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Wolverhampton driving test centre

West Midlands, England

Wolverhampton at a glance

Pass rate
34.3%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
13.6 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
11,561
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
5.1%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Wolverhampton compares

Wolverhampton passes 34.3% of car tests, which is 15.8 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 13.6 weeks, 1.5 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 11,561 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 34.8% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Wolverhampton

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 34.8%

32%41%50%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Wolverhampton driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
34.8%
34.6%
33.6%
32.6%
31.6%
32.7%
33.2%
35.6%
36.8%
35.3%
35.6%
35.5%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 13.6w

9w13w16wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Wolverhampton, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
13.6 weeks
10.7 weeks
9.1 weeks
10.1 weeks
15.6 weeks
11.7 weeks
11.4 weeks
14.3 weeks
12.1 weeks
13.2 weeks
16.1 weeks
12.9 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 1068

7649841203Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Wolverhampton, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
1,068
999
861
890
1,087
1,113
1,062
806
926
1,002
870
877

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Wolverhampton driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 11,561 3,961 34.3%
2024-25 11,719 3,920 33.4%
2023-24 15,295 4,949 32.4%
2022-23 13,160 4,649 35.3%
2021-22 10,023 3,677 36.7%
2020-21 2,575 960 37.3%
2019-20 9,243 3,247 35.1%
2018-19 10,173 3,526 34.7%
2017-18 8,354 3,142 37.6%
2016-17 9,884 4,105 41.5%

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 Wolverhampton 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 .

Practice makes perfect

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