Chelmsford Driving Test Centre

· Essex

40.9%
final pass rate 6,682 tests/year · 7 years of data · DVSA data: 2013-14

Key Statistics

40.9% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +1.6pp
43.6% Male Pass Rate
38.5% Female Pass Rate
54,669 Total Tests (7 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Chelmsford pass rate over 7 years

30% 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 34.9% 2008: 38.8% 2009: 39.0% 2010: 38.7% 2011: 39.9% 2012: 39.3% 2013: 40.9%

Monthly Breakdown (2013-14)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 589 237 40.2% 43.3% 37.9%
May 494 213 43.1% 43.5% 42.8%
Jun 578 231 40.0% 43.5% 37.1%
Jul 543 229 42.2% 43.6% 40.8%
Aug 508 226 44.5% 48.0% 41.6%
Sep 419 179 42.7% 45.8% 39.9%
Oct 605 248 41.0% 44.3% 37.9%
Nov 543 219 40.3% 44.0% 36.7%
Dec 491 188 38.3% 41.9% 35.1%
Jan 674 273 40.5% 43.5% 37.4%
Feb 602 241 40.0% 43.4% 36.6%
Mar 636 251 39.5% 39.5% 39.4%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 5.1pp higher rate than female candidates at Chelmsford.

30% 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 32.7% 2008: 36.0% 2009: 36.6% 2010: 36.1% 2011: 37.6% 2012: 37.3% 2013: 38.5% 2007: 37.3% 2008: 41.6% 2009: 41.4% 2010: 41.5% 2011: 42.4% 2012: 41.5% 2013: 43.6%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Chelmsford? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 368.754 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1817.0% 18: 1315.0% 19: 601.0% 20: 429.0% 21: 324.0% 22: 234.0% 23: 185.0% 24: 169.0% 25: 190.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Chelmsford with 1817.0% from 44.56289978678038 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 169.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1648.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1744.5631817.0%47.2%418.0%
1838.0151315.0%44.1%249.0%
1935.385601.0%43.5%115.0%
2043.662429.0%39.4%93.0%
2138.983324.0%43.5%69.0%
2246.602234.0%39.7%48.0%
2335.484185.0%46.7%33.0%
2446.667169.0%44.3%42.0%
2539.394190.0%44.0%39.0%

Automatic vs Manual

31.0%Automatic Pass Rate
40.9%Overall Pass Rate
300Auto Tests/Year

At Chelmsford, the automatic test pass rate is 31.0%, which is 9.9 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 40.9%. 300 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.

Male automatic candidates pass at 37.8% compared to 28.8% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2009: 39.0% 2010: 38.7% 2011: 39.9% 2012: 39.3% 2013: 40.9% 2008: 27.0% 2009: 26.3% 2010: 22.8% 2012: 31.1% 2013: 31.0%
Automatic Overall

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