Sunderland Driving Test Centre

Sunderland Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Sunderland Tyne and Wear North East England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 2.4pts above
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Sunderland driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Sunderland driving test centre in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North East England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Sunderland 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
51.1%
Overall pass rate i
51.3%
First-attempt pass rate i
393
First-time faultless passes i
10,436
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 Sunderland test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Sunderland

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

For Sunderland in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 53.6% compared with 42.7% for automatic tests, a difference of 10.9 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Sunderland

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

First-time candidates at Sunderland passed at 51.3% in 2025/2026, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the overall pass rate of 51.1%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Sunderland

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

At Sunderland in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 64.6%. 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 Sunderland

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

In Sunderland for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 51.2%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the female pass rate of 51.1%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Sunderland

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

Address
Sunderland River Bank Road, North Hylton Road Industrial Estate, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3JJ
Postcode
SR5 3JJ
County
Tyne and Wear
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in Tyne and Wear

Compare pass rates at other driving test centres in Tyne and Wear.

Alnwick 55.5% Blyth 50.9% Gateshead 37.5% Gosforth 48.4% Hexham 53%
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