Leicester (Cannock Street) Driving Test Centre
Leicester (Cannock Street) in Leicester records a 37.7% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 3.4 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
Leicester (Cannock Street) sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 2%, rank #317 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Melton Mowbray, about 13.6 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 39.4K passed, 61.6K failed, 101.0K total
How Leicester (Cannock Street) compares
The gap at Leicester (Cannock Street) is 11 points below the national average (ranked 317 of 323 in its category), one of the tougher spreads in the network; candidates who train on the actual local roads close most of it.
Where Leicester (Cannock Street) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Leicester (Cannock Street) has held a narrow 5.8-point range across the whole series (35% at the low in 2018-19, 40.8% at the high in 2019-20); what you see is what you get.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Leicester (Cannock Street)
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Leicester (Cannock Street) in May 2026 had waited 3.4 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 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 practised the local road mix.
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 Leicester test-area roads before your date. The difficulty is in the road mix, not the marking sheet.
- 35.9% first-time pass at Leicester (Cannock Street) means roughly 6 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 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 Leicester (Cannock Street) area. Local instructors know which nearby junctions are demanding and will drill them.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Leicester (Cannock Street), cancellations appear on the official DVSA booking service throughout the day. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for the best chance of catching one.
Other test centres nearby
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. If Loughborough is fully booked, Leicester (Cannock Street) is the next closest centre, roughly 10 miles away.
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 seven tests includes an emergency stop, a frequency the DVSA reduced in late 2025. 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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.