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Cardigan driving test centre

Wales · Napier Street, Cardigan, Ceredigion · SA43 1ED

Cardigan at a glance

Pass rate
41%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
7.9 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
1,192
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
25.7%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Cardigan compares

Cardigan passes 41% of car tests, which is 9.1 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 7.9 weeks, 4.2 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 1,192 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 47.3% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Cardigan

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 47.3%

34%48%62%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Cardigan driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
47.3%
33.3%
38.7%
40%
44.1%
48.6%
38.3%
34.6%
44.1%
36.1%
47%
42.5%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 7.9w

6w10w14wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Cardigan, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
7.9 weeks
8.1 weeks
8.6 weeks
12.1 weeks
11.1 weeks
11.4 weeks
11.8 weeks
14.1 weeks
14.1 weeks
12.7 weeks
10 weeks
11.4 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 91

56110164Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Cardigan, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
91
102
111
100
93
74
128
78
127
108
100
80

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Cardigan driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 1,192 489 41%
2024-25 1,340 667 49.8%
2023-24 1,360 685 50.4%
2022-23 1,475 759 51.5%
2021-22 1,405 735 52.3%
2020-21 480 264 55%
2019-20 1,127 560 49.7%
2018-19 1,033 586 56.7%
2017-18 1,052 588 55.9%
2016-17 1,155 660 57.1%

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 Cardigan 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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