Walton LGV driving test centre

England • Yorkshire and The HumberAbout 9 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Walton LGV

Wighill Lane

Walton

LS23 7DU

59.8%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

9.7 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Walton LGV last year, about 60 passed (9.7 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

63.7%

13.2 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

22

1,894 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 59.8% overall pass rate

Walton LGV's pass rate has changed

Walton LGV's pass rate was 2.9 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 59.8% from 1,894 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 9 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

59.8% of tests here end in a pass, about 22 people a week.

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
1,029
marks
Rate
54.3
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 1,894 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 56%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 67.0
  • Dangerous · 6.0
  • Driving · 507.1

Faults that end tests

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

  • Maintain progress - speed1,029
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation939
  • Control - steering855
  • Move off - safely793
  • Junctions - observation514
  • Move off - control509
  • Reverse park - Control435
  • Mirrors - signalling422
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Maintain progress - speed3.40.050.954.3
Maintain progress - undue hesitation3.10.046.549.6
Control - steering3.71.040.445.1
Move off - safely3.10.238.641.9
Junctions - observation5.81.420.027.1
Move off - control2.20.124.726.9
Reverse park - Control3.40.419.223.0
Mirrors - signalling0.40.021.922.3
Use of speed4.30.216.721.2
Position - normal stops0.40.018.418.8
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

19.0%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

17 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

48

Automatic transmission

520 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

46.7%

520 automatic tests

Male

46.0%

176 tests

Female

47.1%

344 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

42

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-4.0 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 3.9% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

77

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave57
  • Medical absences13
  • Acts of nature7

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