Whitby driving test centre

England • Yorkshire and The HumberAbout 19 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Whitby

Unit F11

St Hilda's Business Centre

YO22 4ET

57.2%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

7.2 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Whitby last year, about 57 passed (7.2 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

56.0%

5.4 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

19 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

5

493 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 57.2% overall pass rate

A note on Whitby's figures

Some detail is withheld in the published figures for Whitby, so we have kept comparisons out of the headline.

The pass rate was 57.2% from 493 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

57.2% of tests here end in a pass, about 5 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
321
marks
Rate
65.1
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

Men have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 493 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 · 83.2
  • Dangerous · 10.5
  • Driving · 662.9

Faults that end tests

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

  • Maintain progress - speed321
  • Mirrors - signalling317
  • Move off - control298
  • Control - steering278
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation271
  • Move off - safely258
  • Junctions - observation209
  • Position - normal stops154
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Maintain progress - speed6.10.059.065.1
Mirrors - signalling4.10.060.264.3
Move off - control3.40.656.460.4
Control - steering4.50.851.156.4
Maintain progress - undue hesitation2.80.052.155.0
Move off - safely6.30.645.452.3
Junctions - observation9.33.030.042.4
Position - normal stops1.80.029.431.2
Mirrors - change speed0.80.025.826.6
Reverse park - Control2.80.622.926.4
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

7.3%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

20 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

1

Automatic transmission

37 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

48.6%

37 automatic tests

Male

42.9%

14 tests

Female

52.2%

23 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

4

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+1.2 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 7.3% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

39

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences16
  • Leave12
  • Acts of nature11

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