Pinner (London) Driving Test Centre
Pinner (London) posts a 50.3% pass rate, with Watford the nearest alternative about 4 miles away. Read on for its full DVSA history, first-time pass rate, waiting time and demographic breakdown.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Pinner (London) sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 48%, rank #170 of 323). No nearby car centre currently posts a higher pass rate.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 78.2K passed, 91.8K failed, 170.0K total
How Pinner (London) compares
The 1.6-point edge at Pinner (London) (ranked 170 of 323 in its category) is real but small; local route familiarity moves your odds more than the venue does.
Where Pinner (London) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The direction of travel here is upward: Pinner (London) has added 7.2 points since 2017-18, from 43.1% to 50.3%, with its strongest year at 60.3% in 2020-21.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Pinner (London)
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 Pinner (London)
- car
- 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 HA5 2DZ, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Drivers booked at Pinner (London) report to a DVSA centre in Pinner, Greater London, postcode HA5 3AW. The car routes used here are drawn from the streets the centre's examiners drive every week, so the test reflects local conditions rather than a generic syllabus. Volume is not the issue at Pinner (London). 170.0K tests sit on the record across 2017-18-2024-25, so the trend line below reflects real movement, not sample noise.
By raw pass rate Pinner (London) sits at 50.3%, with the DVSA's national car average over the same window running at 48.7%. The gap (1.6 points above the UK figure) places the centre at rank #170 of 323, inside the lower half of the country's car test centres. 7.5K first-attempt tests, 48.5% pass rate, against a UK average of 49%. Pinner (London) doesn't favour or punish first-timers relative to the national pattern.
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 Pinner (London)
- Pass rate at Pinner (London) 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.
- Volume at Pinner (London) is among the highest in the network. Don't take the first available date on faith, refreshing the DVSA booking page across a few days regularly turns up cancellations.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Pinner will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Book through the official DVSA service (gov.uk/book-driving-test). Third-party "fast-track" sites charge a premium for the same booking; the official DVSA booking service is free.
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On the day at Pinner (London)
Plan to arrive at Pinner (London) 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 HA5 3AW) a day or two ahead. With demand running very high here and waits near 24 to 28 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 Watford is fully booked, Pinner (London) is the next closest centre, roughly 4 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 50.3% of Pinner (London)'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.