# Basingstoke Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Basingstoke driving test centre has a 56.8% pass rate and an average 19.6 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

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

# Basingstoke driving test centre

South East, England · Sullivan Road, Brighton Hill, Basingstoke and Deane · RG22 4LR

## Basingstoke at a glance

Pass rate

56.8%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

19.6 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

5,009

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

43.7%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Basingstoke compares

Basingstoke passes **56.8%** of car tests, which is **6.7 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **19.6 weeks**, 6.8 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **5,009** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **57.7%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Basingstoke

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **57.7%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Basingstoke driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 57.7% |
| February 2026 | 57.9% |
| January 2026 | 60.5% |
| December 2025 | 59.8% |
| November 2025 | 54.1% |
| October 2025 | 53.5% |
| September 2025 | 60.1% |
| August 2025 | 56.8% |
| July 2025 | 54.4% |
| June 2025 | 52.6% |
| May 2025 | 54.2% |
| April 2025 | 61.4% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **19.6w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Basingstoke, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 19.6 weeks |
| July 2026 | 19.6 weeks |
| June 2026 | 18 weeks |
| May 2026 | 18.9 weeks |
| April 2026 | 21.9 weeks |
| March 2026 | 17.1 weeks |
| February 2026 | 20 weeks |
| January 2026 | 18.1 weeks |
| December 2025 | 17 weeks |
| November 2025 | 22.3 weeks |
| October 2025 | 17 weeks |
| September 2025 | 20.3 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **364**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Basingstoke, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 364 |
| February 2026 | 404 |
| January 2026 | 420 |
| December 2025 | 388 |
| November 2025 | 418 |
| October 2025 | 441 |
| September 2025 | 491 |
| August 2025 | 398 |
| July 2025 | 498 |
| June 2025 | 458 |
| May 2025 | 397 |
| April 2025 | 332 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Basingstoke driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 5,009 | 2,844 | 56.8% |
| 2024-25 | 4,940 | 2,809 | 56.9% |
| 2023-24 | 4,792 | 2,781 | 58% |
| 2022-23 | 4,214 | 2,585 | 61.3% |
| 2021-22 | 4,388 | 2,575 | 58.7% |
| 2020-21 | 1,415 | 793 | 56% |
| 2019-20 | 4,558 | 2,265 | 49.7% |
| 2018-19 | 4,463 | 2,255 | 50.5% |
| 2017-18 | 4,923 | 2,246 | 45.6% |
| 2016-17 | 5,466 | 2,354 | 43.1% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Greenham](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/greenham/)
    
    19 km away
    
    56.5% pass · 5.2 weeks wait
    
-   [Farnborough](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/farnborough/)
    
    24 km away
    
    59.7% pass · 16 weeks wait
    
-   [Winchester](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/winchester/)
    
    26 km away
    
    52.2% pass · 7.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Southampton (Maybush)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/southampton-maybush/)
    
    42 km away
    
    50.3% pass · 13.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Chertsey (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/chertsey-london/)
    
    45 km away
    
    52.9% pass · 15.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Slough (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/slough-london/)
    
    47 km away
    
    50.8% pass · 6 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Basingstoke 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.