Falkirk Driving Test Centre

· Falkirk

50.1%
final pass rate 3,319 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2011-12

Key Statistics

50.1% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -0.9pp
54.3% Male Pass Rate
46.4% Female Pass Rate
17,046 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Falkirk pass rate over 5 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007: 46.2% 2008: 49.1% 2009: 48.7% 2010: 51.0% 2011: 50.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2011-12)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 342 171 50.0% 53.0% 46.5%
May 301 140 46.5% 50.7% 42.8%
Jun 261 128 49.0% 53.7% 45.0%
Jul 319 176 55.2% 60.9% 49.7%
Aug 216 105 48.6% 55.8% 42.0%
Sep 358 159 44.4% 43.0% 45.6%
Oct 200 95 47.5% 51.6% 43.8%
Nov 292 152 52.1% 57.4% 48.2%
Dec 204 105 51.5% 56.3% 47.9%
Jan 330 180 54.5% 58.1% 50.6%
Feb 249 127 51.0% 57.1% 46.0%
Mar 247 126 51.0% 56.3% 46.7%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 7.9pp higher rate than female candidates at Falkirk.

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007: 41.5% 2008: 44.6% 2009: 43.8% 2010: 47.8% 2011: 46.4% 2007: 52.0% 2008: 54.8% 2009: 54.6% 2010: 54.8% 2011: 54.3%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Falkirk? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 415.338 of the tests conducted here.

17: 951.0% 18: 624.0% 19: 311.0% 20: 174.0% 21: 124.0% 22: 112.0% 23: 91.0% 24: 97.0% 25: 69.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Falkirk with 951.0% from 55.26315789473684 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 69.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 882.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1755.263951.0%56.8%252.0%
1847.097624.0%51.0%146.0%
1942.541311.0%56.2%77.0%
2047.312174.0%59.3%44.0%
2148.864124.0%50.0%43.0%
2252.542112.0%50.9%31.0%
2336.36491.0%66.7%20.0%
2437.73697.0%61.4%20.0%
2547.61969.0%70.4%20.0%

Automatic vs Manual

43.5%Automatic Pass Rate
50.1%Overall Pass Rate
69Auto Tests/Year

At Falkirk, the automatic test pass rate is 43.5%, which is 6.6 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 50.1%. 69 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 80.0% compared to 37.3% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 39% 43% 47% 51% 55% 2008 2009 2010 2009: 48.7% 2010: 51.0% 2011: 50.1% 2008: 38.4% 2009: 45.8% 2010: 43.5%
Automatic Overall

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