# Eastbourne Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Eastbourne driving test centre has a 55.4% pass rate and an average 13.7 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

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

# Eastbourne driving test centre

South East, England · Wartling Road, St Anthony's Hill, East Sussex · BN22 7PT

## Eastbourne at a glance

Pass rate

55.4%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

13.7 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

6,031

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

29%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Eastbourne compares

Eastbourne 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 **13.7 weeks**, 0.9 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **6,031** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **56.8%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Eastbourne

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **56.8%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Eastbourne driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 56.8% |
| February 2026 | 55.6% |
| January 2026 | 56.4% |
| December 2025 | 53.6% |
| November 2025 | 49.9% |
| October 2025 | 57.3% |
| September 2025 | 55.7% |
| August 2025 | 49.5% |
| July 2025 | 50.6% |
| June 2025 | 58.2% |
| May 2025 | 63.2% |
| April 2025 | 62.6% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **13.7w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Eastbourne, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 13.7 weeks |
| July 2026 | 13.7 weeks |
| June 2026 | 7.4 weeks |
| May 2026 | 7.7 weeks |
| April 2026 | 9.4 weeks |
| March 2026 | 7.9 weeks |
| February 2026 | 7.4 weeks |
| January 2026 | 7.1 weeks |
| December 2025 | 8.1 weeks |
| November 2025 | 6.7 weeks |
| October 2025 | 11.3 weeks |
| September 2025 | 11.6 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **613**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Eastbourne, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 613 |
| February 2026 | 617 |
| January 2026 | 603 |
| December 2025 | 601 |
| November 2025 | 517 |
| October 2025 | 475 |
| September 2025 | 436 |
| August 2025 | 465 |
| July 2025 | 528 |
| June 2025 | 433 |
| May 2025 | 329 |
| April 2025 | 414 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Eastbourne driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 6,031 | 3,342 | 55.4% |
| 2024-25 | 5,609 | 2,925 | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 6,917 | 3,327 | 48.1% |
| 2022-23 | 5,877 | 3,066 | 52.2% |
| 2021-22 | 6,220 | 3,398 | 54.6% |
| 2020-21 | 1,733 | 951 | 54.9% |
| 2019-20 | 4,190 | 2,166 | 51.7% |
| 2018-19 | 4,810 | 2,411 | 50.1% |
| 2017-18 | 5,428 | 2,601 | 47.9% |
| 2016-17 | 5,774 | 2,777 | 48.1% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Burgess Hill](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/burgess-hill/)
    
    38 km away
    
    45.5% pass · 14.9 weeks wait
    
-   [Tunbridge Wells](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/)
    
    39 km away
    
    64.5% pass · 10 weeks wait
    
-   [Worthing](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/worthing/)
    
    48 km away
    
    59.8% pass · 10.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Crawley](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/crawley/)
    
    49 km away
    
    42.7% pass · 10.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Ashford (Kent)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/ashford-kent/)
    
    57 km away
    
    46.2% pass · 6.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Redhill Aerodrome](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/redhill-aerodrome/)
    
    57 km away
    
    53.9% pass · 10 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Eastbourne 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.