Barry driving test centre
unit No 16 Business Service Centre
Hood Road
Innovation Quarter
The Waterfront
Vale Of Glamorgan
CF62 5QN
57.0%
2025/26 pass rate · all attempts
7.0 percentage points above averageOut of every 100 car tests at Barry last year, about 57 passed (7.0 points above the 50.0% UK average).
DVSA DRT122A · OGL v355.5%
4.9 points above the national first-attempt average.
10 weeks
Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.
25
2,244 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 57.0% overall pass rate
Barry's pass rate has changed
Barry's pass rate was 4.8 points lower than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 57.0% from 2,244 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
The reported wait was 10 weeks in July 2026.
A good place to sit it
Fault snapshot
Use of speed
This was the most commonly recorded fault here in April 2025 - March 2026. It is a useful place to start a conversation, not a prediction for your test.
- Recorded
- 1,121 marks
- Rate
- 50.0 marks per 100 tests
Before the day, take a calm look at the parts of moving off that feel least settled: observations, control and choosing a safe gap. Your instructor can help you practise the bits that need another go.
National pass rates also move with the calendar - see UK seasonality.
Pass rate · last 12 months
Overall, male and female monthly rates for this centre. Gaps bridge months with no tests.
Men and women breakdown
Men and women here
Women have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 2,244 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.
How faults are marked
Every mark is serious, dangerous, or a driving (minor) fault. Shown per 100 tests.
- Serious · 58.4
- Dangerous · 17.2
- Driving · 570.2
Named categories
Counts per 100 tests.
| Fault | Serious / 100 | Dangerous / 100 | Driving / 100 | All / 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of speed | 5.0 | 0.0 | 45.0 | 50.0 |
| Control - steering | 1.5 | 1.2 | 45.8 | 48.5 |
| Junctions - observation | 8.9 | 5.0 | 32.2 | 46.1 |
| Move off - control | 2.4 | 1.1 | 33.1 | 36.6 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 1.5 | 0.2 | 33.0 | 34.7 |
| Move off - safely | 2.6 | 1.5 | 28.4 | 32.5 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 0.4 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 31.4 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 1.6 | 1.8 | 27.2 | 30.6 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 2.2 | 0.0 | 27.1 | 29.4 |
| Signals - correctly | 1.3 | 0.0 | 23.8 | 25.1 |
More about this centre
Waiting time, automatic and first-attempt detail, and DVSA-initiated cancellations - only the slices this centre publishes.
Waiting time
Median wait and slot availability as of July 2026.
43.4%
As of July 2026
11 weeks
DRT122F · July 2026
10
Automatic transmission
410 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
49.8%
410 automatic tests
51.2%
123 tests
49.1%
287 tests
First-time passes
First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.
37
Zero-fault first-time passes
+1.6 pts
All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate