Motorcycle Theory Test Centre Pass Rates

Detailed are the official Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) national motorcycle theory test pass rates for each year since 2007.

Also listed are the motorcycle theory test pass rates for individual UK theory test centres.

The time period captured for individual test centres are the 12 months from April 2017 to March 2018 and for both male and female test candidates combined.

Motorcycle Theory Test Pass Rates by Test Centre

Find the motorcycle theory test pass rate for your local test centre.

Theory Test Centre	Conducted	Passes	Pass rate (%)
Aberdeen	614	459	74.8
Aberystwyth	74	61	82.4
Aldershot	690	534	77.4
Andover	33	24	72.7
Andover (Portland House)	18	14	77.8
Aylesbury	82	56	68.3
Aylesbury2	101	69	68.3
Ayr	337	238	70.6
Bala	..	..	57.1
Bangor	205	141	68.8
Barnstaple	209	143	68.4
Barrow	151	110	72.8
Basildon	502	340	67.7
Berwick2	54	41	75.9
Birmingham	611	423	69.2
Blackpool	310	217	70
Bolton	618	433	70.1
Boston	206	142	68.9
Bournemouth	766	534	69.7
Bradford	458	308	67.2
Bridgend	323	232	71.8
Brighton	513	362	70.6
Bristol (Temple Back)	1530	1126	73.6
Builth Wells	58	42	72.4
Bury St Edmunds	324	234	72.2
Cambridge	769	562	73.1
Canterbury (Lower Bridge Street)	807	562	69.6
Cardiff	574	441	76.8
Carlisle	214	167	78
Chatham	913	659	72.2
Chelmsford	617	460	74.6
Cheltenham (Albion Street)	346	271	78.3
Chester	940	650	69.1
Chesterfield	392	271	69.1
Chichester	310	222	71.6
Clydebank (Erskine House)	301	230	76.4
Colchester	491	358	72.9
Corby	439	312	71.1
Coventry	635	456	71.8
Crawley	744	528	71
Cromer	..	..	80
Croydon	1210	781	64.5
Derby	788	594	75.4
Doncaster	571	409	71.6
Driffield	..	..	66.7
Dudley	627	415	66.2
Dumfries	96	70	72.9
Dundee	527	396	75.1
Eastbourne	371	265	71.4
Edinburgh	937	699	74.6
Elgin	130	101	77.7
Exeter	331	238	71.9
Exeter 2	206	152	73.8
Fareham	371	261	70.4
Fort William	23	21	91.3
Frome	46	36	78.3
Frome (Tucker Close)	248	191	77
Galashiels	70	55	78.6
Glasgow	941	728	77.4
Gloucester	463	317	68.5
Grantham	221	153	69.2
Greenock	117	95	81.2
Grimsby	261	189	72.4
Guildford	568	453	79.8
Harlow	489	339	69.3
Harrogate	321	255	79.4
Hastings	318	194	61
Haverfordwest	183	132	72.1
Hereford	245	175	71.4
Huddersfield	518	368	71
Hull	538	372	69.1
Huntly	..	..	83.3
Ilford	741	498	67.2
Inverness2	261	199	76.2
Ipswich	607	445	73.3
Kendal2	65	48	73.8
Kings Lynn	341	250	73.3
Kingston	1286	869	67.6
Kirkwall2	20	14	70
Leeds	872	641	73.5
Leicester	831	555	66.8
Lerwick2	65	32	49.2
Limehouse A	515	339	65.8
Limehouse B	13	11	84.6
Limehouse C	706	529	74.9
Lincoln	299	217	72.6
Liverpool	700	466	66.6
Lowestoft	283	192	67.8
Luton	426	281	66
Manchester	49	37	75.5
Manchester (Universal Square)	671	489	72.9
Mansfield	445	328	73.7
Merthyr Tydfil	317	245	77.3
Middlesbrough	658	474	72
Milton Keynes	571	406	71.1
Morpeth	276	210	76.1
Newcastle	999	732	73.3
Newport (Gwent)	433	325	75.1
Newport-Isle Wight	216	147	68.1
Northallerton	16	9	56.3
Northallerton2	67	56	83.6
Northampton	689	507	73.6
Norwich (Prince of Wales Road)	617	437	70.8
Norwich (Thorpe Road)	163	118	72.4
Nottingham	898	633	70.5
Oldham	376	258	68.6
Oxford	665	500	75.2
Penzance	109	69	63.3
Peterborough	494	348	70.4
Peterhead	..	..	25
Pitlochry2	..	..	60
Plymouth	683	446	65.3
Portsmouth	422	305	72.3
Preston	657	475	72.3
Reading	924	675	73.1
Redditch	369	273	74
Rhyl	220	143	65
Salford	339	241	71.1
Salisbury	410	322	78.5
Scarborough	277	191	69
Scunthorpe	267	190	71.2
Sheffield	793	582	73.4
Shrewsbury	460	333	72.4
Sidcup	972	690	71
Skipton	17	12	70.6
Skipton2	43	27	62.8
Slough	411	283	68.9
Southampton	748	534	71.4
Southend on Sea	289	201	69.6
Southgate	1037	672	64.8
Southport	220	153	69.5
Southwark (Shand Street)	3015	2215	73.5
St Helens	748	531	71
Staines	319	223	69.9
Stevenage (Middlesex House)	462	332	71.9
Stirling	395	313	79.2
Stockport	565	377	66.7
Stoke-on-Trent	649	469	72.3
Stornoway2	35	17	48.6
Stranraer2	17	9	52.9
Stratford upon Avon	370	265	71.6
Sunderland	520	389	74.8
Sutton Coldfield	711	492	69.2
Swansea	604	414	68.5
Swindon	743	537	72.3
Taunton	474	333	70.3
Torquay	363	269	74.1
Truro	469	331	70.6
Tunbridge Wells	117	82	70.1
Uxbridge	737	453	61.5
Watford	826	564	68.3
Weymouth	262	186	71
Wick	34	27	79.4
Wigan	497	336	67.6
Wolverhampton	602	419	69.6
Worcester	410	304	74.1
Workington	144	105	72.9
Worthing	463	326	70.4
Yeovil	314	233	74.2
York	462	350	75.8

National Motorcycle Theory Test Pass Rates by Year

National motorcycle theory test pass rates from 2007 to 2018, male and female results combined.

Date	Conducted	Passes	Pass rate (%)
2007/08	94,177	73,691	78.2
2008/09	103,329	82,488	79.8
2009/10	55,315	44,823	81
2010/11	58,131	47,294	81.4
2011/12	66,288	52,711	79.5
2012/13	73,602	54,810	74.5
2013/14	52,319	39,629	75.7
2014/15	62,807	46,514	74.1
2015/16	71,167	51,090	71.8
2016/17	75,261	53,779	71.5
2017/18	70,740	50,508	71.4