Steeton Driving Test Centre
Steeton posts a 50.5% pass rate, with Skipton the nearest alternative about 5 miles away. Read on for its full DVSA history, first-time pass rate, waiting time and demographic breakdown.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Steeton sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 50%, rank #164 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Skipton, about 4.9 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 18.2K passed, 18.9K failed, 37.1K total
How Steeton compares
The 1.8-point edge at Steeton (ranked 164 of 323 in its category) is real but small; local route familiarity moves your odds more than the venue does.
Where Steeton ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The direction of travel here is upward: Steeton has added 4.9 points since 2017-18, from 45.6% to 50.5%, with its strongest year at 52.3% in 2021-22.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Steeton
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 Steeton
- car
- motorcycle module 1 (off-road)
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- lorry and bus
- 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 BD20 6RW, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Of the DVSA car centres across England, Steeton is the one covering Steeton, West Yorkshire and the surrounding BD20 6SB area. The routes are built around the roads the centre's examiners can reach inside the test's time budget. Steeton sees moderate volume: 37.1K practical tests through 2017-18-2024-25. Year-on-year percentages here are meaningful, but watch the trend line rather than fixating on any single period.
If you've been told Steeton is "an easy centre" or "a hard one", the data won't fully back that. 50.5% is 1.8 points above the UK car average of 48.7%, which is rank #164 out of 323. First-attempt pass rate: 50.1%, against the UK figure of 49%. Effectively level, the gap between candidates who pass first time at Steeton and those who pass first time nationally is preparation, not the centre.
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 Steeton
- Centre difficulty is roughly average at Steeton. The same fault categories that fail candidates nationally (junctions, mirrors, observation) are what fail candidates here, in similar proportions.
- Ask any instructor working Steeton about the centre's "usual fails", they'll have two or three specific junctions or manoeuvres in mind. Practise those until they're automatic before your date.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Steeton, 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.
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On the day at Steeton
Arrive at Steeton with about ten minutes to spare and know your parking options in advance, they vary site to site across the DVSA network. The DVSA centre finder (postcode BD20 6SB) maps the centre and its surroundings. With high demand and waits near 12 to 16 weeks, take any earlier slot the booking service offers rather than holding out. Don't set off without your provisional photocard licence; the test cannot start without it, and your car needs L plates and a working interior mirror. If Skipton is fully booked, Steeton is the next closest centre, roughly 5 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 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.
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 50.5% of Steeton'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.