Driving Test Pass Rates in Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea has 1 DVSA driving test centre with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 47.4% 1.3 pp below the UK national average of 48.7%. The full ranking, gender split, first-time pass rate and centre-by-centre data is below.
About Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea is an English city served by a single of 1 DVSA practical driving test centre. Together, these centres have processed 48.0K 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, Clacton-on-Sea sits a little below the UK average. The city-wide car pass rate of 47.4% trails the UK figure by 1.3 percentage points, suggesting routes here may be modestly more demanding than the national norm.
Clacton-on-Sea is the only centre in Clacton-on-Sea, with a current pass rate of 47.4% (2024-25). Whether you're booking your first attempt or a retest, taking lessons on the actual Clacton-on-Sea test routes, not just generic local roads, is the single biggest preparation lever available to candidates here.
Clacton-on-Sea vs the UK average
Clacton-on-Sea below the UK average pass rate by 1.3 percentage points. Pass rates in Clacton-on-Sea sit close to the UK norm, expect a typical level of difficulty.
Easiest & hardest centres in Clacton-on-Sea
Pass rate by gender across Clacton-on-Sea
Across Clacton-on-Sea's test centres, men pass at 51.2% and women at 44.5% a gender gap of 6.7 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
All test centres in Clacton-on-Sea
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. 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. 22.9K passes recorded across 1 Clacton-on-Sea centre.