Llantrisant driving test centre

WalesAbout 9 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Llantrisant LGV

School Road, Miskin

Llantrisant

CF72 8YR

54.0%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

4.0 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Llantrisant last year, about 54 passed (4.0 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

9 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

103

9,909 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 54.0% overall pass rate

Llantrisant's pass rate has changed

Llantrisant's pass rate was 3.4 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 54.0% from 9,909 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 9 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

54.0% of tests here end in a pass, about 103 people a week.

Fault snapshot

Move off - safely

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
5,665
marks
Rate
57.2
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

Wales centres by current pass rate.

  • Pwllheli68.1%
  • Abergavenny64.2%
  • Bangor62.2%
  • Bala61.6%
  • Brecon58.7%
  • Newtown58%
  • Barry57%
  • Llantrisant54%

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 9,909 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 50%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 79.7
  • Dangerous · 4.5
  • Driving · 492.8

Faults that end tests

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

  • Move off - safely5,665
  • Maintain progress - speed4,042
  • Use of speed3,578
  • Move off - control3,206
  • Control - steering3,114
  • Mirrors - change direction2,707
  • Signals - correctly2,652
  • Junctions - observation2,371
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Move off - safely5.30.151.857.2
Maintain progress - speed3.00.037.840.8
Use of speed7.60.028.536.1
Move off - control2.40.129.832.4
Control - steering2.10.528.931.4
Mirrors - change direction7.41.019.027.3
Signals - correctly0.90.025.926.8
Junctions - observation5.40.817.823.9
Maintain progress - undue hesitation0.90.019.920.8
Mirrors - change speed1.50.118.520.0
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

35.2%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

15 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

172

Automatic transmission

2,187 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

45.0%

2,187 automatic tests

Male

44.0%

1,044 tests

Female

46.0%

1,143 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

177

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-1.5 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 4.6% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

476

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave248
  • Medical absences228

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