Driving Test Pass Rates in Bridgend
Bridgend has 2 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 53.1% 4.4 pp above the UK national average of 48.7%. The full ranking, gender split, first-time pass rate and centre-by-centre data is below.
About Bridgend
Bridgend is a Welsh city served by a small group of 2 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 79.6K tests on record, every result tracked here is sourced from the DVSA's quarterly statistical release and aggregated to give a like-for-like view of how each centre performs.
As a whole, Bridgend runs slightly ahead of the UK average. The city-wide car pass rate of 53.1% is 4.4 percentage points above the UK figure of 48.7%, suggesting modestly favourable test conditions overall.
Within the city the spread between the easiest and hardest centre is 25.7 percentage points: Bridgend leads at 78.8% (2024-25), while Bridgend sits at 53.1%. That gap matters when you book, the same candidate can have a meaningfully different experience depending on which routes they drive on test day. Most learners pick the centre closest to where they take their lessons, but it's worth a few mock runs at your shortlisted centre's actual routes before the real thing.
Bridgend vs the UK average
Bridgend above the UK average pass rate by 4.4 percentage points. Pass rates in Bridgend sit close to the UK norm, expect a typical level of difficulty.
Easiest & hardest centres in Bridgend
Pass rate by gender across Bridgend
Across Bridgend's test centres, men pass at 57.1% and women at 51.1% a gender gap of 6 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
By test category
All test centres in Bridgend
About these statistics
Pass rates shown above are aggregated across all available years of DVSA quarterly statistical data for each centre. Rates are volume-weighted across the city, larger centres carry proportionally more weight than smaller ones. Centres with fewer than 1,000 tests in the current period are flagged as low-sample to avoid statistically noisy comparisons. The best-performing centre in Bridgend is Bridgend at 78.8% (2024-25), and the toughest is Bridgend at 53.1% (2024-25). Always factor in your own preparation, instructor recommendations, and route familiarity, pass rates are a useful signal, not a guarantee.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government License v3.0. 43.2K passes recorded across 2 Bridgend centres.