# Grimsby Coldwater Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Grimsby Coldwater driving test centre has a 42.8% pass rate and an average 7.9 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/grimsby-coldwater/

# Grimsby Coldwater driving test centre

Yorkshire and The Humber, England · Estate Road No 1, Great Coates, North East Lincolnshire · DN31 2TB

## Grimsby Coldwater at a glance

Pass rate

42.8%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

7.9 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

5,361

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

33%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Grimsby Coldwater compares

Grimsby Coldwater passes **42.8%** of car tests, which is **7.3 points below the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **7.9 weeks**, 4.9 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **5,361** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **43.7%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Grimsby Coldwater

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **43.7%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Grimsby Coldwater driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 43.7% |
| February 2026 | 40.5% |
| January 2026 | 42.2% |
| December 2025 | 42.7% |
| November 2025 | 40.6% |
| October 2025 | 45% |
| September 2025 | 44.4% |
| August 2025 | 43.8% |
| July 2025 | 36.8% |
| June 2025 | 47.2% |
| May 2025 | 49.2% |
| April 2025 | 40.5% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **7.9w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Grimsby Coldwater, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 7.9 weeks |
| July 2026 | 7.9 weeks |
| June 2026 | 7.5 weeks |
| May 2026 | 7.9 weeks |
| April 2026 | 9.6 weeks |
| March 2026 | 6.4 weeks |
| February 2026 | 5 weeks |
| January 2026 | 8.3 weeks |
| December 2025 | 9.3 weeks |
| November 2025 | 10.2 weeks |
| October 2025 | 9.9 weeks |
| September 2025 | 8 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **510**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Grimsby Coldwater, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 510 |
| February 2026 | 551 |
| January 2026 | 550 |
| December 2025 | 410 |
| November 2025 | 429 |
| October 2025 | 558 |
| September 2025 | 459 |
| August 2025 | 363 |
| July 2025 | 522 |
| June 2025 | 322 |
| May 2025 | 329 |
| April 2025 | 358 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Grimsby Coldwater driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 5,361 | 2,292 | 42.8% |
| 2024-25 | 5,754 | 2,455 | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 5,295 | 2,060 | 38.9% |
| 2022-23 | 5,352 | 2,204 | 41.2% |
| 2021-22 | 4,408 | 1,807 | 41% |
| 2020-21 | 1,190 | 559 | 47% |
| 2019-20 | 4,721 | 1,878 | 39.8% |
| 2018-19 | 4,739 | 1,936 | 40.9% |
| 2017-18 | 4,995 | 2,266 | 45.4% |
| 2016-17 | 5,070 | 2,401 | 47.4% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Hull](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/hull/)
    
    24 km away
    
    47.9% pass · 14 weeks wait
    
-   [Louth](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/louth/)
    
    25 km away
    
    53.9% pass · 15.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Scunthorpe](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/scunthorpe/)
    
    35 km away
    
    45.4% pass · 4 weeks wait
    
-   [Brentwood (London)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/brentwood-london/)
    
    36 km away
    
    48.5% pass · 3.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Bridlington](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bridlington/)
    
    56 km away
    
    55.5% pass · 11.9 weeks wait
    
-   [Skegness](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/skegness/)
    
    57 km away
    
    55.9% pass · 17.9 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Grimsby Coldwater 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.