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Driver and rider test and instructor statistics, Great Britain: Oct to Dec, Q3 2013 to 2014
Statistics on driving and riding tests and instructors during October to December 2013.
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This publication presents information on the number and pass rates of driving and riding practical tests conducted in Great Britain for the quarter to 30 December 2013, and also statistics on driving instructors.
The statistics are derived from data held by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), which administers the driving test and training schemes in Great Britain.
Main results
From October to December 2013:
- there were 381,024 car practical tests conducted between October and December 2013, 1 per cent more than in the same quarter of the previous year. The pass rate for these tests was 46.6 per cent, marginally lower than the same period in 2012.
- there were 390,326 car theory tests conducted between October and December 2013, 24 per cent more than in the same quarter of the previous year. The pass rate for these tests was 50.5 per cent, 9.6 percentage points lower than in the same period of 2012, before the theory test question bank was updated.
- at the end of quarter 3, there were 43,289 approved driving instructors on the Register which is a drop of 4.6 per cent compared with the same quarter of the previous year. The number of riding instructors on the Statutory Register in this quarter is 2,647 which is 10.7 per cent lower than the same quarter of the previous year.