Sutton (London) Driving Test Centre

· North Yorkshire

48.7%
final pass rate 8,902 tests/year · 4 years of data · DVSA data: 2016-17

Key Statistics

48.7% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.6pp
52.1% Male Pass Rate
45.6% Female Pass Rate
33,015 Total Tests (4 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Sutton (London) pass rate over 4 years

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2013: 43.8% 2014: 45.3% 2015: 48.1% 2016: 48.7%

Monthly Breakdown (2016-17)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 603 314 52.1% 57.8% 47.5%
May 662 362 54.7% 58.0% 51.8%
Jun 780 367 47.1% 51.4% 44.0%
Jul 654 304 46.5% 52.6% 41.2%
Aug 685 333 48.6% 50.0% 47.5%
Sep 820 387 47.2% 49.1% 45.4%
Oct 788 378 48.0% 52.3% 44.1%
Nov 848 391 46.1% 52.4% 40.6%
Dec 725 353 48.7% 53.1% 45.1%
Jan 797 394 49.4% 48.8% 50.0%
Feb 637 300 47.1% 49.2% 45.2%
Mar 903 448 49.6% 52.6% 46.5%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.5pp higher rate than female candidates at Sutton (London).

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2013: 40.9% 2014: 42.2% 2015: 45.5% 2016: 45.6% 2013: 47.4% 2014: 49.1% 2015: 51.1% 2016: 52.1%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Sutton (London)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 395.645 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1291.0% 18: 1093.0% 19: 580.0% 20: 401.0% 21: 392.0% 22: 348.0% 23: 297.0% 24: 272.0% 25: 263.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Sutton (London) with 1291.0% from 52.77777777777777 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 263.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1028.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1752.7781291.0%55.8%342.0%
1846.5161093.0%50.5%267.0%
1946.875580.0%50.4%150.0%
2038.208401.0%46.6%81.0%
2142.051392.0%46.7%82.0%
2244.086348.0%38.3%82.0%
2343.333297.0%54.7%78.0%
2439.61272.0%48.3%61.0%
2542.188263.0%57.0%54.0%

Automatic vs Manual

45.4%Automatic Pass Rate
48.7%Overall Pass Rate
1,541Auto Tests/Year

At Sutton (London), the automatic test pass rate is 45.4%, which is 3.3 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 48.7%. With 1,541 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

Male automatic candidates pass at 51.3% compared to 43.4% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2013: 43.8% 2014: 45.3% 2015: 48.1% 2016: 48.7% 2013: 38.0% 2014: 40.7% 2015: 43.6% 2016: 45.4%
Automatic Overall

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