Hemel Hempstead Driving Test Centre

· Hertfordshire

49.6%
final pass rate 1,204 tests/year · 3 years of data · DVSA data: 2015-16

Key Statistics

49.6% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.2pp
55.1% Male Pass Rate
46.0% Female Pass Rate
3,420 Total Tests (3 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Hemel Hempstead pass rate over 3 years

45% 46% 47% 48% 49% 50% 2013 2014 2015 2013: 48.1% 2014: 49.4% 2015: 49.6%

Monthly Breakdown (2015-16)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 93 55 59.1% 71.0% 53.2%
May 123 60 48.8% 61.2% 40.5%
Jun 108 49 45.4% 50.0% 42.2%
Jul 134 64 47.8% 61.4% 41.1%
Aug 112 55 49.1% 50.9% 47.3%
Sep 121 66 54.5% 55.3% 54.1%
Oct 96 50 52.1% 62.5% 44.6%
Nov 92 40 43.5% 42.9% 43.9%
Jan 107 50 46.7% 55.0% 41.8%
Feb 106 49 46.2% 46.2% 46.3%
Mar 112 59 52.7% 52.2% 53.0%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 9.1pp higher rate than female candidates at Hemel Hempstead.

40% 44% 48% 52% 56% 60% 2013 2014 2015 2013: 44.0% 2014: 46.4% 2015: 46.0% 2013: 53.2% 2014: 54.2% 2015: 55.1%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Hemel Hempstead? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 462.117 of the tests conducted here.

17: 246.0% 18: 174.0% 19: 96.0% 20: 59.0% 21: 53.0% 22: 68.0% 23: 67.0% 24: 30.0% 25: 33.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Hemel Hempstead with 246.0% from 56.75675675675676 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 30.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 216.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1756.757246.0%61.2%84.0%
1843.689174.0%56.3%45.0%
1951.92396.0%47.7%27.0%
2053.57159.0%71.0%15.0%
2145.71453.0%66.7%16.0%
2246.93968.0%52.6%23.0%
2369.44467.0%41.9%25.0%
2462.530.0%71.4%10.0%
2531.57933.0%50.0%6.0%

Automatic vs Manual

48.5%Automatic Pass Rate
49.6%Overall Pass Rate
134Auto Tests/Year

At Hemel Hempstead, the automatic test pass rate is 48.5%, which is similar to the overall pass rate of 49.6%. 134 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

Male automatic candidates pass at 63.2% compared to 46.1% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2013 2014 2015 2013: 48.1% 2014: 49.4% 2015: 49.6% 2013: 40.5% 2014: 39.1% 2015: 48.5%
Automatic Overall

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