Swansea Driving Test Centre
At Swansea, 71.1% of candidates pass, one of the 135 test centres we rank from the DVSA data. Below you will find the full pass-rate history, the demographic split, the estimated waiting time and a comparison with the nearest centres.
DVSA data last updated October 2026
Swansea sits in the bottom half of motorcycle module 2 pass rates nationally (Bottom 36%, rank #88 of 135). The strongest motorcycle module 2 alternative nearby is Barnstaple, about 37.5 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 7.8K passed, 3.6K failed, 11.4K total
How Swansea compares
Swansea is 1.1 points behind the national figure and ranked 88 of 135 in its category, a difference most candidates will not feel on the day.
Where Swansea ranks among 135 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Swansea ends the series about where it started, yet the spread between 2021-22 (80.7%) and 2023-24 (67.1%) runs to 13.6 points; read a single year here with caution.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Booking is comparatively quick: on this estimate, learners booking at Swansea would typically wait around 7 to 11 weeks from booking to test day.
These figures are an estimate, not live data. We model them from published demand reports and this centre's test volume; the method is on our methodology page. Check the DVSA booking service for current slots.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Swansea
- car
- motorcycle module 1 (off-road)
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- 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 SA1 8QY, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Swansea is in Swansea (SA1 3BP) and runs DVSA motorcycle module 2 tests for learners across the local area. Your examiner picks the route on the day without telling you which, and the DVSA does not publish them. 11.4K tests through 2017-18-2024-25 puts Swansea in the comfortable middle of the volume distribution. The pass rate moves with real signal, not noise.
Out of 135 UK motorcycle module 2 test centres, Swansea ranks 88, which lands it in the lower half nationally. The 71.1% pass rate is 1.1 points below the UK figure of 72.2%. DVSA doesn't break out first-attempt figures for Swansea in DRT122C, so the split between first-time and retake pass rates isn't published for this 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 Swansea
- Pass rate at Swansea 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.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Swansea will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Swansea. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
Whether you pass at Swansea is not decided by the centre. It is decided by the 15 things an examiner can mark you on, and response, traffic lights is one of the ones that ends attempts early.
DVSA publishes all 21 vehicle safety questions in advance, 14 tell me and 7 show me. You get 2 of them on the day, one at the roadside and one while you are driving. Get one wrong or both wrong and it counts as one driving fault, not two.
Amber-light decision practice: at every amber, the instructor calls "stop or go" so you build the muscle for the right call. Practise multi-stage junctions. Free to use, no sign up. Everything for the day itself is on the practical test hub.
Other test centres nearby
You cannot book a practical test at Swansea until you hold a theory pass, and it has to still be valid on the day you sit it. Nationally 44.8% of candidates pass the theory.
Control in different weather, road surfaces, gradients and at night. All 14 DVSA topics are free to practise, with no sign up. See the theory pass rate by centre or the full practice hub.
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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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.