Driving Test Centres in Wiltshire: 3 DVSA Sites Ranked
3 DVSA driving test sites across Wiltshire, part of England. Car pass rate 51.4% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK car average 48.7%.
DVSA data last updated June 2026
About Wiltshire
Wiltshire, England runs 3 DVSA driving test sites. Salisbury, Trowbridge and Chippenham anchor the catchment, and the wider network has logged 193.4K car tests in the public DVSA release. The county's volume-weighted car pass rate is 51.4% (2024-25 DVSA data), set against the UK figure of 48.7%.
Wiltshire runs 2.7 pp above the UK car pass rate (2024-25 DVSA data). The pattern across most counties is similar, the busiest centres in the larger towns tend to under-perform the quieter centres in surrounding districts. Use the rankings below to see where individual centres sit, not just where the county car average lands.
The headline spread within Wiltshire sits between Salisbury (52.5%) at the top of the league and Chippenham (50.6%) at the bottom, a gap of 1.9 percentage points. Spreads of 10 to 15 percentage points within a single county are common, the route a centre uses matters far more than the county boundary.
Top 5 highest pass rates in Wiltshire
Top 5 lowest pass rates in Wiltshire
All test centres in Wiltshire
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 1,000 current-period tests appear at the end.
Wiltshire driving test: common questions
What is the average driving test pass rate in Wiltshire?+
The car driving test pass rate across Wiltshire is 51.4%, 2.7 points above the UK average of 48.7%. It is a volume-weighted figure from the 3 test centres in the county with enough current tests for a reliable rate.
Which Wiltshire test centre has the highest pass rate?+
Salisbury has the highest current car pass rate in Wiltshire at 52.5%, ahead of Trowbridge on 51.1%. Pass rates reflect the routes and traffic a centre tests on, not just how candidates drive.
Which Wiltshire test centre has the lowest pass rate?+
Among the county's busier centres, Chippenham currently has the lowest car pass rate at 50.6%. A lower rate usually points to tougher, busier test routes rather than stricter examiners.
How many driving test centres are there in Wiltshire?+
Wiltshire has 3 DVSA driving test centres, with sites around Salisbury, Trowbridge, Chippenham. Each centre's full pass-rate history, waiting time and demographic breakdown is linked above.
Is it easier to pass your driving test in Wiltshire?+
On average a little, yes: the 51.4% county figure sits just above the national 48.7%. The bigger factor is the spread between centres, currently 50.6% to 52.5%, so which centre you book matters more than the county itself.
Where does the Wiltshire pass-rate data come from?+
The figures come from the DVSA's quarterly car practical test statistics, the official UK government release. We only rank centres with at least 1,000 current-period tests, so a small sample never produces a misleading rate.