Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) Driving Test Centre
The Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) driving test centre is located in Lowestoft, England. 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
13.8K passed, 16.4K failed, 30.2K total
How Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) compares
Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) sits close to the UK average pass rate.
Where Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) ranks among 323 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 Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) have been lengthening as demand outpaces examiner capacity. Booking requires patience: learners booking at Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) typically wait around 18 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
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Lowestoft(Mobbs Way)
- car
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- 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 NR32 3AL, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) is the DVSA car test centre in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Examiners use a small set of fixed routes built around the roads immediately surrounding the centre. 30.2K tests through 2018-19-2024-25 puts Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) in the comfortable middle of the volume distribution. The pass rate moves with real signal, not noise.
Rank: #253 of 323. Pass rate: 46.1%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a bottom quartile centre by the DVSA's own published figures. First-attempt figure: 45.1%. UK first-attempt average: 49%. Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) runs 3.9 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 Lowestoft(Mobbs Way)
- Pass rate at Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) 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.
- If you can, take at least one lesson with an instructor who specifically works the Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) routes. Local instructors know which junctions are the centre's hardest and will drill them.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Lowestoft(Mobbs Way). Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Lowestoft(Mobbs Way)
Plan to arrive at Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) about ten minutes before your slot. Parking varies between DVSA centres, so check the route and the surrounding streets on the DVSA centre finder a day or two ahead. With demand running high here and waits near 18 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 Lowestoft is fully booked, Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) is the next closest centre, roughly 2 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 show-me and one tell-me question to you, then accompanies the drive. About 20 minutes is independent driving, sat nav or road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and an emergency stop on roughly one test in three. 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.
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 46.1% of candidates at Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) 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.