Preston Driving Test Centre

Preston Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Preston Lancashire North West England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 7.6pts above
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Preston driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Preston driving test centre in Preston, Lancashire, North West England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Preston 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
56.3%
Overall pass rate i
56.9%
First-attempt pass rate i
253
First-time faultless passes i
9,194
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 Preston test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Preston

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

For Preston in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 59% compared with 49% for automatic tests, a difference of 10 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Preston

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

First-time candidates at Preston passed at 56.9% in 2025/2026, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the overall pass rate of 56.3%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Preston

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

At Preston in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 70.2%. 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 Preston

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

In Preston for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 58.2%, which is 4.2 percentage points higher than the female pass rate of 54%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Preston

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

Address
Preston Chain Caul Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 2PD
Postcode
PR2 2PD
County
Lancashire
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in Lancashire

Compare pass rates at other driving test centres in Lancashire.

Barrow-in-Furness 69.6% Blackburn with Darwen 46.6% Blackpool 51.8% Chorley 52.8% Heysham 59.2% Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 65.1% Nelson 51.7% Southport (Liverpool) 56.5%
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