Bury St Edmunds driving test centre

England • East of EnglandAbout 11 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Bury St Edmunds

Tritron House

St Andrews Street North

IP33 1TJ

46.2%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

3.9 percentage points below average

Out of every 100 car tests at Bury St Edmunds last year, about 46 passed (3.9 points below the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

46.9%

3.6 points below the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

11 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

77

8,702 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 46.2% overall pass rate

Waiting times at Bury St Edmunds

The reported wait was 11 weeks in July 2026. It is a reported centre figure, not a promise of when a test will be available.

The pass rate was 46.2% from 8,702 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

What a lower rate actually means

Busier roads and trickier junctions push the rate down. About 77 people still pass here every week, and they practised the same roads you can.

Fault snapshot

Control - steering

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
4,834
marks
Rate
55.6
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

East of England centres by current pass rate.

  • Ipswich62.3%
  • Norwich (Peachman Way)61.7%
  • Letchworth57.5%
  • Chelmsford55.4%
  • Stevenage55.3%
  • Cambridge (Brookmount Court)53.8%
  • Bedford53.7%
  • Bury St Edmunds46.2%

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 8,702 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 42%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 90.5
  • Dangerous · 7.7
  • Driving · 690.7

Faults that end tests

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

  • Control - steering4,834
  • Move off - safely4,588
  • Maintain progress - speed4,496
  • Junctions - observation3,962
  • Positioning - normal driving3,538
  • Mirrors - signalling3,142
  • Mirrors - change speed3,071
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation3,063
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Control - steering2.80.452.355.6
Move off - safely5.30.347.252.7
Maintain progress - speed3.90.047.751.7
Junctions - observation11.92.231.445.5
Positioning - normal driving5.80.234.740.7
Mirrors - signalling0.70.035.436.1
Mirrors - change speed2.10.133.135.3
Maintain progress - undue hesitation1.40.033.835.2
Mirrors - change direction7.61.325.334.2
Move off - control1.90.131.933.9
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

6.1%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

23 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

135

Automatic transmission

1,858 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

40.1%

1,858 automatic tests

Male

37.6%

753 tests

Female

41.8%

1,105 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

90

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-0.7 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 3.6% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

322

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences163
  • Acts of nature95
  • Leave64

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