Bury Driving Test Centre

· Greater Manchester

42.1%
final pass rate 4,207 tests/year · 4 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

42.1% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -6.8pp
46.2% Male Pass Rate
38.4% Female Pass Rate
21,362 Total Tests (4 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Bury pass rate over 4 years

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2012 2007: 46.6% 2008: 46.3% 2009: 48.9% 2012: 42.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 292 111 38.0% 41.9% 34.0%
May 486 199 40.9% 44.2% 37.4%
Jun 372 168 45.2% 48.4% 41.8%
Jul 242 109 45.0% 48.3% 42.1%
Aug 318 143 45.0% 53.1% 39.5%
Sep 351 134 38.2% 43.6% 34.2%
Oct 406 157 38.7% 42.2% 35.8%
Nov 374 174 46.5% 49.2% 44.2%
Dec 334 132 39.5% 46.0% 33.5%
Jan 279 118 42.3% 46.5% 38.7%
Feb 375 173 46.1% 47.0% 45.5%
Mar 378 152 40.2% 46.6% 34.7%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 7.8pp higher rate than female candidates at Bury.

35% 39% 43% 47% 51% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2012 2007: 43.5% 2008: 41.5% 2009: 45.7% 2012: 38.4% 2007: 49.8% 2008: 51.6% 2009: 52.3% 2012: 46.2%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Bury? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 362.085 of the tests conducted here.

17: 717.0% 18: 635.0% 19: 435.0% 20: 272.0% 21: 214.0% 22: 239.0% 23: 137.0% 24: 163.0% 25: 129.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Bury with 717.0% from 47.633136094674555 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 129.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 588.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1747.633717.0%55.4%161.0%
1841.026635.0%46.8%144.0%
1939.827435.0%45.1%92.0%
2044.295272.0%51.2%66.0%
2132.54214.0%52.3%41.0%
2245.6239.0%43.0%57.0%
2343.421137.0%42.6%33.0%
2432.895163.0%43.7%25.0%
2534.848129.0%39.7%23.0%

Automatic vs Manual

29.9%Automatic Pass Rate
42.1%Overall Pass Rate
144Auto Tests/Year

At Bury, the automatic test pass rate is 29.9%, which is 12.2 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 42.1%. 144 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

The lower automatic pass rate compared to overall is unusual. This could reflect a smaller sample size or a particular candidate demographic. Check the trend over time to see if this is consistent.

Female automatic candidates pass at 32.7% compared to 22.5% for males.

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