Tolworth Driving Test Centre

· Greater London

51.5%
final pass rate 7,647 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

51.5% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +1.7pp
54.7% Male Pass Rate
48.6% Female Pass Rate
56,472 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Tolworth pass rate over 6 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 46.0% 2008: 47.5% 2009: 49.4% 2010: 50.2% 2011: 49.8% 2012: 51.5%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 481 234 48.6% 50.5% 47.1%
May 702 353 50.3% 54.2% 46.5%
Jun 756 382 50.5% 53.4% 48.2%
Jul 693 364 52.5% 53.1% 52.0%
Aug 625 338 54.1% 58.4% 50.3%
Sep 642 341 53.1% 53.9% 52.4%
Oct 871 446 51.2% 51.0% 51.4%
Nov 745 370 49.7% 53.1% 46.2%
Dec 531 281 52.9% 57.0% 48.6%
Jan 572 293 51.2% 58.7% 44.6%
Feb 535 293 54.8% 63.2% 47.4%
Mar 494 245 49.6% 52.3% 47.4%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.1pp higher rate than female candidates at Tolworth.

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 44.5% 2008: 45.3% 2009: 46.4% 2010: 47.6% 2011: 46.4% 2012: 48.6% 2007: 47.3% 2008: 49.4% 2009: 52.1% 2010: 52.8% 2011: 53.2% 2012: 54.7%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Tolworth? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 455.265 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1427.0% 18: 842.0% 19: 531.0% 20: 351.0% 21: 318.0% 22: 301.0% 23: 252.0% 24: 252.0% 25: 238.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Tolworth with 1427.0% from 65.28803545051699 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 238.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1189.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1765.2881427.0%59.1%442.0%
1854.545842.0%54.7%234.0%
1949.231531.0%55.4%128.0%
2048.913351.0%55.1%90.0%
2153.514318.0%56.4%99.0%
2245.86301.0%53.5%72.0%
2343.846252.0%63.1%57.0%
2444.915252.0%54.5%53.0%
2549.153238.0%56.7%58.0%

Automatic vs Manual

45.8%Automatic Pass Rate
51.5%Overall Pass Rate
895Auto Tests/Year

At Tolworth, the automatic test pass rate is 45.8%, which is 5.7 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 51.5%. With 895 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

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 53.3% compared to 43.5% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 49.4% 2010: 50.2% 2011: 49.8% 2012: 51.5% 2008: 45.4% 2009: 45.5% 2010: 43.3% 2012: 45.8%
Automatic Overall

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