Hyde Driving Test Centre
The Hyde driving test centre is located in Hyde, England (SK14 2QT). 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
632 passed, 167 failed, 799 total
How Hyde compares
Hyde 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 Hyde 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 Hyde have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at Hyde typically wait around 14 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
Tests offered at Hyde
- Motorcycle Module 2
For other test types at this location, search the DVSA centre finder with postcode SK14 2QT.
Accessibility & facilities
Parking, toilets, and disabled-access details vary by centre. Check the official DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode SK14 2QT, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Drivers booked at Hyde report to a DVSA centre in Hyde, Greater Manchester, postcode SK14 2QT. The motorcycle module 2 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. Only 799 tests sit on the record at Hyde for 2009-10-2010-11. That puts the centre in the tail of the volume distribution; treat any single-period rate as indicative, not definitive.
By raw pass rate Hyde sits at 79.1%, with the DVSA's national motorcycle module 2 average over the same window running at 48.7%. The gap (30.4 points clear of the UK figure) places the centre at rank #31 of 194, inside the top quarter of the country's motorcycle module 2 test centres. For Hyde the DVSA suppresses first-attempt figures in DRT122C. Smaller centres get rolled up; this is one of them. The overall pass rate above is the only published 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 Hyde
- Hyde passes higher than the UK average, but the marking sheet is identical to every other DVSA centre. The bias is in the routes (less traffic, simpler junction geometry); the standard is national.
- With 799 tests on record at Hyde, the per-quarter pass rates are noisy. The trend chart on this page is more informative than any specific number from a specific period.
- Practising the test routes is the single thing that most reliably moves a candidate's pass odds. Most ADI instructors in Hyde will have a working knowledge of which routes Hyde uses.
- Book through the official DVSA service (gov.uk/book-driving-test). Third-party "fast-track" sites charge a premium for the same booking; the DVSA's own cancellation feed is free.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Hyde
Ten minutes early is the right target at Hyde. Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder (postcode SK14 2QT) the day before. This centre sees high demand, modelled at roughly 14 weeks to a slot; booking well ahead and watching for cancellations both help. Bring the provisional photocard licence, the examiner checks for it first, and make sure your car is roadworthy with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Bredbury LGV is fully booked, Hyde is the next closest centre, roughly 2 miles away.
Expect about 40 minutes once you set off, to the same national DVSA script. It opens with an eyesight check at 20 metres and one show-me plus one tell-me question, after which the examiner rides along for the drive. Around 20 minutes of that is independent driving, guided either by a sat nav the examiner provides or by road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and a one-in-three chance of 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 79.1% of Hyde'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: 2010-11.