily for earlier slots rather than relying on the headline available date.
- If you can, take at least one lesson with an instructor who specifically works the Aylesbury area. Local instructors know which nearby junctions are demanding and will drill them.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Aylesbury, cancellations appear on the official DVSA booking service throughout the day. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for the best chance of catching one.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Aylesbury
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to Aylesbury, and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder shows the exact location. This is a very high-demand centre, modelled at roughly 20 to 24 weeks to a slot, so book as far ahead as you can and keep an eye on cancellations. You must have your provisional photocard licence on you, plus a car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner. If Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) is fully booked, Aylesbury is the next closest centre, roughly 9 miles away.
Plan for a drive of roughly 40 minutes, identical in structure to every other DVSA centre. First comes the 20-metre eyesight check and a tell-me vehicle-safety question, then the examiner joins you for the road section, with one show-me question while you drive. About 20 minutes is independent driving by sat nav or by following signs to a named target, you tackle one of four set manoeuvres, and around one in seven candidates get an emergency stop. The drive works through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within about a twenty-minute radius, and at a centre this busy that usually means heavier traffic to read. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
You find out there and then, back at Aylesbury. The examiner runs through the faults on the DL25 feedback form and, on a pass, keeps your provisional licence so a full licence follows in the post. Clearing the test means staying under 16 driving faults, that is 15 or fewer, with no serious or dangerous fault; 48.7% of candidates here manage it on the current marking.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. PassRates.uk aggregates DVSA centre-level totals across reporting periods.
Edited by Vikas. DVSA data period: 2024-25.