Monmouth Driving Test Centre
Monmouth in Monmouth records a 61.2% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 9 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
Monmouth sits in the top quarter of car pass rates nationally (Top 15%, rank #48 of 323). No nearby car centre currently posts a higher pass rate.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 23.0K passed, 19.0K failed, 41.9K total
How Monmouth compares
Monmouth clears the UK average by 12.5 points and sits ranked 48 of 323 in its category. That margin says more about its route mix than about marking, the DVSA standard is identical everywhere.
Where Monmouth ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Monmouth has climbed 9.3 points across the series, 51.9% in 2017-18 to 61.2% now; the weakest year on record was 48.6% in 2023-24.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Monmouth
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 Monmouth
- 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 NP25 3DP, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
If you've got a test booked at NP25 3UZ, that's Monmouth in Monmouth, Monmouthshire. Examiners drive a mix of the roads immediately surrounding the centre; the DVSA does not publish its test routes. Over 2017-18-2024-25, 41.9K candidates sat tests here. The figures are statistically usable for centre-to-centre comparisons, which is most of what people land on this page wanting to do.
Rank: #48 of 323. Pass rate: 61.2%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a top quartile centre by the DVSA's own published figures. The DVSA's first-attempt figure for Monmouth sits at 62.4%, 13.4 points clear of the 49% UK average. The gap is wide enough to matter when you're deciding which local centre to book.
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 Monmouth
- Above-average pass rate at Monmouth doesn't mean above-average ease. The fundamentals examiners mark are the same nationally: junctions, mirrors, observation, signal timing. A 65%+ pass rate means more candidates clear those, not that the bar is lower.
- First-time pass rate of 62.4% at Monmouth is on the forgiving side. A well-prepared first booking has a reasonable shot; don't over-correct by booking a "practice" test you don't actually need.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Monmouth will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Monmouth. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Monmouth
Aim to be at Monmouth ten minutes early. Because parking and waiting facilities are not the same at every DVSA centre, check the approach on the DVSA centre finder (postcode NP25 3UZ) before the day. At moderate demand and about 11 to 15 weeks' wait, securing a convenient date here is usually less of a scramble. The examiner needs to see your provisional photocard licence to begin, and the car you bring must be roadworthy, fitted with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Hereford is fully booked, Monmouth is the next closest centre, roughly 17 miles away.
The test runs for around 40 minutes and follows the same DVSA format used at every centre. The examiner checks your eyesight at 20 metres, asks you a tell-me safety question, then sits in for the drive, with one show-me question while you are driving. About 20 minutes of it is independent driving, either following a sat nav the examiner sets up or following road signs to a named place. You will do one of four set manoeuvres, and roughly one in seven candidates is asked to perform an emergency stop. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
You find out there and then, back at Monmouth. The examiner runs through the faults on the DL25 feedback form and, on a pass, keeps your provisional licence so a full licence follows in the post. Clearing the test means staying under 16 driving faults, that is 15 or fewer, with no serious or dangerous fault; 61.2% of candidates here manage it on the current 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.