Sale Driving Test Centre

· Greater Manchester

47.9%
final pass rate 6,578 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

47.9% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.5pp
50.3% Male Pass Rate
45.9% Female Pass Rate
41,971 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Sale pass rate over 6 years

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 45.1% 2008: 44.7% 2009: 43.9% 2010: 48.0% 2011: 47.4% 2012: 47.9%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 517 264 51.1% 55.7% 47.4%
May 488 241 49.4% 52.8% 46.7%
Jun 549 258 47.0% 50.9% 44.2%
Jul 650 302 46.5% 44.5% 48.1%
Aug 581 270 46.5% 44.9% 47.9%
Sep 460 199 43.3% 44.4% 42.1%
Oct 678 328 48.4% 50.6% 46.2%
Nov 513 250 48.7% 53.2% 43.9%
Dec 398 178 44.7% 46.9% 43.0%
Jan 583 287 49.2% 52.0% 46.7%
Feb 558 286 51.3% 55.5% 47.7%
Mar 603 291 48.3% 52.4% 44.5%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 4.4pp higher rate than female candidates at Sale.

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 41.3% 2008: 41.4% 2009: 41.4% 2010: 45.5% 2011: 44.6% 2012: 45.9% 2007: 49.4% 2008: 48.4% 2009: 46.5% 2010: 50.8% 2011: 50.5% 2012: 50.3%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Sale? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 428.191 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1285.0% 18: 951.0% 19: 493.0% 20: 357.0% 21: 345.0% 22: 337.0% 23: 283.0% 24: 256.0% 25: 234.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Sale with 1285.0% from 52.25505443234837 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 234.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1051.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1752.2551285.0%53.7%336.0%
1852.049951.0%49.0%254.0%
1947.899493.0%49.0%114.0%
2040.306357.0%50.9%79.0%
2143.085345.0%56.7%81.0%
2247.549337.0%54.1%97.0%
2345.625283.0%53.7%73.0%
2453.968256.0%58.5%68.0%
2545.455234.0%52.0%60.0%

Automatic vs Manual

36.2%Automatic Pass Rate
47.9%Overall Pass Rate
312Auto Tests/Year

At Sale, the automatic test pass rate is 36.2%, which is 11.7 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 47.9%. 312 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 42.3% compared to 34.2% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 43.9% 2010: 48.0% 2011: 47.4% 2012: 47.9% 2008: 37.4% 2009: 42.8% 2010: 44.6% 2012: 36.2%
Automatic Overall

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