Erith Driving Test Centre

· Greater London

41.2%
final pass rate 6,968 tests/year · 4 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

41.2% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.3pp
44.1% Male Pass Rate
38.5% Female Pass Rate
20,779 Total Tests (4 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Erith pass rate over 4 years

40% 41% 42% 43% 44% 45% 2008 2009 2011 2012 2008: 43.1% 2009: 44.6% 2011: 40.9% 2012: 41.2%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 446 179 40.1% 43.5% 36.6%
May 712 301 42.3% 43.5% 41.0%
Jun 570 248 43.5% 46.8% 40.3%
Jul 702 286 40.7% 42.5% 38.9%
Aug 535 229 42.8% 47.6% 38.8%
Sep 492 196 39.8% 47.7% 32.7%
Oct 736 303 41.2% 43.5% 39.1%
Nov 752 296 39.4% 41.6% 37.4%
Dec 459 209 45.5% 47.1% 44.0%
Jan 521 212 40.7% 43.5% 38.1%
Feb 563 227 40.3% 43.0% 37.8%
Mar 480 186 38.8% 41.1% 36.7%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 5.6pp higher rate than female candidates at Erith.

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2008 2009 2011 2012 2008: 41.1% 2009: 40.9% 2011: 37.8% 2012: 38.5% 2008: 45.1% 2009: 47.9% 2011: 44.1% 2012: 44.1%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Erith? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 376.864 of the tests conducted here.

17: 736.0% 18: 682.0% 19: 450.0% 20: 369.0% 21: 280.0% 22: 272.0% 23: 281.0% 24: 248.0% 25: 244.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Erith with 736.0% from 45.97701149425288 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 244.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 492.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1745.977736.0%50.8%160.0%
1844.444682.0%49.7%152.0%
1944.444450.0%49.5%104.0%
2038.5369.0%43.2%77.0%
2148.611280.0%44.1%70.0%
2237.58272.0%39.1%59.0%
2334.899281.0%52.3%52.0%
2441.463248.0%46.4%51.0%
2540.945244.0%45.3%52.0%

Automatic vs Manual

36.7%Automatic Pass Rate
41.2%Overall Pass Rate
1,221Auto Tests/Year

At Erith, the automatic test pass rate is 36.7%, which is 4.5 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 41.2%. With 1,221 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 39.1% compared to 35.8% for females.

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