Leicester (Cannock Street) driving test centre

England • East MidlandsAbout 6 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Leicester LGV

40 Cannock Street, Barkbythorpe Road

Troon Industrial Estate

LE4 9HT

40.2%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

9.8 percentage points below average

Out of every 100 car tests at Leicester (Cannock Street) last year, about 40 passed (9.8 points below the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

38.5%

12.1 points below the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

6 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

110

14,198 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 40.2% overall pass rate

Leicester (Cannock Street)'s pass rate has changed

Leicester (Cannock Street)'s pass rate was 2.5 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 40.2% from 14,198 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 6 weeks in July 2026.

What a lower rate actually means

Busier roads and trickier junctions push the rate down. About 110 people still pass here every week, and they practised the same roads you can.

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
7,100
marks
Rate
50.0
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 Midlands centres by current pass rate.

  • Melton Mowbray69.7%
  • Wellingborough60%
  • Buxton58.7%
  • Grantham (Somerby)57.9%
  • Ashfield57.3%
  • Chesterfield56.2%
  • Skegness55.9%
  • Leicester (Cannock Street)40.2%

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

Men have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 14,198 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 35%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 102.9
  • Dangerous · 9.6
  • Driving · 494.0

Faults that end tests

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

  • Maintain progress - speed7,100
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation6,137
  • Move off - safely5,382
  • Control - steering4,850
  • Junctions - observation3,862
  • Mirrors - signalling3,785
  • Move off - control3,701
  • Use of speed3,590
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Maintain progress - speed7.60.042.450.0
Maintain progress - undue hesitation4.10.039.143.2
Move off - safely4.10.333.537.9
Control - steering3.90.829.534.2
Junctions - observation8.32.116.827.2
Mirrors - signalling0.50.026.226.7
Move off - control1.90.124.126.1
Use of speed8.30.116.925.3
Reverse park - Control2.90.317.620.8
Vehicle checks0.50.119.720.2
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

5.1%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

284

Automatic transmission

4,043 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

35.3%

4,043 automatic tests

Male

37.2%

1,375 tests

Female

34.4%

2,668 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

96

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+1.7 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 4.3% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

632

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences389
  • Acts of nature175
  • Leave68

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