Chelmsford driving test centre
East of England, England
Chelmsford at a glance
- Pass rate
- 55.4%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 12.5 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 9,107
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 6.2%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Chelmsford compares
Chelmsford passes 55.4% of car tests, which is 5.3 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 12.5 weeks, 0.4 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 9,107 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 57.1% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
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Trends at Chelmsford
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 57.1%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 57.1% | |
| 59.2% | |
| 59.1% | |
| 56.2% | |
| 54.5% | |
| 53.5% | |
| 54.4% | |
| 55.9% | |
| 53.1% | |
| 56.7% | |
| 56.2% | |
| 47.1% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 12.5w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 12.5 weeks | |
| 9 weeks | |
| 8 weeks | |
| 11.9 weeks | |
| 9.1 weeks | |
| 12 weeks | |
| 14.6 weeks | |
| 14 weeks | |
| 17.4 weeks | |
| 14.6 weeks | |
| 14.4 weeks | |
| 12.1 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 941
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 941 | |
| 836 | |
| 841 | |
| 610 | |
| 859 | |
| 785 | |
| 792 | |
| 533 | |
| 898 | |
| 744 | |
| 642 | |
| 626 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 9,107 | 5,044 | 55.4% |
| 2013-14 | 6,682 | 2,735 | 40.9% |
| 2012-13 | 6,863 | 2,694 | 39.3% |
| 2011-12 | 8,019 | 3,196 | 39.9% |
| 2010-11 | 8,388 | 3,245 | 38.7% |
| 2009-10 | 7,891 | 3,074 | 39% |
| 2008-09 | 8,664 | 3,360 | 38.8% |
| 2007-08 | 8,162 | 2,851 | 34.9% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Southend-on-Sea
19 km away
47% pass · 11 weeks wait
- Tilbury
24 km away
50.4% pass · 8.1 weeks wait
- Hornchurch (London)
27 km away
46.3% pass · 19 weeks wait
- Colchester
33 km away
50.6% pass · 9.4 weeks wait
- Gillingham
33 km away
56.4% pass · 9.3 weeks wait
- Goodmayes (London)
33 km away
43.7% pass · 20.7 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Chelmsford driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .
Practice makes perfect
Learn the Chelmsford test routes before you go
Driving Test Routes App UK maps the roads examiners actually use, across driving test centres in England, Scotland and Wales — so your practice hours go on the roundabouts and junctions that show up on the day.
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