Hull Driving Test Centre
Hull in Hull records a 45.2% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 9.9 weeks. This page covers the multi-year trend, the first-time and gender pass rates, and a like-for-like comparison with other centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Hull sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 18%, rank #267 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Bridlington, about 24.2 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 65.9K passed, 72.9K failed, 138.8K total
How Hull compares
Hull sits 3.5 points under the national average, ranked 267 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 Hull ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The headline barely moved (47.5% in 2017-18, 45.2% now) but the ride was not smooth: Hull has swung 10.2 points between its best year (55.4%, 2020-21) and its worst (45.2%, 2024-25).
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Hull
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Hull in May 2026 had waited 9.9 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 Hull
- car
- motorcycle module 1 (off-road)
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- 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 HU6 7PY, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Where do you actually take your car test if you book Hull? You start in Hull, Hull and East Yorkshire (HU1 3DX), and the examiner takes you through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within a roughly twenty-minute drive of the centre. Hull runs at high volume: 138.8K tests across 2017-18-2024-25 put it among the busier DVSA centres in the country. The headline numbers carry weight because the sample carries weight.
How does Hull compare nationally? 45.2% pass rate, #267 of 323 car centres in the DVSA network, 3.5 points below the UK average of 48.7%. The bottom quarter of the country, in other words. Across 4.5K first attempts, the pass rate at Hull is 45%, against 49% nationally. Booking your first test here is doable, but it's worth a few lessons around the centre before the date.
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 Hull
- Centre difficulty is roughly average at Hull. The same fault categories that fail candidates nationally (junctions, mirrors, observation) are what fail candidates here, in similar proportions.
- Hull 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 Hull 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.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Hull
Plan to arrive at Hull about ten minutes before your slot. Parking varies between DVSA centres, so check the route and the surrounding streets on the DVSA centre finder (postcode HU1 3DX) a day or two ahead. With demand running high here and waits near 16 to 20 weeks, it is worth holding any earlier cancellation slot you are offered. Bring your provisional photocard licence; the examiner will not start without it, and you will need a roadworthy car with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Grimsby Coldwater is fully booked, Hull is the next closest centre, roughly 15 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 45.2% of candidates at Hull 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.