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Skegness driving test centre

East Midlands, England · Heath Road, Seacroft, East Lindsey · PE25 3ST

Skegness at a glance

Pass rate
55.9%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
13.8 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
2,078
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
2.9%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Skegness compares

Skegness passes 55.9% of car tests, which is 5.8 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 13.8 weeks, 1.7 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 2,078 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 51.1% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Skegness

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 51.1%

50%57%64%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Skegness driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
51.1%
57%
55.6%
59.7%
56.7%
55.2%
54.8%
57.7%
55.7%
59.7%
57.6%
51.7%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 13.8w

5w11w18wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Skegness, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
13.8 weeks
18.1 weeks
16 weeks
17.5 weeks
16.2 weeks
12.9 weeks
13.6 weeks
11.4 weeks
15 weeks
13.9 weeks
8.9 weeks
10.9 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 227

99171243Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Skegness, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
227
142
117
149
208
154
197
194
246
181
118
145

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Skegness driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 2,078 1,162 55.9%
2024-25 1,895 1,092 57.6%
2023-24 1,208 748 61.9%
2022-23 1,543 932 60.4%
2021-22 1,069 664 62.1%
2020-21 287 167 58.2%
2019-20 1,225 672 54.9%
2018-19 1,265 705 55.7%
2017-18 1,203 703 58.4%
2016-17 1,443 859 59.5%

Where it is

Nearby test centres

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

Everything on this page describes Skegness 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 .

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