Berry's Coaches (Taunton) Driving Test Centre
At Berry's Coaches (Taunton), 79.2% of candidates pass, one of the 124 test centres we rank from the DVSA data. Below you will find the full pass-rate history, the demographic split, the estimated waiting time and a comparison with the nearest centres.
DVSA data last updated September 2026
Berry's Coaches (Taunton) sits in the top 10% of UK hgv/lgv pass rates nationally (Top 9%, rank #11 of 124). The strongest hgv/lgv alternative nearby is Taunton Training, about 3.1 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 2.1K passed, 580 failed, 2.7K total
How Berry's Coaches (Taunton) compares
The 19-point gap in candidates' favour at Berry's Coaches (Taunton) (ranked 11 of 124 in its category) is among the wider spreads in the network, consistent with quieter local roads rather than any difference in how examiners mark.
Where Berry's Coaches (Taunton) ranks among 124 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The series at Berry's Coaches (Taunton) is remarkably flat, moving only from 77.6% (2017-18) to 79.5% now, with a total spread of 5.5 points.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Booking is comparatively quick: on this estimate, learners booking at Berry's Coaches (Taunton) would typically wait around 7 to 11 weeks from booking to test day.
The range above is an estimate, not a real-time slot count. We model it from National Audit Office demand data and this centre's volume; the methodology page sets out the workings. For live availability use the DVSA booking service.
Centre details
Address
Tests offered at Berry's Coaches (Taunton)
- HGV/LGV
For other test types at this location, search the DVSA centre finder with postcode TA2 6BX.
Accessibility & facilities
Parking, toilets, and disabled-access details vary by centre. Check the official DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode TA2 6BX, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Where do you actually take your hgv/lgv test if you book Berry's Coaches (Taunton)? You start in Berrys Coaches, Somerset (TA2 6BX), and the examiner takes you through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within a roughly twenty-minute drive of the centre. Across 2017-18-2024-25 the centre handled 2.7K tests, a modest sample. The aggregated multi-year figure on this page is the most reliable read; quarterly swings deserve more skepticism here than at a high-volume centre.
How does Berry's Coaches (Taunton) compare nationally? 79.2% pass rate, #11 of 124 hgv/lgv centres in the DVSA network, 19 points clear of the UK average of 60.2%. The top ten percent of the country, in other words. DVSA doesn't break out first-attempt figures for Berry's Coaches (Taunton) in DRT122C, so the split between first-time and retake pass rates isn't published for this centre.
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 Berry's Coaches (Taunton)
- Don't read a higher pass rate as a softer test. Berry's Coaches (Taunton)'s rate reflects route geography more than examiner discretion, DVSA marking is centrally trained. Prepare for the same fault categories you'd prepare for anywhere.
- Ask any instructor working Berry's Coaches (Taunton) about the centre's "usual fails", they'll have two or three specific junctions or manoeuvres in mind. Practise those until they're automatic before your date.
- Book through the official DVSA service (gov.uk/book-driving-test). Third-party "fast-track" sites charge a premium for the same booking; the official DVSA booking service is free.
Whether you pass at Berry's Coaches (Taunton) is not decided by the centre. It is decided by the 15 things an examiner can mark you on, and response, traffic lights is one of the ones that ends attempts early.
DVSA publishes all 21 vehicle safety questions in advance, 14 tell me and 7 show me. You get 2 of them on the day, one at the roadside and one while you are driving. Get one wrong or both wrong and it counts as one driving fault, not two.
Amber-light decision practice: at every amber, the instructor calls "stop or go" so you build the muscle for the right call. Practise multi-stage junctions. Free to use, no sign up. Everything for the day itself is on the practical test hub.
Other test centres nearby
You cannot book a practical test at Berry's Coaches (Taunton) until you hold a theory pass, and it has to still be valid on the day you sit it. Nationally 44.8% of candidates pass the theory.
Loads, roof racks, towing and keeping the vehicle stable and legal. All 14 DVSA topics are free to practise, with no sign up. See the theory pass rate by centre or the full practice hub.
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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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.