Newbury (Hambridge Lane) Driving Test Centre

· Wiltshire

52.9%
final pass rate 3,215 tests/year · 8 years of data · DVSA data: 2022-23

Key Statistics

52.9% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -6.5pp
53.4% Male Pass Rate
52.4% Female Pass Rate
33,505 Total Tests (8 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Newbury (Hambridge Lane) pass rate over 8 years

50% 52% 54% 56% 58% 60% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2014: 54.4% 2015: 55.4% 2016: 51.2% 2017: 50.1% 2018: 51.4% 2019: 51.5% 2021: 59.4% 2022: 52.9%

Monthly Breakdown (2022-23)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 310 156 50.3% 50.4% 50.3%
May 431 222 51.5% 55.0% 47.9%
Jun 327 161 49.2% 48.8% 49.7%
Jul 269 143 53.2% 51.1% 55.5%
Aug 231 121 52.4% 52.1% 52.6%
Sep 223 115 51.6% 55.8% 47.9%
Oct 249 147 59.0% 59.8% 58.2%
Nov 288 145 50.3% 49.1% 52.0%
Dec 245 140 57.1% 53.4% 60.6%
Jan 298 179 60.1% 58.3% 61.9%
Feb 344 173 50.3% 54.7% 45.4%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 1pp higher rate than female candidates at Newbury (Hambridge Lane).

45% 49% 53% 57% 61% 65% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2014: 54.3% 2015: 53.4% 2016: 49.3% 2017: 48.9% 2018: 49.5% 2019: 49.1% 2021: 57.5% 2022: 52.4% 2014: 54.5% 2015: 57.6% 2016: 53.1% 2017: 51.3% 2018: 53.6% 2019: 54.1% 2021: 61.4% 2022: 53.4%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Newbury (Hambridge Lane)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 2,315 of the tests conducted here.

17: 61.4% 18: 55.6% 19: 55.7% 20: 51.5% 21: 48.6% 22: 57.4% 23: 51.8% 24: 57.7% 25: 45.5% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Newbury (Hambridge Lane) with 61.4% from 793 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 45.5%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1779361.4%60.5%62.4%
1863855.6%57.4%54.1%
1928055.7%57.1%54.3%
2016351.5%45.9%57.7%
2111148.6%47.5%50.0%
2210157.4%63.0%52.7%
238551.8%51.2%52.4%
247857.7%70.0%50.0%
256645.5%63.0%33.3%

Automatic vs Manual

50.9%Automatic Pass Rate
52.9%Overall Pass Rate
530Auto Tests/Year

At Newbury (Hambridge Lane), the automatic test pass rate is 50.9%, which is similar to the overall pass rate of 52.9%. With 530 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 56.0% compared to 48.3% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2014: 54.4% 2015: 55.4% 2016: 51.2% 2017: 50.1% 2018: 51.4% 2019: 51.5% 2021: 59.4% 2022: 52.9% 2014: 38.9% 2015: 45.1% 2016: 40.0% 2017: 37.6% 2018: 50.6% 2019: 43.9% 2020: 46.9% 2021: 52.4% 2022: 50.9%
Automatic Overall

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