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Carlisle LGV (Cars) driving test centre

North West, England

Carlisle LGV (Cars) at a glance

Pass rate
44.7%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
0.9 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
47
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Carlisle LGV (Cars) compares

Carlisle LGV (Cars) passes 44.7% of car tests, which is 5.4 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 0.9 weeks, 11.2 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 47 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 25% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Carlisle LGV (Cars) conducts fewer than 500 tests a year, so its pass rate moves sharply on a small number of results. It is excluded from the site's rankings for that reason, though the figures above are exactly as DVSA published them.

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Trends at Carlisle LGV (Cars)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 25.0%

27%63%99%GB averageSep 23Jan 24May 24Sep 24Mar 25Aug 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Carlisle LGV (Cars) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
25%
50%
50%
60%
75%
50%
50%
100%
100%
66.7%
66.7%
83.3%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 0.9w

1w6w12wGB averageMar 23Jul 23Nov 23Apr 24Sep 24Jun 25Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Carlisle LGV (Cars), most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
0.9 weeks
0.6 weeks
1.4 weeks
2.1 weeks
1.1 weeks
5.6 weeks
0.9 weeks
1.6 weeks
1.3 weeks
2.7 weeks
2 weeks
2 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Dec 2023: 21

27173319Sep 23Oct 23Nov 23Dec 23
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Carlisle LGV (Cars), most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
21
68
325
299
323
213
316
366
285
282
309
200

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Carlisle LGV (Cars) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 47 21 44.7%
2024-25 63 39 61.9%
2023-24 2,231 1,331 59.7%
2022-23 1,516 867 57.2%
2021-22 266 117 44%

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 Carlisle LGV (Cars) 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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