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Birmingham (Cocks Moors) driving test centre

England • West MidlandsAbout 3 weeks

Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre

Alcester Road South

BIRMINGHAM

B14 6ER

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53.5%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

3.4 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Birmingham (Cocks Moors) last year, about 53 passed (3.4 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

55.5%

4.9 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

3 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

5

486 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 53.5% overall pass rate

Waiting times at Birmingham (Cocks Moors)

The reported wait was 3 weeks in July 2026. It is a reported centre figure, not a promise of when a test will be available.

The pass rate was 53.5% from 486 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3

A good place to sit it

53.5% of tests here end in a pass, about 5 people a week.

Fault snapshot

Move off - safely

This was the most commonly recorded fault here in April 2022 - March 2023. It is a useful place to start a conversation, not a prediction for your test.

Recorded
167
marks

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

West Midlands centres by current pass rate.

  • Hereford58.8%
  • Ludlow58.7%
  • Birmingham (Shirley)56.6%
  • Burton on Trent54.7%
  • Birmingham (Cocks Moors)53.5%
  • Nuneaton53.2%
  • Lichfield53%
  • Oswestry52.3%

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 486 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 43%.

How faults are marked

Every mark is serious, dangerous, or a driving (minor) fault. Shares of everything marked in April 2022 - March 2023.

  • Serious · 237
  • Dangerous · 2
  • Driving · 1,355

Faults that end tests

Top categories by total marks in April 2022 - March 2023. Colour shows severity mix within each bar.

  • Move off - safely167
  • Control - steering105
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation102
  • Maintain progress - speed98
  • Mirrors - change direction97
  • Move off - control85
  • Reverse park - Control81
  • Junctions - observation75
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Raw counts across every severity.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSeriousDangerousDrivingAll
Move off - safely90158167
Control - steering12093105
Maintain progress - undue hesitation5097102
Maintain progress - speed809098
Mirrors - change direction1708097
Move off - control707885
Reverse park - Control1107081
Junctions - observation3104475
Vehicle checks205153
Positioning - normal driving1403751
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.
DVSA FOI · April 2022 - March 2023

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

0.0%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

182

Automatic transmission

155 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

46.5%

155 automatic tests

Male

60.0%

65 tests

Female

36.7%

90 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

13

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-2.0 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 1.2% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

6

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

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