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Brecon driving test centre

Wales · Camden Road, Dorganloch, Powys · LD3 7HP

Brecon at a glance

Pass rate
58.7%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
10.6 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
1,490
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
17.1%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Brecon compares

Brecon passes 58.7% of car tests, which is 8.6 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 10.6 weeks, 1.5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 1,490 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 61.5% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Brecon

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 61.5%

50%60%69%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Brecon driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
61.5%
69%
57.4%
55.8%
55.7%
63.2%
56.6%
52.5%
58%
55%
60.9%
56.9%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 10.6w

7w11w15wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Brecon, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
10.6 weeks
11.2 weeks
10 weeks
9 weeks
13.4 weeks
14.7 weeks
13.6 weeks
11.3 weeks
11.6 weeks
11.9 weeks
13.4 weeks
12.4 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 130

100122143Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Brecon, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
130
126
129
113
122
144
129
99
143
131
115
109

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Brecon driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 1,490 875 58.7%
2024-25 1,565 922 58.9%
2023-24 1,804 1,063 58.9%
2022-23 1,492 879 58.9%
2021-22 1,705 1,025 60.1%
2020-21 481 333 69.2%
2019-20 939 578 61.6%
2018-19 1,158 707 61.1%
2017-18 883 557 63.1%
2016-17 1,021 648 63.5%

Where it is

Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

Everything on this page describes Brecon driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .

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