Garston Driving Test Centre

· Merseyside

48.7%
final pass rate 5,118 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

48.7% Overall Pass Rate 0.0pp
50.2% Male Pass Rate
47.2% Female Pass Rate
39,777 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Garston pass rate over 6 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 48.9% 2008: 50.4% 2009: 47.9% 2010: 48.2% 2011: 48.7% 2012: 48.7%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 381 190 49.9% 53.8% 45.6%
May 471 233 49.5% 49.4% 49.6%
Jun 299 146 48.8% 52.2% 46.0%
Jul 631 282 44.7% 43.8% 45.6%
Aug 464 238 51.3% 54.4% 48.3%
Sep 340 160 47.1% 48.1% 46.1%
Oct 591 276 46.7% 46.0% 47.4%
Nov 441 217 49.2% 48.0% 50.5%
Dec 345 181 52.5% 55.0% 49.4%
Jan 378 192 50.8% 51.5% 50.0%
Feb 352 165 46.9% 50.5% 42.9%
Mar 425 214 50.4% 55.3% 45.1%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 3pp higher rate than female candidates at Garston.

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 46.9% 2008: 46.1% 2009: 43.6% 2010: 44.9% 2011: 46.0% 2012: 47.2% 2007: 50.7% 2008: 54.5% 2009: 52.3% 2010: 51.5% 2011: 51.5% 2012: 50.2%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Garston? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 453.999 of the tests conducted here.

17: 488.0% 18: 511.0% 19: 387.0% 20: 332.0% 21: 311.0% 22: 255.0% 23: 220.0% 24: 230.0% 25: 229.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Garston with 511.0% from 54.86381322957199 tests, while 23-year-olds have the lowest at 220.0%. The 291.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1747.727488.0%56.0%105.0%
1854.864511.0%59.4%141.0%
1941.964387.0%54.6%94.0%
2045.813332.0%44.2%93.0%
2146.809311.0%52.4%66.0%
2260.145255.0%50.4%83.0%
2350.893220.0%62.0%57.0%
2451.938230.0%53.5%67.0%
2553.846229.0%57.6%70.0%

Automatic vs Manual

47.6%Automatic Pass Rate
48.7%Overall Pass Rate
185Auto Tests/Year

At Garston, the automatic test pass rate is 47.6%, which is similar to the overall pass rate of 48.7%. 185 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

Female automatic candidates pass at 48.5% compared to 44.9% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 47.9% 2010: 48.2% 2011: 48.7% 2012: 48.7% 2008: 46.9% 2009: 39.7% 2010: 40.1% 2012: 47.6%
Automatic Overall

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