Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) Driving Test Centre

· West Midlands

44.1%
final pass rate 2,712 tests/year · 17 years of data · DVSA data: 2023-24

Key Statistics

44.1% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +1.3pp
47.6% Male Pass Rate
40.2% Female Pass Rate
112,667 Total Tests (17 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) pass rate over 17 years

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2007: 47.6% 2008: 44.4% 2009: 45.3% 2010: 43.1% 2011: 42.9% 2012: 41.6% 2013: 42.7% 2014: 40.6% 2015: 41.7% 2016: 37.9% 2017: 40.3% 2018: 37.6% 2019: 35.3% 2020: 36.1% 2021: 35.1% 2022: 42.8% 2023: 44.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2023-24)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 807 374 46.3% 48.4% 43.9%
May 1,040 459 44.1% 49.1% 38.8%
Jun 865 362 41.8% 44.9% 38.7%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 7.4pp higher rate than female candidates at Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield).

25% 31% 37% 43% 49% 55% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2007: 42.4% 2008: 40.0% 2009: 39.5% 2010: 39.0% 2011: 37.8% 2012: 36.5% 2013: 37.4% 2014: 36.0% 2015: 37.0% 2016: 32.7% 2017: 35.6% 2018: 32.9% 2019: 31.9% 2020: 34.5% 2021: 29.6% 2022: 38.7% 2023: 40.2% 2007: 53.2% 2008: 49.4% 2009: 52.1% 2010: 48.3% 2011: 49.4% 2012: 47.8% 2013: 48.8% 2014: 46.5% 2015: 47.1% 2016: 43.3% 2017: 45.4% 2018: 42.5% 2019: 38.5% 2020: 37.5% 2021: 39.3% 2022: 46.1% 2023: 47.6%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 1,450 of the tests conducted here.

17: 48.6% 18: 54.7% 19: 42.1% 20: 47.1% 21: 45.5% 22: 42.4% 23: 36.6% 24: 46.4% 25: 41.5% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) with 54.7% from 225 tests, while 23-year-olds have the lowest at 36.6%.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1710548.6%53.0%41.0%
1822554.7%54.5%54.9%
1923542.1%48.5%33.7%
2022347.1%47.1%47.1%
2117845.5%50.5%39.2%
2215842.4%46.3%38.5%
2312336.6%42.9%30.0%
249746.4%53.7%37.2%
2510641.5%40.0%42.9%

Automatic vs Manual

39.2%Automatic Pass Rate
44.1%Overall Pass Rate
729Auto Tests/Year

At Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield), the automatic test pass rate is 39.2%, which is 4.9 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 44.1%. With 729 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 45.8% compared to 36.5% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2009: 45.3% 2010: 43.1% 2011: 42.9% 2012: 41.6% 2013: 42.7% 2014: 40.6% 2015: 41.7% 2016: 37.9% 2017: 40.3% 2018: 37.6% 2019: 35.3% 2020: 36.1% 2021: 35.1% 2022: 42.8% 2023: 44.1% 2008: 35.1% 2009: 39.7% 2010: 31.9% 2012: 29.9% 2013: 35.5% 2014: 32.0% 2015: 31.4% 2016: 28.2% 2017: 32.0% 2018: 32.1% 2019: 31.9% 2020: 28.8% 2021: 29.1% 2022: 38.4% 2023: 39.2%
Automatic Overall

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