Garston (Liverpool) Driving Test Centre

· Merseyside

40.1%
final pass rate 5,850 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2017-18

Key Statistics

40.1% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +8.0pp
41.7% Male Pass Rate
38.3% Female Pass Rate
32,060 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Garston (Liverpool) pass rate over 5 years

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013: 46.0% 2014: 37.7% 2015: 34.1% 2016: 32.1% 2017: 40.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2017-18)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 524 207 39.5% 37.0% 42.1%
May 569 229 40.2% 42.1% 38.5%
Jun 467 200 42.8% 46.3% 39.6%
Jul 495 199 40.2% 44.2% 36.5%
Aug 503 204 40.6% 43.1% 37.9%
Sep 560 220 39.3% 42.7% 35.7%
Oct 557 221 39.7% 37.7% 41.5%
Nov 555 239 43.1% 42.7% 43.4%
Dec 329 122 37.1% 40.1% 32.8%
Jan 479 169 35.3% 36.6% 33.6%
Feb 365 148 40.5% 46.7% 33.5%
Mar 447 186 41.6% 43.7% 39.1%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 3.4pp higher rate than female candidates at Garston (Liverpool).

25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013: 43.0% 2014: 34.5% 2015: 31.6% 2016: 29.3% 2017: 38.3% 2013: 48.9% 2014: 40.9% 2015: 36.6% 2016: 35.0% 2017: 41.7%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Garston (Liverpool)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 3,051 of the tests conducted here.

17: 52.4% 18: 47.4% 19: 44.6% 20: 41.5% 21: 46.8% 22: 43.6% 23: 39.9% 24: 42.3% 25: 44.5% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Garston (Liverpool) with 52.4% from 267 tests, while 23-year-olds have the lowest at 39.9%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1726752.4%53.4%51.0%
1847947.4%47.1%47.8%
1937944.6%43.7%45.5%
2039541.5%44.4%38.9%
2133346.8%54.6%40.3%
2231243.6%39.7%47.4%
2334639.9%38.2%41.6%
2428642.3%44.0%40.7%
2525444.5%47.2%41.9%

Automatic vs Manual

32.2%Automatic Pass Rate
40.1%Overall Pass Rate
426Auto Tests/Year

At Garston (Liverpool), the automatic test pass rate is 32.2%, which is 7.9 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 40.1%. 426 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 35.8% compared to 30.4% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

20% 26% 32% 38% 44% 50% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013: 46.0% 2014: 37.7% 2015: 34.1% 2016: 32.1% 2017: 40.1% 2013: 36.2% 2014: 29.2% 2015: 27.4% 2016: 23.8% 2017: 32.2%
Automatic Overall

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