Driver and rider testing and instructor statistics: April to September 2024
Driver standards statistics on the numbers and pass rates for driving, riding theory, practical tests and registered driving and riding instructors.
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In response to previously announced short-term resourcing pressures, the original publication date for the Driver and Rider Testing Statistics, Great Britain: April to June 2024 had been postponed to December 2024.
Given the delay in publishing these data and the impending scheduled release of the subsequent July to September 2024 data, the Department has decided to publish both quarters of data, covering April to September, in this release. This is in order to meet its obligations under the Code of Practice for Statistics to publish data as soon as possible to prevent delay to users. This edition of Driver and Rider Testing Statistics therefore supersedes the April to June 2024 release however all data related to that period is published as normal in the tables accompanying this release.
In line with previous announcements regarding the future of this publication, this will be the last time these data are published by DfT. Subsequent reporting of these data will be picked up in an alternative format by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency who will assume responsibility for publishing numbers and pass rates for driving and riding theory and practical tests conducted and data on instructors in Great Britain, going forwards on a quarterly basis. The next publication of this data will be available in March 2025.
This release reports statistics on the number and pass rates of driving and riding theory and practical tests conducted in Great Britain for the period July to September 2024, and also statistics on driving instructors.
In July to September 2024, there were:
- 692,000 car theory tests conducted
- 449,000 car practical tests conducted
Compared with July to September 2023, this was:
- an increase of 4% for car theory tests
- an increase of 4% for car practical tests
The pass rate in July to September 2024 was:
- 45.7% for car theory tests
- 48.9% for car practical tests
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