Driving Test Pass Rates in Herne Bay
Herne Bay has 3 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 55.4% 6.7 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 Herne Bay
Herne Bay is an English city served by a small group of 3 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 124.5K 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, Herne Bay runs notably ahead of the UK average. The volume-weighted city car pass rate of 55.4% is 6.7 percentage points above the 48.7% UK figure, which often correlates with quieter routes, fewer multi-lane roundabouts, and easier urban junctions.
Within the city the spread between the easiest and hardest centre is 21.5 percentage points: Herne Bay leads at 76.9% (2024-25), while Herne Bay sits at 55.4%. 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.
Herne Bay vs the UK average
Herne Bay above the UK average pass rate by 6.7 percentage points. Candidates here pass at notably higher rates than the UK average, though this often reflects quieter routes rather than easier examiners.
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Pass rate by gender across Herne Bay
Across Herne Bay's test centres, men pass at 53.9% and women at 46.3% a gender gap of 7.6 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
By test category
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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 Herne Bay is Herne Bay at 76.9% (2024-25), and the toughest is Herne Bay at 55.4% (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. 63.3K passes recorded across 3 Herne Bay centres.