Crawley Driving Test Centre
Crawley in The Pavillions, England has a current pass rate of 40.1%, 8.6 points below 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
Crawley sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 5%, rank #308 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Worthing, about 20.0 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 49.0K passed, 66.5K failed, 115.6K total
How Crawley compares
Crawley sits 8.6 points under the national average, ranked 308 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 Crawley ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Stability is the story at Crawley: 41.6% in 2017-18, 40.1% now, and every year in between inside a 6-point band.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Crawley
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Crawley in May 2026 had waited 11.1 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 Crawley
- 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 RH11 9BJ, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Drivers booked at Crawley report to a DVSA centre in The Pavillions, West Sussex, postcode RH11 9BJ. The car routes used here are drawn from the streets the centre's examiners drive every week, so the test reflects local conditions rather than a generic syllabus. Volume is not the issue at Crawley. 115.6K tests sit on the record across 2017-18-2024-25, so the trend line below reflects real movement, not sample noise.
By raw pass rate Crawley sits at 40.1%, with the DVSA's national car average over the same window running at 48.7%. The gap (8.6 points below the UK figure) places the centre at rank #308 of 323, inside the bottom quarter of the country's car test centres. Crawley is one of the tougher venues for a first attempt. The DVSA reports 38.8% first-time pass against a UK average of 49%, 10.2 points down on the national figure.
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 Crawley
- A lower pass rate at Crawley usually means specific local junctions or road types that catch out candidates trained elsewhere. Book local-area familiarisation lessons with an instructor who works this centre, not one who covers a different patch.
- First-time pass rate at Crawley is 38.8%, low enough that a meaningful share of candidates retake. If this is your first booking, take a mock around the centre's local roads before the date.
- Crawley 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 Crawley area. Local instructors know which nearby junctions are demanding and will drill them.
- 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.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Crawley
Aim to be at Crawley 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 RH11 9BJ) 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 Burgess Hill is fully booked, Crawley is the next closest centre, roughly 9 miles away.
Once underway the test takes around 40 minutes and is the same wherever you sit it. The examiner verifies your eyesight at 20 metres, puts one tell-me question to you, then accompanies the drive and asks one show-me question while you are driving. About 20 minutes is independent driving, sat nav or road signs to a named destination, with one of the set manoeuvres and an emergency stop on roughly one test in seven. 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.
Results come immediately on return to the centre. The examiner talks you through any faults marked, prints the DL25 feedback form, and (if you passed) takes your provisional licence so the full one can be issued by post. A pass needs no more than 15 driving faults and zero serious or dangerous faults, the standard 40.1% of candidates at Crawley meet 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.