Bristol (Brislington) Driving Test Centre

· City of Bristol

41.9%
final pass rate 6,294 tests/year · 13 years of data · DVSA data: 2019-20

Key Statistics

41.9% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -1.4pp
46.0% Male Pass Rate
38.0% Female Pass Rate
76,994 Total Tests (13 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Bristol (Brislington) pass rate over 13 years

40% 44% 48% 52% 56% 60% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2007: 48.3% 2008: 51.3% 2009: 52.1% 2010: 52.9% 2011: 55.3% 2012: 52.7% 2013: 49.5% 2014: 48.2% 2015: 48.5% 2016: 47.3% 2017: 44.4% 2018: 43.3% 2019: 41.9%

Monthly Breakdown (2019-20)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 568 242 42.6% 46.8% 38.6%
May 487 204 41.9% 47.2% 37.2%
Jun 501 190 37.9% 43.0% 33.2%
Jul 631 252 39.9% 44.9% 35.5%
Aug 552 249 45.1% 47.6% 42.7%
Sep 426 186 43.7% 50.3% 38.2%
Oct 659 279 42.3% 42.3% 42.4%
Nov 616 254 41.2% 40.5% 41.9%
Dec 492 207 42.1% 47.7% 36.9%
Jan 627 275 43.9% 49.8% 37.7%
Feb 452 186 41.2% 46.9% 35.4%
Mar 283 111 39.2% 47.4% 31.8%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 8pp higher rate than female candidates at Bristol (Brislington).

35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2007: 44.5% 2008: 48.1% 2009: 48.0% 2010: 49.8% 2011: 52.8% 2012: 50.2% 2013: 46.7% 2014: 45.3% 2015: 46.0% 2016: 44.5% 2017: 40.6% 2018: 39.7% 2019: 38.0% 2007: 51.6% 2008: 54.1% 2009: 56.1% 2010: 56.2% 2011: 57.9% 2012: 55.4% 2013: 52.3% 2014: 51.2% 2015: 50.9% 2016: 50.2% 2017: 48.9% 2018: 47.3% 2019: 46.0%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Bristol (Brislington)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 1,179 of the tests conducted here.

17: 59.1% 18: 52.2% 19: 45.0% 20: 45.6% 21: 41.8% 22: 47.2% 23: 42.4% 24: 50.0% 25: 27.7% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Bristol (Brislington) with 59.1% from 342 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 27.7%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 31.4 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1734259.1%61.3%56.1%
1835652.2%49.7%54.3%
1912045.0%45.3%44.6%
206845.6%50.0%41.7%
216741.8%54.3%28.1%
227247.2%44.4%50.0%
235942.4%45.8%40.0%
244850.0%50.0%50.0%
254727.7%30.4%25.0%

Automatic vs Manual

39.8%Automatic Pass Rate
41.9%Overall Pass Rate
113Auto Tests/Year

At Bristol (Brislington), the automatic test pass rate is 39.8%, which is 2.1 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 41.9%. 113 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

Male automatic candidates pass at 44.4% compared to 36.8% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017 2019 2008: 51.3% 2009: 52.1% 2010: 52.9% 2011: 55.3% 2012: 52.7% 2013: 49.5% 2014: 48.2% 2015: 48.5% 2016: 47.3% 2017: 44.4% 2018: 43.3% 2019: 41.9% 2008: 43.2% 2009: 37.1% 2010: 47.5% 2012: 44.3% 2013: 35.1% 2014: 37.5% 2015: 37.8% 2016: 39.1% 2017: 38.3% 2018: 36.1% 2019: 39.2% 2020: 39.8%
Automatic Overall

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