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Chingford (London) driving test centre

London, England · Station Road, Chingford, Greater London · E4 6AD

Chingford (London) at a glance

Pass rate
39.9%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
5.6 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
13,120
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
4.3%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Chingford (London) compares

Chingford (London) passes 39.9% of car tests, which is 10.2 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 5.6 weeks, 6.5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 13,120 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 36.8% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Chingford (London)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 36.8%

34%42%50%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Chingford (London) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
36.8%
40.4%
41%
41.4%
38.3%
39.5%
38.9%
43.3%
40.8%
40.3%
38.9%
41.5%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 5.6w

4w8w13wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Chingford (London), most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
5.6 weeks
7 weeks
5.3 weeks
8.9 weeks
8.3 weeks
5.1 weeks
3.7 weeks
5 weeks
9.6 weeks
13.1 weeks
7.1 weeks
12.1 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 1336

68610111335Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Chingford (London), most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
1,336
1,298
1,294
1,093
1,349
1,213
978
672
986
1,059
974
868

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Chingford (London) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 13,120 5,234 39.9%
2024-25 13,235 4,825 36.5%
2023-24 15,601 5,633 36.1%
2022-23 13,973 5,625 40.3%
2021-22 12,203 4,954 40.6%
2020-21 3,660 1,431 39.1%
2019-20 9,484 3,654 38.5%
2018-19 13,305 5,024 37.8%
2017-18 16,435 5,819 35.4%
2016-17 15,193 5,485 36.1%

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 Chingford (London) 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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