Bristol (Avonmouth) driving test centre
South West, England · Station Road, Kingswood, Bristol · BS15 4GQ
Bristol (Avonmouth) at a glance
- Pass rate
- 55.5%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 5.1 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 9,400
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 37.3%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Bristol (Avonmouth) compares
Bristol (Avonmouth) passes 55.5% of car tests, which is 5.4 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 5.1 weeks, 7 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 9,400 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 56.6% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
Trends at Bristol (Avonmouth)
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 56.6%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 56.6% | |
| 56.5% | |
| 56.9% | |
| 56.1% | |
| 56.6% | |
| 54.7% | |
| 53.3% | |
| 60.7% | |
| 54.9% | |
| 51.8% | |
| 52.1% | |
| 53.8% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 5.1w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 5.1 weeks | |
| 4.5 weeks | |
| 5.4 weeks | |
| 4 weeks | |
| 4.3 weeks | |
| 11.4 weeks | |
| 12.3 weeks | |
| 20.6 weeks | |
| 21.7 weeks | |
| 23 weeks | |
| 23 weeks | |
| 23 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 1690
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 1,690 | |
| 1,167 | |
| 911 | |
| 763 | |
| 691 | |
| 643 | |
| 531 | |
| 420 | |
| 597 | |
| 647 | |
| 689 | |
| 651 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 9,400 | 5,214 | 55.5% |
| 2024-25 | 9,980 | 5,362 | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11,066 | 6,231 | 56.3% |
| 2022-23 | 7,370 | 4,235 | 57.5% |
| 2021-22 | 7,487 | 4,202 | 56.1% |
| 2020-21 | 2,296 | 1,278 | 55.7% |
| 2019-20 | 8,471 | 4,352 | 51.4% |
| 2018-19 | 5,071 | 2,634 | 51.9% |
| 2017-18 | 1,891 | 1,028 | 54.4% |
| 2016-17 | 843 | 439 | 52.1% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Bristol (Kingswood)
0 km away
51.9% pass · 7.6 weeks wait
- Gloucester
8 km away
47.8% pass · 15.4 weeks wait
- Poole
9 km away
53.4% pass · 7.4 weeks wait
- Chippenham
12 km away
56.4% pass · 6.1 weeks wait
- Trowbridge
26 km away
55.2% pass · 7.7 weeks wait
- Weston-super-Mare
35 km away
61% pass · 4 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Bristol (Avonmouth) 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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