Bridlington Driving Test Centre
Bridlington in Bridlington currently passes 56.4% of tests, 7.7 points above the UK average of 48.7%. The sections below cover the year-by-year trend, who passes most often, how long learners wait, and how it stacks up against neighbouring centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Bridlington sits in the top half of car pass rates nationally (Top 28%, rank #92 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Malton, about 25.0 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 19.8K passed, 15.3K failed, 35.2K total
How Bridlington compares
Bridlington runs 7.7 points ahead of the national average, ranked 92 of 323 in its category. Margins in this range usually track route difficulty: fewer multi-lane roundabouts and less dense traffic.
Where Bridlington ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Across the recorded years Bridlington has drifted from 59.7% to 56.4%, down 3.3 points, with the best year at 63.3% in 2022-23.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Bridlington
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 12 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Bridlington in May 2026 had waited 16.1 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 Bridlington
- car
- ADI part 3
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 YO16 4SF, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Bridlington is one of the DVSA's car test sites in England, located in Bridlington, Hull and East Yorkshire. The choice of routes reflects the local mix of road types rather than any standard national template. Bridlington sees moderate volume: 35.2K practical tests through 2017-18-2024-25. Year-on-year percentages here are meaningful, but watch the trend line rather than fixating on any single period.
Bridlington passes higher than most. At 56.4% versus a UK average of 48.7%, it ranks #92 of 323 car centres, the upper half of the network. First-attempt pass rate at Bridlington: 55.5%, against 49% nationally. That's a 6.5-point lead. Well-prepared candidates with no prior test attempts pass here at a noticeably higher rate than the UK average.
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 Bridlington
- Don't read a higher pass rate as a softer test. Bridlington'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.
- 55.5% of first-timers pass at Bridlington, so the centre is on the forgiving side. If your instructor is signing you off as test-ready, your own preparation matters far more than the venue.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Bridlington will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Bridlington, 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 Bridlington
Turn up at Bridlington ten minutes before your appointment, and check ahead where you can park, DVSA sites vary on that. You can preview the location on the DVSA centre finder. Demand is high and waits are near 12 to 16 weeks, so an early booking plus a cancellation watch is the sensible approach. The examiner will ask to see your provisional photocard licence before anything else, and your car must carry L plates and a working interior mirror. If Scarborough is fully booked, Bridlington is the next closest centre, roughly 16 miles away.
The practical lasts about 40 minutes and uses the standard DVSA format nationwide. After an eyesight check at 20 metres and one show-me and one tell-me question, the examiner sits in for the drive. Roughly 20 minutes of that is independent driving, either following a sat nav set by the examiner or following road signs, and you will complete one of four set manoeuvres; about one in seven tests includes an emergency stop, a frequency the DVSA reduced in late 2025. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
The result is given immediately when you get back. Whatever the outcome, the examiner reads through the marked faults and prints your DL25 feedback form; pass and they take the provisional licence to trigger your full one by post. The threshold is the national one, 15 driving faults at most and zero serious or dangerous, which 56.4% of Bridlington's candidates reach right now.
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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.