Basingstoke driving test centre

England • South EastAbout 20 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Basingstoke

Sullivan Road

Brighton Hill, Basingstoke

RG22 4LR

56.8%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

6.7 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Basingstoke last year, about 57 passed (6.7 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

57.7%

7.1 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

20 weeks

Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.

This centre in numbers

55

5,009 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 56.8% overall pass rate

Waiting times at Basingstoke

The reported wait was 20 weeks in July 2026. It is a reported centre figure, not a promise of when a test will be available.

The pass rate was 56.8% from 5,009 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

56.8% of tests here end in a pass, about 55 people a week.

Fault snapshot

Maintain progress - 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
2,511
marks
Rate
50.1
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.

Explore the full fault breakdown

National pass rates also move with the calendar - see UK seasonality.

Across the region

South East centres by current pass rate.

  • Tunbridge Wells64.5%
  • Lee On The Solent63.2%
  • Chichester61.6%
  • Maidstone60.2%
  • Worthing59.8%
  • Farnborough59.7%
  • Sevenoaks59%
  • Basingstoke56.8%

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

Men have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 5,009 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 54%.

How faults are marked

Every mark is serious, dangerous, or a driving (minor) fault. Shown per 100 tests.

  • Serious · 63.6
  • Dangerous · 6.9
  • Driving · 489.0

Faults that end tests

Top categories by total marks in April 2025 - March 2026. Colour shows severity mix within each bar.

  • Maintain progress - speed2,511
  • Junctions - observation2,172
  • Control - steering1,923
  • Move off - safely1,535
  • Mirrors - change direction1,506
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation1,377
  • Move off - control1,174
  • Use of speed1,107
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Maintain progress - speed2.00.048.250.1
Junctions - observation11.22.329.843.4
Control - steering2.60.535.338.4
Move off - safely2.30.128.230.6
Mirrors - change direction9.01.819.230.1
Maintain progress - undue hesitation0.90.026.627.5
Move off - control1.80.121.523.4
Use of speed2.50.119.522.1
Positioning - normal driving2.60.118.220.8
Reverse park - Control2.40.216.719.2
About these figures
Fault categories are self-reported by DVSA examiners; a single test can record more than one fault, so these describe examiner records, not route difficulty.

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.

Slots still bookable

8.6%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

10 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

29

Automatic transmission

1,638 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

52.1%

1,638 automatic tests

Male

52.2%

728 tests

Female

52.0%

910 tests

First-time passes

First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.

Faultless passes

136

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-0.9 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 11.0% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

619

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave324
  • Medical absences253
  • Acts of nature42

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