Cambridge (Chesterton Road) Driving Test Centre

· Cambridgeshire

52.9%
final pass rate 5,226 tests/year · 11 years of data · DVSA data: 2017-18

Key Statistics

52.9% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +3.1pp
56.3% Male Pass Rate
49.8% Female Pass Rate
54,094 Total Tests (11 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Cambridge (Chesterton Road) pass rate over 11 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2007: 53.6% 2008: 51.5% 2009: 53.9% 2010: 54.3% 2011: 51.7% 2012: 52.9% 2013: 52.6% 2014: 52.9% 2015: 51.3% 2016: 49.8% 2017: 52.9%

Monthly Breakdown (2017-18)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 328 163 49.7% 52.5% 47.1%
May 433 233 53.8% 59.8% 49.2%
Jun 447 246 55.0% 58.1% 52.3%
Jul 414 233 56.3% 61.6% 51.4%
Aug 455 245 53.8% 54.7% 53.0%
Sep 424 228 53.8% 57.4% 50.8%
Oct 613 311 50.7% 55.9% 46.6%
Nov 577 291 50.4% 53.0% 48.2%
Dec 243 125 51.4% 59.5% 42.7%
Jan 456 251 55.0% 54.3% 55.8%
Feb 377 190 50.4% 55.7% 45.4%
Mar 459 247 53.8% 55.2% 52.6%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.5pp higher rate than female candidates at Cambridge (Chesterton Road).

45% 48% 51% 54% 57% 60% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2007: 53.1% 2008: 49.5% 2009: 51.9% 2010: 52.2% 2011: 50.1% 2012: 49.3% 2013: 50.3% 2014: 50.5% 2015: 48.5% 2016: 47.7% 2017: 49.8% 2007: 54.3% 2008: 53.6% 2009: 56.1% 2010: 56.7% 2011: 53.5% 2012: 56.7% 2013: 55.3% 2014: 55.8% 2015: 54.5% 2016: 52.1% 2017: 56.3%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Cambridge (Chesterton Road)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 3,340 of the tests conducted here.

17: 58.3% 18: 53.7% 19: 55.1% 20: 46.6% 21: 56.7% 22: 44.6% 23: 53.8% 24: 54.0% 25: 61.3% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

25-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Cambridge (Chesterton Road) with 61.3% from 160 tests, while 22-year-olds have the lowest at 44.6%.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
171,04258.3%57.6%59.1%
1868753.7%55.4%51.8%
1934555.1%55.8%54.3%
2028146.6%51.7%41.2%
2120856.7%56.4%56.9%
2223344.6%48.5%41.8%
2321053.8%56.6%51.0%
2417454.0%52.6%55.1%
2516061.3%67.1%55.6%

Automatic vs Manual

48.2%Automatic Pass Rate
52.9%Overall Pass Rate
564Auto Tests/Year

At Cambridge (Chesterton Road), the automatic test pass rate is 48.2%, which is 4.7 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 52.9%. With 564 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 62.3% compared to 44.0% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 39% 43% 47% 51% 55% 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017 2009: 53.9% 2010: 54.3% 2011: 51.7% 2012: 52.9% 2013: 52.6% 2014: 52.9% 2015: 51.3% 2016: 49.8% 2017: 52.9% 2008: 50.0% 2009: 44.8% 2010: 40.8% 2012: 41.4% 2013: 40.2% 2014: 39.3% 2015: 43.4% 2016: 41.3% 2017: 48.2%
Automatic Overall

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