Rochdale Driving Test Centre

· Greater Manchester

39.3%
final pass rate 5,619 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

39.3% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.9pp
44.3% Male Pass Rate
35.2% Female Pass Rate
43,591 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Rochdale pass rate over 6 years

35% 36% 37% 38% 39% 40% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 38.1% 2008: 39.3% 2009: 37.3% 2010: 39.5% 2011: 38.4% 2012: 39.3%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 417 168 40.3% 41.2% 39.8%
May 616 228 37.0% 43.3% 31.1%
Jun 385 148 38.4% 52.4% 27.6%
Jul 426 179 42.0% 44.7% 39.9%
Aug 496 212 42.7% 50.0% 37.1%
Sep 465 186 40.0% 44.8% 35.7%
Oct 564 217 38.5% 40.5% 36.8%
Nov 538 193 35.9% 43.1% 29.1%
Dec 426 153 35.9% 35.1% 36.7%
Jan 368 156 42.4% 47.1% 38.3%
Feb 500 196 39.2% 43.7% 35.1%
Mar 418 175 41.9% 48.4% 36.5%

Gender Comparison

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

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 33.5% 2008: 33.9% 2009: 32.6% 2010: 35.1% 2011: 33.9% 2012: 35.2% 2007: 42.9% 2008: 45.2% 2009: 42.6% 2010: 44.2% 2011: 44.2% 2012: 44.3%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Rochdale? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 354.618 of the tests conducted here.

17: 837.0% 18: 972.0% 19: 465.0% 20: 363.0% 21: 288.0% 22: 274.0% 23: 244.0% 24: 181.0% 25: 181.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Rochdale with 972.0% from 36.6223908918406 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 181.0%. The 791.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1742.714837.0%49.4%170.0%
1836.622972.0%44.7%193.0%
1936.071465.0%44.9%101.0%
2046.893363.0%42.5%83.0%
2135.484288.0%44.4%55.0%
2241.958274.0%49.6%60.0%
2334.921244.0%37.3%44.0%
2437.273181.0%42.3%41.0%
2542.683181.0%46.5%35.0%

Automatic vs Manual

30.9%Automatic Pass Rate
39.3%Overall Pass Rate
139Auto Tests/Year

At Rochdale, the automatic test pass rate is 30.9%, which is 8.4 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 39.3%. 139 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.

Female automatic candidates pass at 32.1% compared to 26.7% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

25% 28% 31% 34% 37% 40% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 37.3% 2010: 39.5% 2011: 38.4% 2012: 39.3% 2008: 39.2% 2009: 29.5% 2010: 32.0% 2012: 30.9%
Automatic Overall

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