# Sale (Manchester) Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Sale (Manchester) driving test centre has a 51.4% pass rate and an average 15.4 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sale-manchester/

# Sale (Manchester) driving test centre

North West, England · Poplar Grove, Brooklands, Trafford · M33 3AX

## Sale (Manchester) at a glance

Pass rate

51.4%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

15.4 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

10,921

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

34.8%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Sale (Manchester) compares

Sale (Manchester) passes **51.4%** of car tests, which is **1.3 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **15.4 weeks**, 2.6 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **10,921** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **49%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Sale (Manchester)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **49.0%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Sale (Manchester) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 49% |
| February 2026 | 52.8% |
| January 2026 | 54% |
| December 2025 | 50% |
| November 2025 | 50.4% |
| October 2025 | 48.7% |
| September 2025 | 51.9% |
| August 2025 | 52.9% |
| July 2025 | 54.2% |
| June 2025 | 55.1% |
| May 2025 | 51.4% |
| April 2025 | 47.9% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **15.4w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Sale (Manchester), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 15.4 weeks |
| July 2026 | 15.4 weeks |
| June 2026 | 17.9 weeks |
| May 2026 | 18.1 weeks |
| April 2026 | 20.9 weeks |
| March 2026 | 15 weeks |
| February 2026 | 14 weeks |
| January 2026 | 12.9 weeks |
| December 2025 | 8.3 weeks |
| November 2025 | 8.1 weeks |
| October 2025 | 19.3 weeks |
| September 2025 | 21.4 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **1126**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Sale (Manchester), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 1,126 |
| February 2026 | 975 |
| January 2026 | 940 |
| December 2025 | 1,061 |
| November 2025 | 1,077 |
| October 2025 | 861 |
| September 2025 | 828 |
| August 2025 | 571 |
| July 2025 | 1,044 |
| June 2025 | 722 |
| May 2025 | 803 |
| April 2025 | 913 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Sale (Manchester) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 10,921 | 5,613 | 51.4% |
| 2024-25 | 9,977 | 4,901 | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 9,800 | 4,799 | 49% |
| 2022-23 | 9,142 | 4,457 | 48.8% |
| 2021-22 | 7,854 | 3,893 | 49.6% |
| 2020-21 | 2,356 | 1,270 | 53.9% |
| 2019-20 | 7,203 | 3,506 | 48.7% |
| 2018-19 | 8,933 | 4,471 | 50.1% |
| 2017-18 | 9,142 | 4,654 | 50.9% |
| 2016-17 | 7,798 | 3,918 | 50.2% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [West Didsbury (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/west-didsbury-manchester/)
    
    4 km away
    
    47.7% pass · 22.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Cheetham Hill (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/cheetham-hill-manchester/)
    
    10 km away
    
    44.7% pass · 10.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Bredbury (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bredbury-manchester/)
    
    13 km away
    
    56% pass · 17.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Chadderton](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/chadderton/)
    
    16 km away
    
    46.8% pass · 12 weeks wait
    
-   [Warrington](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/warrington/)
    
    17 km away
    
    55.5% pass · 10.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Atherton (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/atherton-manchester/)
    
    17 km away
    
    44.3% pass · 15.3 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Sale (Manchester) 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.