# Canterbury Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Canterbury driving test centre has a 45.8% pass rate and an average 5.3 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

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

# Canterbury driving test centre

South East, England · Canterbury Road, Broad Green, Greater London · CR0 3FG

## Canterbury at a glance

Pass rate

45.8%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

5.3 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

4,670

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

19.2%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Canterbury compares

Canterbury passes **45.8%** of car tests, which is **4.3 points below the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **5.3 weeks**, 7.5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **4,670** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **41.3%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Canterbury

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **41.3%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Canterbury driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 41.3% |
| February 2026 | 44.8% |
| January 2026 | 40.7% |
| December 2025 | 44.1% |
| November 2025 | 41.4% |
| October 2025 | 46.1% |
| September 2025 | 48.9% |
| August 2025 | 50.4% |
| July 2025 | 48.4% |
| June 2025 | 50.8% |
| May 2025 | 41.3% |
| April 2025 | 53.1% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **5.3w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Canterbury, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 5.3 weeks |
| July 2026 | 5.3 weeks |
| June 2026 | 5.3 weeks |
| May 2026 | 5.1 weeks |
| April 2026 | 5.6 weeks |
| March 2026 | 4.4 weeks |
| February 2026 | 4.1 weeks |
| January 2026 | 5.7 weeks |
| December 2025 | 4.7 weeks |
| November 2025 | 5.3 weeks |
| October 2025 | 5.4 weeks |
| September 2025 | 7.6 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **356**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Canterbury, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 356 |
| February 2026 | 402 |
| January 2026 | 398 |
| December 2025 | 415 |
| November 2025 | 411 |
| October 2025 | 397 |
| September 2025 | 331 |
| August 2025 | 359 |
| July 2025 | 463 |
| June 2025 | 423 |
| May 2025 | 412 |
| April 2025 | 303 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Canterbury driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 4,670 | 2,138 | 45.8% |
| 2024-25 | 3,322 | 1,672 | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 3,844 | 1,865 | 48.5% |
| 2022-23 | 3,637 | 1,869 | 51.4% |
| 2021-22 | 3,528 | 1,760 | 49.9% |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 450 | 50.4% |
| 2019-20 | 2,998 | 1,383 | 46.1% |
| 2018-19 | 3,155 | 1,477 | 46.8% |
| 2017-18 | 3,102 | 1,453 | 46.8% |
| 2016-17 | 3,157 | 1,514 | 48% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Mitcham (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/mitcham-london/)
    
    4 km away
    
    47% pass · 12.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Morden (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/morden-london/)
    
    6 km away
    
    51% pass · 14.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Bromley (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bromley-london/)
    
    8 km away
    
    52.9% pass · 9.3 weeks wait
    
-   [West Wickham (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/west-wickham-london/)
    
    8 km away
    
    51.6% pass · 10.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Tolworth (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/tolworth-london/)
    
    11 km away
    
    53.6% pass · 10.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Sidcup (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sidcup-london/)
    
    16 km away
    
    58.7% pass · 17.9 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Canterbury 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.