High Wycombe driving test centre

England • South EastAbout 5 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Holiday Inn

Junctin 4, Handy Cross Roundabout

High Wycombe

HP11 1TL

51.5%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

About the 50.0% national average

Out of every 100 car tests at High Wycombe last year, about 52 passed (1.5 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

49.0%

1.5 points below 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

35

3,534 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 51.5% overall pass rate

Waiting times at High Wycombe

The reported wait was 5 weeks in July 2026. It is a reported centre figure, not a promise of when a test will be available.

The pass rate was 51.5% from 3,534 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

51.5% of tests here end in a pass, about 35 people a week.

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%
  • High Wycombe51.5%

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

Men have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 3,534 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 46%.

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

5.2%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

5 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

61

Automatic transmission

1,126 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

47.0%

1,126 automatic tests

Male

49.1%

338 tests

Female

46.1%

788 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

41

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+2.5 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 2.5% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

92

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences56
  • Leave27
  • Acts of nature9

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