Llanelli Driving Test Centre
Llanelli in Llanelli currently passes 51% of tests, 2.3 points above the UK average of 48.7%. The sections below cover the year-by-year trend, who passes most often, how long learners wait, and how it stacks up against neighbouring centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Llanelli sits in the top half of car pass rates nationally (Top 47%, rank #153 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Barnstaple, about 41.6 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 25.6K passed, 24.4K failed, 50.1K total
How Llanelli compares
The 2.3-point edge at Llanelli (ranked 153 of 323 in its category) is real but small; local route familiarity moves your odds more than the venue does.
Where Llanelli ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Llanelli has held a narrow 4.9-point range across the whole series (49.3% at the low in 2017-18, 54.2% at the high in 2023-24); what you see is what you get.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Llanelli
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 Llanelli
- car
- 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 SA15 3SB, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
If you've got a test booked at SA15 1SA, that's Llanelli in Llanelli, Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire. Examiners drive a mix of the roads immediately surrounding the centre; the DVSA does not publish its test routes. Llanelli runs at high volume: 50.1K 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.
Rank: #153 of 323. Pass rate: 51%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a upper half centre by the DVSA's own published figures. 49.3% first-attempt pass at Llanelli, UK is 49%. The two numbers move together; whatever edge or drag the centre has on overall pass rate doesn't show up at the first-attempt level.
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 Llanelli
- Pass rate at Llanelli sits close to the UK average. Prepare for an ordinary level of difficulty: examiners apply the standard DVSA marking sheet, and the routes are a representative mix of local conditions.
- 50.1K tests through this centre over the published window. At that throughput, competition for short-notice slots is constant, so make a habit of checking the official booking page often.
- If you can, take at least one lesson with an instructor who specifically works the Llanelli area. Local instructors know which nearby junctions are demanding and will drill them.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Llanelli. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Llanelli
Plan to arrive at Llanelli 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 SA15 1SA) a day or two ahead. Demand here is moderate with waits around 11 to 15 weeks, so there is usually a little more slot choice than at the busiest urban centres. 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 Swansea is fully booked, Llanelli is the next closest centre, roughly 10 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 tell-me question, after which the examiner rides along for the drive and asks one show-me question on the move. 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-seven chance of 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 51% of Llanelli'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.