Driving Test Pass Rates in Liverpool
Liverpool has 8 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 44.6% 4.1 pp below the UK national average of 48.7%.Pass rates across its centres run from 38.6% to 59.2%. The full ranking, gender split and first-time pass rate are below.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
About Liverpool
Liverpool has 8 DVSA driving test centres, and across its car (category B) test centres the pass rate runs from 38.6% at Speke (Liverpool) up to 59.2% at Southport (Liverpool) (2024-25 DVSA data). That is a 20.6 percentage point gap between the easiest and hardest centre in the city, so the centre you book is one of the bigger factors within your control.
The city's volume-weighted car pass rate is 44.6%, 4.1 percentage points below the 48.7% UK average. The figures come from 332.6K tests recorded across the city's centres; the full per-centre ranking is below.
Liverpool vs the UK average
Liverpool below the UK average pass rate by 4.1 percentage points. Pass rates in Liverpool run slightly below the UK norm, suggesting routes here may be modestly more demanding.
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Pass rate by gender across Liverpool
Across Liverpool's test centres, men pass at 47.8% and women at 43.3% a gender gap of 4.5 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 2 percentage points on average.
By test category
All test centres in Liverpool
About these statistics
Pass rates shown above use the latest DVSA reporting period 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 Liverpool is Southport (Liverpool) at 59.2% (2024-25), and the toughest is Speke (Liverpool) at 38.6% (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 Licence v3.0. 153.7K passes recorded across 8 Liverpool centres.