Cardiff Driving Test Centre

· Caerdydd - Cardiff

54.5%
final pass rate 6,208 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

54.5% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +1.4pp
58.4% Male Pass Rate
51.3% Female Pass Rate
47,292 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Cardiff pass rate over 5 years

50% 51% 52% 53% 54% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 53.0% 2008: 51.9% 2009: 51.4% 2011: 53.1% 2012: 54.5%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 630 349 55.4% 61.1% 51.0%
May 852 456 53.5% 59.0% 48.9%
Jun 594 329 55.4% 60.1% 52.4%
Jul 742 413 55.7% 60.2% 52.0%
Aug 662 363 54.8% 56.5% 53.5%
Sep 565 288 51.0% 54.9% 47.2%
Oct 916 500 54.6% 56.9% 52.4%
Nov 836 448 53.6% 58.4% 49.7%
Dec 411 239 58.2% 60.8% 56.5%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 7.1pp higher rate than female candidates at Cardiff.

45% 48% 51% 54% 57% 60% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 48.7% 2008: 48.6% 2009: 48.5% 2011: 49.4% 2012: 51.3% 2007: 57.9% 2008: 55.5% 2009: 54.5% 2011: 57.5% 2012: 58.4%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Cardiff? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 459.953 of the tests conducted here.

17: 2251.0% 18: 1299.0% 19: 712.0% 20: 486.0% 21: 458.0% 22: 444.0% 23: 393.0% 24: 308.0% 25: 374.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Cardiff with 2251.0% from 57.9982126899017 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 308.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1943.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1757.9982251.0%62.7%649.0%
1850.71299.0%58.5%362.0%
1948.894712.0%55.4%199.0%
2054.074486.0%55.1%146.0%
2145.038458.0%65.8%118.0%
2253.731444.0%61.4%144.0%
2349.776393.0%56.5%111.0%
2450308.0%58.1%80.0%
2549.741374.0%56.9%96.0%

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