Darlington Driving Test Centre

Darlington Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Darlington County Durham North East England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 1.6pts below
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Darlington driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Darlington driving test centre in Darlington, County Durham, North East England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Darlington across demographics, vehicle types, number of attempts, and age. You can find the map location for the test centre and directions here.

Latest DVSA data, 2025/2026
47.1%
Overall pass rate i
48.9%
First-attempt pass rate i
212
First-time faultless passes i
12,183
Tests conducted i
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All data here is publicly available from gov.uk. Veygo have extracted the last 5 years of data for the Darlington test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Darlington

Pass rates for automatic and manual car tests, side by side across five years.

For Darlington in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 49.8% compared with 40.5% for automatic tests, a difference of 9.3 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Darlington

How first-time candidates perform, including the rate of faultless passes over time.

First-time candidates at Darlington passed at 48.9% in 2025/2026, which is 1.8 percentage points higher than the overall pass rate of 47.1%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Darlington

How pass rates vary by candidate age, from 17 to 25, in the latest year of data.

At Darlington in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 64.5%. Pass rates generally shift with age, and this chart shows how each age from 17 to 25 performed.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Performance over time

πŸ§‘πŸΏβ€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘πŸΌ Pass rate by gender for Darlington

How male and female pass rates at this centre have changed over the last five years.

In Darlington for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 44.7%, which is 6.6 percentage points lower than the female pass rate of 51.3%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Darlington

Plan your route to the centre and arrive with time to spare on test day.

Address
Darlington DVSA, High Point Business Park, Yarm Road, Darlington, Durham, DL1 4PW
Postcode
DL1 4PW
County
County Durham
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in County Durham

Compare pass rates at other driving test centres in County Durham.

Durham 53.2% Hartlepool 51% Middlesbrough 47.7% Northallerton 60.4%
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