# Warrington Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Warrington driving test centre has a 55.5% pass rate and an average 10.6 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

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

# Warrington driving test centre

North West, England · Festival Avenue, Orford, Warrington · WA2 9EP

## Warrington at a glance

Pass rate

55.5%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

10.6 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

7,550

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

28.2%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Warrington compares

Warrington passes **55.5%** of car tests, which is **5.4 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **10.6 weeks**, 2.2 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **7,550** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **57.1%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Warrington

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **57.1%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Warrington driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 57.1% |
| February 2026 | 57% |
| January 2026 | 55.9% |
| December 2025 | 56.9% |
| November 2025 | 58.8% |
| October 2025 | 55% |
| September 2025 | 53.4% |
| August 2025 | 58.1% |
| July 2025 | 53.5% |
| June 2025 | 50.7% |
| May 2025 | 55.5% |
| April 2025 | 55.6% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **10.6w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Warrington, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 10.6 weeks |
| July 2026 | 10.6 weeks |
| June 2026 | 13.9 weeks |
| May 2026 | 13.4 weeks |
| April 2026 | 14.1 weeks |
| March 2026 | 17.6 weeks |
| February 2026 | 17.3 weeks |
| January 2026 | 15 weeks |
| December 2025 | 14.6 weeks |
| November 2025 | 14.9 weeks |
| October 2025 | 16.5 weeks |
| September 2025 | 15.7 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **688**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Warrington, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 688 |
| February 2026 | 604 |
| January 2026 | 635 |
| December 2025 | 608 |
| November 2025 | 575 |
| October 2025 | 698 |
| September 2025 | 695 |
| August 2025 | 570 |
| July 2025 | 652 |
| June 2025 | 645 |
| May 2025 | 568 |
| April 2025 | 612 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Warrington driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 7,550 | 4,193 | 55.5% |
| 2024-25 | 6,124 | 3,385 | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 6,105 | 3,239 | 53.1% |
| 2022-23 | 5,538 | 2,940 | 53.1% |
| 2021-22 | 5,060 | 2,901 | 57.3% |
| 2020-21 | 1,603 | 991 | 61.8% |
| 2019-20 | 5,080 | 2,745 | 54% |
| 2018-19 | 5,428 | 2,900 | 53.4% |
| 2017-18 | 5,630 | 2,941 | 52.2% |
| 2016-17 | 4,601 | 2,222 | 48.3% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [St Helens (Liverpool)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/st-helens-liverpool/)
    
    11 km away
    
    40.9% pass · 6.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Widnes](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/widnes/)
    
    14 km away
    
    42.7% pass · 6.9 weeks wait
    
-   [Atherton (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/atherton-manchester/)
    
    14 km away
    
    44.3% pass · 15.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Sale (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sale-manchester/)
    
    17 km away
    
    51.4% pass · 15.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Northwich](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/northwich/)
    
    17 km away
    
    57.6% pass · 19.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Bolton (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bolton-manchester/)
    
    20 km away
    
    51.8% pass · 16.2 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Warrington 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.