Burgess Hill Driving Test Centre
At Burgess Hill, 43.2% of candidates pass, one of the 323 test centres we rank from the DVSA data. Below you will find the full pass-rate history, the demographic split, the official DVSA waiting time and a comparison with the nearest centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Burgess Hill sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 11%, rank #287 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Worthing, about 13.6 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 58.7K passed, 66.0K failed, 124.7K total
How Burgess Hill compares
Burgess Hill sits 5.5 points under the national average, ranked 287 of 323 in its category. Routes here are likely more demanding than at rural centres; extra time on the local roads pays back directly.
Where Burgess Hill ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Stability is the story at Burgess Hill: 45.9% in 2017-18, 43.2% now, and every year in between inside a 6-point band.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Burgess Hill
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Burgess Hill in May 2026 had waited 19.1 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 Burgess Hill
- car
- motorcycle module 1 (off-road)
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- 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 RH15 9AG, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Burgess Hill is in Burgess Hill, West Sussex (RH15 9AG) and runs DVSA car tests for learners across the local area. Your examiner picks the route on the day without telling you which, and the DVSA does not publish them. Volume is not the issue at Burgess Hill. 124.7K tests sit on the record across 2017-18-2024-25, so the trend line below reflects real movement, not sample noise.
Out of 323 UK car test centres, Burgess Hill ranks 287, which lands it in the bottom quarter nationally. The 43.2% pass rate is 5.5 points below the UK figure of 48.7%. First-attempt pass rate at Burgess Hill: 42.6%, against 49% nationally. That's 6.4 points below the UK average. Many candidates need a second go, and local-road familiarity is one of the most consistent things that improves the second attempt.
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 Burgess Hill
- Burgess Hill runs a tougher-than-average pass rate. If you've trained somewhere quieter, take at least 2-3 lessons on Burgess Hill test-area roads before your date. The difficulty is in the road mix, not the marking sheet.
- Burgess Hill 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.
- Ask any instructor working Burgess Hill 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.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Burgess Hill. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Burgess Hill
Aim to be at Burgess Hill ten minutes early. Because parking and waiting facilities are not the same at every DVSA centre, check the approach on the DVSA centre finder (postcode RH15 9AG) before the day. Demand is very high and the modelled wait is close to 20 to 24 weeks, so an early booking and a cancellation alert are both worth setting up. The examiner needs to see your provisional photocard licence to begin, and the car you bring must be roadworthy, fitted with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Crawley is fully booked, Burgess Hill is the next closest centre, roughly 9 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 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 will know the result before you leave Burgess Hill. The examiner explains the faults marked on your DL25 feedback form and, if you have passed, takes the provisional licence so a full one can be posted out. The pass standard is fixed nationally, 15 driving faults maximum and zero serious or dangerous faults, and 43.2% of candidates here meet it under current DVSA 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.