Malton driving test centre

England • Yorkshire and The HumberAbout 10 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Malton

3 Milton Avenue

Malton

YO17 7LB

64.3%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

14.2 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Malton last year, about 64 passed (14.2 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

65.2%

14.6 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

10 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

11

876 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 64.3% overall pass rate

Waiting times at Malton

The reported wait was 10 weeks in July 2026. It is a reported centre figure, not a promise of when a test will be available.

The pass rate was 64.3% from 876 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

64.3% of tests here end in a pass, about 11 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
431
marks
Rate
49.2
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

Yorkshire and The Humber centres by current pass rate.

  • Malton64.3%
  • Northallerton60.4%
  • Walton LGV59.8%
  • Barnsley58.6%
  • Knaresborough58.5%
  • Skipton57.3%
  • Whitby57.2%
  • Bradford (Heaton)56.1%

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 876 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 60%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 51.5
  • Dangerous · 5.3
  • Driving · 457.3

Faults that end tests

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

  • Move off - safely431
  • Control - steering417
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation337
  • Maintain progress - speed321
  • Mirrors - signalling271
  • Junctions - observation240
  • Mirrors - change speed219
  • Move off - control209
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Move off - safely3.40.045.849.2
Control - steering4.11.342.247.6
Maintain progress - undue hesitation1.30.037.238.5
Maintain progress - speed1.80.034.836.6
Mirrors - signalling0.60.030.430.9
Junctions - observation5.91.020.427.4
Mirrors - change speed3.20.021.825.0
Move off - control1.00.022.823.9
Reverse park - Control0.70.218.919.9
Judgement - meeting2.90.615.919.3
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

1.1%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

9 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

12

Automatic transmission

160 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

58.8%

160 automatic tests

Male

56.5%

62 tests

Female

60.2%

98 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

-0.9 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 2.0% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

18

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences8
  • Leave6
  • Acts of nature4

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