Driving Test Pass Rates in Nottingham
Nottingham has 3 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 44.7% 4 pp below the UK national average of 48.7%.The full centre-by-centre ranking, the gender split and the first-time pass rate are all set out below.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
About Nottingham
Nottingham has 3 DVSA driving test centres, and across its car (category B) test centres the pass rate runs from 43.9% at Nottingham (Chilwell) up to 45.5% at Nottingham (Colwick) (2024-25 DVSA data). That is a 1.6 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 44.7%, 4 percentage points below the 48.7% UK average. The figures come from 206.5K tests recorded across the city's centres; the full per-centre ranking is below.
Nottingham vs the UK average
Nottingham below the UK average pass rate by 4 percentage points. Pass rates in Nottingham run slightly below the UK norm, suggesting routes here may be modestly more demanding.
Easiest & hardest centres in Nottingham
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Pass rate by gender across Nottingham
Across Nottingham's test centres, men pass at 51.5% and women at 45.9% a gender gap of 5.7 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 Nottingham
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 Nottingham is Nottingham (Colwick) at 45.5% (2024-25), and the toughest is Nottingham (Chilwell) at 43.9% (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. 101.6K passes recorded across 3 Nottingham centres.