Loughton Driving Test Centre

· Shropshire

44.5%
final pass rate 5,542 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

44.5% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +2.5pp
46.1% Male Pass Rate
42.8% Female Pass Rate
35,635 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Loughton pass rate over 6 years

35% 37% 39% 41% 43% 45% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 35.6% 2008: 36.3% 2009: 37.1% 2010: 40.8% 2011: 42.0% 2012: 44.5%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 441 186 42.2% 41.6% 42.9%
May 591 281 47.5% 51.7% 43.3%
Jun 457 196 42.9% 46.9% 39.0%
Jul 512 221 43.2% 43.4% 43.0%
Aug 308 158 51.3% 53.0% 49.3%
Sep 511 222 43.4% 43.6% 43.3%
Oct 655 290 44.3% 45.1% 43.3%
Nov 575 244 42.4% 45.2% 39.1%
Dec 334 160 47.9% 50.3% 45.1%
Jan 386 167 43.3% 45.8% 40.4%
Feb 453 200 44.2% 44.2% 44.1%
Mar 319 143 44.8% 44.6% 45.0%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 3.3pp higher rate than female candidates at Loughton.

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 32.9% 2008: 34.1% 2009: 34.2% 2010: 37.7% 2011: 39.6% 2012: 42.8% 2007: 38.0% 2008: 38.0% 2009: 39.6% 2010: 43.4% 2011: 44.3% 2012: 46.1%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Loughton? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 389.07 of the tests conducted here.

17: 959.0% 18: 634.0% 19: 388.0% 20: 286.0% 21: 260.0% 22: 210.0% 23: 188.0% 24: 211.0% 25: 171.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Loughton with 959.0% from 56.03448275862069 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 171.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 788.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1756.034959.0%55.6%260.0%
1848.742634.0%52.5%155.0%
1945.402388.0%38.8%79.0%
2038.571286.0%51.4%54.0%
2141.606260.0%43.9%57.0%
2242.202210.0%50.5%46.0%
2343.689188.0%43.5%45.0%
2431.858211.0%45.9%36.0%
2540.964171.0%44.3%34.0%

Automatic vs Manual

39.8%Automatic Pass Rate
44.5%Overall Pass Rate
620Auto Tests/Year

At Loughton, the automatic test pass rate is 39.8%, which is 4.7 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 44.5%. With 620 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Female automatic candidates pass at 40.4% compared to 38.6% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 37.1% 2010: 40.8% 2011: 42.0% 2012: 44.5% 2008: 30.3% 2009: 33.2% 2010: 33.8% 2012: 39.8%
Automatic Overall

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