# Crewe Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Crewe driving test centre has a 43.8% pass rate and an average 16 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

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

# Crewe driving test centre

North West, England · Nile Street, Crewe, Cheshire East · CW2 7LL

## Crewe at a glance

Pass rate

43.8%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

16 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

4,994

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

23.4%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Crewe compares

Crewe passes **43.8%** of car tests, which is **6.3 points below the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **16 weeks**, 3.2 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **4,994** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **41%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Crewe

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **41.0%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Crewe driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 41% |
| February 2026 | 41.2% |
| January 2026 | 43.8% |
| December 2025 | 41.6% |
| November 2025 | 38.4% |
| October 2025 | 45% |
| September 2025 | 45.7% |
| August 2025 | 44.1% |
| July 2025 | 44.2% |
| June 2025 | 49.3% |
| May 2025 | 48.5% |
| April 2025 | 43.5% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **16.0w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Crewe, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 16 weeks |
| July 2026 | 16 weeks |
| June 2026 | 12.1 weeks |
| May 2026 | 11.6 weeks |
| April 2026 | 13 weeks |
| March 2026 | 16.1 weeks |
| February 2026 | 16.9 weeks |
| January 2026 | 19.1 weeks |
| December 2025 | 18.5 weeks |
| November 2025 | 17.5 weeks |
| October 2025 | 16.6 weeks |
| September 2025 | 19.7 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **573**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Crewe, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 573 |
| February 2026 | 452 |
| January 2026 | 441 |
| December 2025 | 394 |
| November 2025 | 359 |
| October 2025 | 456 |
| September 2025 | 282 |
| August 2025 | 426 |
| July 2025 | 405 |
| June 2025 | 446 |
| May 2025 | 390 |
| April 2025 | 370 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Crewe driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 4,994 | 2,187 | 43.8% |
| 2024-25 | 4,725 | 2,098 | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 5,651 | 2,505 | 44.3% |
| 2022-23 | 5,688 | 2,254 | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 4,248 | 1,592 | 37.5% |
| 2020-21 | 1,565 | 563 | 36% |
| 2019-20 | 3,444 | 1,567 | 45.5% |
| 2018-19 | 3,850 | 1,900 | 49.4% |
| 2017-18 | 3,233 | 1,758 | 54.4% |
| 2016-17 | 3,777 | 2,165 | 57.3% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/stoke-on-trent-cobridge/)
    
    18 km away
    
    40.6% pass · 10.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/stoke-on-trent-newcastle-under-lyme/)
    
    18 km away
    
    41.6% pass · 17.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Northwich](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/northwich/)
    
    20 km away
    
    57.6% pass · 19.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Macclesfield](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/macclesfield/)
    
    28 km away
    
    51.9% pass · 21.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Warrington](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/warrington/)
    
    37 km away
    
    55.5% pass · 10.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Widnes](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/widnes/)
    
    37 km away
    
    42.7% pass · 6.9 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Crewe 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.