Taunton Driving Test Centre

Taunton Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Taunton Somerset South West England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 10.8pts above
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Taunton driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Taunton driving test centre in Taunton, Somerset, South West England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Taunton 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
59.5%
Overall pass rate i
59.2%
First-attempt pass rate i
365
First-time faultless passes i
8,259
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 Taunton test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Taunton

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

For Taunton in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 61.4% compared with 52.9% for automatic tests, a difference of 8.5 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Taunton

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

First-time candidates at Taunton passed at 59.2% in 2025/2026, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 59.5%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Taunton

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

At Taunton in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 68.3%. 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 Taunton

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

In Taunton for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 59.6%, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the female pass rate of 59.4%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Taunton

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

Address
Taunton Unit L2, Acres Hill Business Park, Off Venture Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8RX
Postcode
TA2 8RX
County
Somerset
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in Somerset

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Trowbridge 55.2% Yeovil 63.4%
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