Ashford (Middlesex) Driving Test Centre

· Devon

50.7%
final pass rate 8,164 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

50.7% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +3.3pp
53.4% Male Pass Rate
47.9% Female Pass Rate
47,995 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Ashford (Middlesex) pass rate over 6 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 49.6% 2008: 48.8% 2009: 48.8% 2010: 48.2% 2011: 47.4% 2012: 50.7%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 687 375 54.6% 58.4% 50.3%
May 968 487 50.3% 51.5% 48.8%
Jun 713 369 51.8% 57.3% 45.8%
Jul 847 416 49.1% 52.0% 46.3%
Aug 530 275 51.9% 55.0% 48.9%
Sep 613 306 49.9% 51.6% 48.1%
Oct 864 432 50.0% 49.9% 50.1%
Nov 783 387 49.4% 50.5% 48.3%
Dec 579 289 49.9% 56.6% 43.3%
Jan 429 209 48.7% 53.8% 43.8%
Feb 675 341 50.5% 52.3% 48.8%
Mar 476 254 53.4% 56.2% 51.0%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 5.5pp higher rate than female candidates at Ashford (Middlesex).

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 48.1% 2008: 47.0% 2009: 46.3% 2010: 44.1% 2011: 44.6% 2012: 47.9% 2007: 50.9% 2008: 50.5% 2009: 51.5% 2010: 52.5% 2011: 50.3% 2012: 53.4%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Ashford (Middlesex)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 478.691 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1042.0% 18: 757.0% 19: 441.0% 20: 367.0% 21: 285.0% 22: 278.0% 23: 321.0% 24: 272.0% 25: 291.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Ashford (Middlesex) with 1042.0% from 64.72945891783567 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 272.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 770.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1764.7291042.0%65.2%323.0%
1857.576757.0%57.6%209.0%
1957.627441.0%57.1%136.0%
2052.857367.0%55.4%111.0%
2155.333285.0%56.3%83.0%
2248.819278.0%50.3%62.0%
2341.497321.0%60.9%61.0%
2455.556272.0%55.5%75.0%
2544.697291.0%53.5%59.0%

Automatic vs Manual

46.3%Automatic Pass Rate
50.7%Overall Pass Rate
943Auto Tests/Year

At Ashford (Middlesex), the automatic test pass rate is 46.3%, which is 4.4 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 50.7%. With 943 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 56.2% compared to 43.2% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 39% 43% 47% 51% 55% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 48.8% 2010: 48.2% 2011: 47.4% 2012: 50.7% 2008: 44.0% 2009: 43.7% 2010: 39.8% 2012: 46.3%
Automatic Overall

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