Greenham driving test centre

England • South EastAbout 5 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Off Buckner Croke Way

Ventre West Business Park

New Greenham Park, Newbury

RG19 6HX

56.5%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

6.4 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Greenham last year, about 56 passed (6.4 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

55.9%

5.4 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

5 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

43

3,931 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 56.5% overall pass rate

Greenham's pass rate has changed

Greenham's pass rate was 4.4 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 56.5% from 3,931 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 5 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

56.5% of tests here end in a pass, about 43 people a week.

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
2,092
marks
Rate
53.2
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%
  • Greenham56.5%

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 3,931 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 · 67.1
  • Dangerous · 3.8
  • Driving · 618.1

Faults that end tests

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

  • Control - steering2,092
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation1,994
  • Junctions - observation1,904
  • Maintain progress - speed1,696
  • Mirrors - change direction1,445
  • Move off - safely1,445
  • Positioning - normal driving1,393
  • Move off - control1,335
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Control - steering4.20.648.453.2
Maintain progress - undue hesitation2.00.048.750.7
Junctions - observation12.91.234.348.4
Maintain progress - speed1.80.041.443.1
Mirrors - change direction5.10.531.136.8
Move off - safely2.60.134.036.8
Positioning - normal driving4.80.130.535.4
Move off - control2.70.131.234.0
Reverse park - Control3.30.122.525.9
Junctions - approach speed1.00.024.825.9
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

4.5%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

0

Automatic transmission

1,017 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

51.9%

1,017 automatic tests

Male

50.4%

377 tests

Female

52.8%

640 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

22

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+0.5 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 3.3% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

133

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave48
  • Acts of nature46
  • Medical absences39

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