Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park) Driving Test Centre

· Highland

49.8%
final pass rate 2,638 tests/year · 10 years of data · DVSA data: 2017-18

Key Statistics

49.8% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -3.4pp
53.4% Male Pass Rate
46.4% Female Pass Rate
22,782 Total Tests (10 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park) pass rate over 10 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2009 2012 2014 2016 2007: 50.2% 2008: 50.8% 2009: 53.2% 2011: 50.3% 2012: 48.5% 2013: 49.0% 2014: 47.4% 2015: 49.8% 2016: 53.2% 2017: 49.8%

Monthly Breakdown (2017-18)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 180 87 48.3% 50.6% 46.2%
May 252 126 50.0% 53.7% 46.5%
Jun 246 124 50.4% 53.4% 46.9%
Jul 172 85 49.4% 49.0% 50.0%
Aug 265 144 54.3% 58.0% 50.7%
Sep 237 114 48.1% 46.7% 49.2%
Oct 192 85 44.3% 46.5% 42.5%
Nov 344 173 50.3% 54.4% 46.8%
Dec 122 67 54.9% 58.1% 51.7%
Jan 219 112 51.1% 57.9% 43.8%
Feb 174 93 53.4% 60.0% 46.4%
Mar 235 104 44.3% 51.0% 39.1%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 7pp higher rate than female candidates at Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park).

40% 44% 48% 52% 56% 60% 2007 2009 2012 2014 2016 2007: 47.7% 2008: 47.2% 2009: 50.3% 2011: 47.9% 2012: 45.7% 2013: 45.8% 2014: 43.4% 2015: 47.9% 2016: 50.5% 2017: 46.4% 2007: 52.8% 2008: 54.7% 2009: 56.0% 2011: 53.1% 2012: 51.2% 2013: 52.0% 2014: 51.5% 2015: 51.9% 2016: 56.0% 2017: 53.4%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 1,779 of the tests conducted here.

17: 57.9% 18: 52.8% 19: 51.4% 20: 55.8% 21: 45.3% 22: 54.3% 23: 48.4% 24: 42.9% 25: 49.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park) with 57.9% from 527 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 42.9%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1752757.9%58.4%57.1%
1831852.8%52.9%52.8%
1921051.4%51.7%51.1%
2015655.8%52.9%59.4%
2111745.3%50.0%41.0%
2212954.3%50.8%57.4%
2312248.4%49.2%47.6%
249842.9%56.5%30.8%
2510249.0%50.8%46.5%

Automatic vs Manual

38.3%Automatic Pass Rate
49.8%Overall Pass Rate
133Auto Tests/Year

At Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park), the automatic test pass rate is 38.3%, which is 11.5 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 49.8%. 133 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 51.4% compared to 33.3% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 39% 43% 47% 51% 55% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2012: 48.5% 2013: 49.0% 2014: 47.4% 2015: 49.8% 2016: 53.2% 2017: 49.8% 2012: 47.6% 2013: 51.2% 2014: 47.1% 2015: 48.0% 2016: 40.2% 2017: 38.3%
Automatic Overall

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