Grimsby Driving Test Centre
The Grimsby driving test centre is located in Grimsby, England (DN31 1QG). Below are the official pass-rate statistics, multi-year trend, demographic breakdown, and how this centre compares against the UK average and its neighbours, all drawn from the DVSA quarterly statistical release.
Pass vs fail at a glance
656 passed, 244 failed, 900 total
How Grimsby compares
Grimsby performs well above the UK average. Learners passing here are more likely to pass than at most other UK centres, though this can also reflect quieter test routes and fewer challenging junctions.
Where Grimsby ranks among 194 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Most common faults at this centre
The fault categories most frequently recorded against learners on test. Knowing them lets you target practice on the things examiners are most likely to penalise.
- 1Junctions - observation10
- 2Mirrors - change direction9
- 3Move off - safely8
- 4Junctions - turning right7
- 5Response to signs - traffic lights6
Per-centre fault breakdowns are derived from the DVSA national fault distribution applied to centre-level test outcomes.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Wait times at Grimsby have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at Grimsby typically wait around 11 weeks from booking to test day.
Wait time is estimated from regional demand patterns reported in the National Audit Office investigation into car driving test waiting times (Dec 2024) and the DVSA Despatch blog updates, combined with this centre's test volume. Real availability fluctuates with examiner staffing and cancellations, always check the official DVSA booking service for live slots.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Grimsby
- car
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- lorry and bus
- ADI part 2
- 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 DN31 2TB, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Grimsby is one of the DVSA's motorcycle module 2 test sites in England, located in Grimsby, Greater Lincolnshire at DN31 1QG. The choice of routes reflects the local mix of road types rather than any standard national template. Only 900 tests sit on the record at Grimsby for 2009-10-2013-14. That puts the centre in the tail of the volume distribution; treat any single-period rate as indicative, not definitive.
Grimsby passes higher than most. At 75.3% versus a UK average of 48.7%, it ranks #98 of 194 motorcycle module 2 centres, the lower half of the network. DVSA doesn't break out first-attempt figures for Grimsby 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 Grimsby
- Above-average pass rate at Grimsby doesn't mean above-average ease. The fundamentals examiners mark are the same nationally: junctions, mirrors, observation, signal timing. A 65%+ pass rate means more candidates clear those, not that the bar is lower.
- Grimsby is a low-volume centre (900 tests on record). Period-to-period swings can look dramatic without much underlying change, read the multi-year aggregate rather than any single quarter's figure.
- Practising the test routes is the single thing that most reliably moves a candidate's pass odds. Most ADI instructors in Grimsby will have a working knowledge of which routes Grimsby uses.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Grimsby, the DVSA's official cancellation pool refreshes constantly. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for better odds.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Grimsby
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to Grimsby, and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder (postcode DN31 1QG) shows the exact location. Modelled waits here sit around 11 weeks at moderate demand, which tends to mean less competition for a date that suits you. You must have your provisional photocard licence on you, plus a car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner.
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 three tests includes an emergency stop. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across recent DVSA marking, the fault logged most often at this centre 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 75.3% of Grimsby'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: 2013-14.