Monmouth driving test centre

WalesAbout 12 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Monmouth

Old Dixon Road

Monmouth

NP25 3DP

51.0%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

About the 50.0% national average

Out of every 100 car tests at Monmouth last year, about 51 passed (0.9 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

52.8%

2.3 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

12 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

13

1,283 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 51.0% overall pass rate

Monmouth's pass rate has changed

Monmouth's pass rate was 10.2 points lower than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 51.0% from 1,283 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 12 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

51.0% of tests here end in a pass, about 13 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
679
marks
Rate
52.9
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%
  • Monmouth51%

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 1,283 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 47%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 96.5
  • Dangerous · 9.5
  • Driving · 520.1

Faults that end tests

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

  • Control - steering679
  • Maintain progress - speed677
  • Move off - safely646
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation595
  • Junctions - observation545
  • Mirrors - signalling443
  • Move off - control430
  • Use of speed331
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Control - steering3.71.747.552.9
Maintain progress - speed3.50.049.352.8
Move off - safely7.80.142.550.4
Maintain progress - undue hesitation1.80.044.646.4
Junctions - observation17.22.922.442.5
Mirrors - signalling1.50.033.034.5
Move off - control4.30.229.133.5
Use of speed5.80.219.825.8
Reverse park - Control4.10.021.225.3
Control - gears1.00.020.321.3
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

13.2%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

7 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

0

Automatic transmission

124 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

40.3%

124 automatic tests

Male

36.4%

44 tests

Female

42.5%

80 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

19

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-1.9 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 6.1% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

83

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave41
  • Medical absences29
  • Acts of nature13

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