Leicester (Cannock Street) Driving Test Centre
The Leicester (Cannock Street) driving test centre is located in Leicester, England (LE1 5YA). 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
39.4K passed, 61.6K failed, 101.0K total
How Leicester (Cannock Street) compares
Leicester (Cannock Street) has a markedly lower pass rate than the UK average. This is typical of busy urban centres with complex routes, be prepared for multi-lane roundabouts, traffic and tight manoeuvring.
Where Leicester (Cannock Street) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The most common driving test faults nationally
These are the fault types DVSA examiners record most often across all car tests in Great Britain, ranked most to least common. They are a national pattern, not a measurement taken at this centre, but they are the faults worth targeting in practice wherever you sit your test.
- 1Junctions - observationNot looking properly before pulling out at junctions.
- 2Mirrors - change directionNot checking mirrors before signalling, changing speed or direction.
- 3Move off - safelyPulling away without safe control or proper observation.
- 4Junctions - turning rightPoor positioning or judgement when turning right at junctions.
- 5Response to signs - traffic lightsMissing or misreading traffic signs, signals or road markings.
This ranking is DVSA national fault data, shown here for context. DVSA does not publish a separate fault breakdown for individual test centres.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Booking is achievable but not immediate: on this estimate, learners booking at Leicester (Cannock Street) would typically wait around 15 to 19 weeks from booking to test day.
This wait is an estimate modelled from regional demand and this centre's test volume, not a live booking figure. See how it is worked out on our methodology page, and check the 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 Leicester (Cannock Street)
- 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 LE18 4WS, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Leicester (Cannock Street) is one of the DVSA's car test sites in England, located in Leicester, City of Leicester at LE1 5YA. The choice of routes reflects the local mix of road types rather than any standard national template. The DVSA has logged 101.0K tests at this centre over 2017-18-2024-25. At that scale, the year-on-year shifts you see in the chart correspond to genuine changes in how the centre is performing, not statistical wobble.
Leicester (Cannock Street) is not where the easier car tests happen. The 37.7% pass rate sits 11 points below the UK average of 48.7%, putting the centre #317 of 323 nationally. First-attempt figure: 35.9%. UK first-attempt average: 49%. Leicester (Cannock Street) runs 13.1 points behind, candidates who succeed here on the first try are usually the ones who've driven the local routes specifically.
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 Leicester (Cannock Street)
- Leicester (Cannock Street) runs a tougher-than-average pass rate. If you've trained somewhere quieter, take at least 2-3 lessons on the actual Leicester test routes before your date. The difficulty is in the routes, not the marking sheet.
- 35.9% first-time pass at Leicester (Cannock Street) means roughly six in ten first-timers fail and rebook. Plan for that possibility: keep your insurance going, don't return the L-plates after the test.
- Leicester (Cannock Street) is a high-volume centre. Booking pressure is real, check the DVSA cancellation feed 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 Leicester (Cannock Street) routes. Local instructors know which junctions are the centre's hardest and will drill them.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Leicester (Cannock Street), the DVSA's official cancellation pool refreshes constantly. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for better odds.
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On the day at Leicester (Cannock Street)
Turn up at Leicester (Cannock Street) ten minutes before your appointment, and check ahead where you can park, DVSA sites vary on that. You can preview the location on the DVSA centre finder (postcode LE1 5YA). Demand is high and waits are near 15 to 19 weeks, so an early booking plus a cancellation watch is the sensible approach. The examiner will ask to see your provisional photocard licence before anything else, and your car must carry L plates and a working interior mirror.
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 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.
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 37.7% of Leicester (Cannock Street)'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: 2024-25.