# Banbury Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Banbury driving test centre has a 41.3% pass rate and an average 18.1 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/banbury/

# Banbury driving test centre

South East, England · Mewburn Road, Neithrop, Cherwell · OX16 9PA

## Banbury at a glance

Pass rate

41.3%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

18.1 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

9,069

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

34.9%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Banbury compares

Banbury passes **41.3%** of car tests, which is **8.8 points below the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **18.1 weeks**, 5.3 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **9,069** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **45.4%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Banbury

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **45.4%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Banbury driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 45.4% |
| February 2026 | 45% |
| January 2026 | 46.2% |
| December 2025 | 44.4% |
| November 2025 | 41% |
| October 2025 | 39.6% |
| September 2025 | 41.1% |
| August 2025 | 40.8% |
| July 2025 | 38.9% |
| June 2025 | 39.4% |
| May 2025 | 37% |
| April 2025 | 39.1% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **18.1w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Banbury, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 18.1 weeks |
| July 2026 | 18.1 weeks |
| June 2026 | 20.4 weeks |
| May 2026 | 24.3 weeks |
| April 2026 | 20.9 weeks |
| March 2026 | 20.4 weeks |
| February 2026 | 19.7 weeks |
| January 2026 | 15 weeks |
| December 2025 | 18.9 weeks |
| November 2025 | 14.2 weeks |
| October 2025 | 17.1 weeks |
| September 2025 | 16.6 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **744**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Banbury, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 744 |
| February 2026 | 547 |
| January 2026 | 617 |
| December 2025 | 671 |
| November 2025 | 854 |
| October 2025 | 844 |
| September 2025 | 888 |
| August 2025 | 835 |
| July 2025 | 774 |
| June 2025 | 770 |
| May 2025 | 771 |
| April 2025 | 754 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Banbury driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 9,069 | 3,741 | 41.3% |
| 2024-25 | 8,241 | 3,287 | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 6,679 | 2,727 | 40.8% |
| 2022-23 | 6,747 | 2,935 | 43.5% |
| 2021-22 | 6,265 | 2,883 | 46% |
| 2020-21 | 1,631 | 905 | 55.5% |
| 2019-20 | 5,264 | 2,641 | 50.2% |
| 2018-19 | 5,005 | 2,617 | 52.3% |
| 2017-18 | 5,468 | 2,901 | 53.1% |
| 2016-17 | 5,536 | 2,981 | 53.8% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

-   [Warwick (Wedgenock House)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/warwick-wedgenock-house/)
    
    31 km away
    
    48.5% pass · 18 weeks wait
    
-   [Oxford (Cowley)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/oxford-cowley/)
    
    37 km away
    
    50.6% pass · 5 weeks wait
    
-   [Bletchley](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bletchley/)
    
    42 km away
    
    51.5% pass · 14.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Aylesbury](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/aylesbury/)
    
    46 km away
    
    49.3% pass · 5 weeks wait
    
-   [Coventry](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/coventry/)
    
    46 km away
    
    40% pass · 6.8 weeks wait
    
-   [Nuneaton](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/nuneaton/)
    
    46 km away
    
    53.2% pass · 11.4 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Banbury driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets [DRT122A and DRT122F](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars), published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to August 2026. This page was last updated 14 September 2026.