Tottenham Driving Test Centre
Tottenham in Tottenham currently passes 47.9% of tests, 0.8 points below the UK average of 48.7%. The sections below cover the year-by-year trend, who passes most often, how long learners wait, and how it stacks up against neighbouring centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Tottenham sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 31%, rank #224 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Enfield (Innova Business Park), about 5.8 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 22.9K passed, 28.7K failed, 51.6K total
How Tottenham compares
Tottenham sits within a percentage point of the UK figure and is ranked 224 of 323 in its category: the venue itself is unlikely to move your odds either way.
Where Tottenham ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Tottenham has climbed 10.2 points across the series, 37.7% in 2017-18 to 47.9% now; the weakest year on record was 37.5% in 2018-19.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Tottenham
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Tottenham in May 2026 had waited 11.7 weeks from booking to test day.
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 Tottenham
- car
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 N17 8JL, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Tottenham: a DVSA car test centre in Tottenham, Greater London. Local routes, local traffic patterns, no national standard for what "harder" or "easier" looks like beyond what the numbers below show. By volume, Tottenham is at the upper end of the DVSA's network. With 51.6K tests across 2017-18-2024-25, the figures on this page are about as statistically settled as DVSA data gets.
The lower half of the UK by pass rate: Tottenham ranks #224 of 323 car centres at 47.9%, within a point of the national figure of 48.7%. First-attempt pass rate: 47.2%, against the UK figure of 49%. Effectively level, the gap between candidates who pass first time at Tottenham 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 Tottenham
- Centre difficulty is roughly average at Tottenham. The same fault categories that fail candidates nationally (junctions, mirrors, observation) are what fail candidates here, in similar proportions.
- 51.6K tests through this centre over the published window. At that throughput, competition for short-notice slots is constant, so make a habit of checking the official booking page often.
- If you can, take at least one lesson with an instructor who specifically works the Tottenham area. Local instructors know which nearby junctions are demanding and will drill them.
- The only legitimate booking route is gov.uk. Anything calling itself a "test booking concierge" is reselling the same slots at a markup, the slots aren't theirs to control.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Tottenham
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to Tottenham, and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder (postcode N17 9TR) shows the exact location. This is a very high-demand centre, modelled at roughly 22 to 26 weeks to a slot, so book as far ahead as you can and keep an eye on cancellations. You must have your provisional photocard licence on you, plus a car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner. If Wood Green (London) is fully booked, Tottenham is the next closest centre, roughly 2 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.
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 47.9% of candidates at Tottenham 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.