Exeter driving test centre
South West, England · Thorverton Road, Countess Wear, Exeter · EX2 8FS
Exeter at a glance
- Pass rate
- 46.8%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 6.6 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 8,679
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 33.1%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Exeter compares
Exeter passes 46.8% of car tests, which is 3.3 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 6.6 weeks, 5.5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 8,679 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 50.7% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
Trends at Exeter
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 50.7%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 50.7% | |
| 50% | |
| 41.9% | |
| 45.2% | |
| 45.8% | |
| 43.1% | |
| 44.6% | |
| 52.1% | |
| 50.5% | |
| 46.7% | |
| 46.9% | |
| 44.7% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 6.6w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 6.6 weeks | |
| 7.4 weeks | |
| 8.6 weeks | |
| 10.6 weeks | |
| 9 weeks | |
| 6.9 weeks | |
| 9 weeks | |
| 10.1 weeks | |
| 10.3 weeks | |
| 9.5 weeks | |
| 9.9 weeks | |
| 10.6 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 694
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 694 | |
| 754 | |
| 778 | |
| 613 | |
| 823 | |
| 735 | |
| 677 | |
| 637 | |
| 744 | |
| 717 | |
| 738 | |
| 769 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 8,679 | 4,061 | 46.8% |
| 2024-25 | 8,714 | 4,172 | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 9,046 | 4,408 | 48.7% |
| 2022-23 | 7,586 | 3,732 | 49.2% |
| 2021-22 | 7,180 | 3,237 | 45.1% |
| 2020-21 | 1,909 | 906 | 47.5% |
| 2019-20 | 6,338 | 3,064 | 48.3% |
| 2018-19 | 6,370 | 3,132 | 49.2% |
| 2017-18 | 6,631 | 3,214 | 48.5% |
| 2016-17 | 7,133 | 3,608 | 50.6% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Newton Abbot
20 km away
53.8% pass · 6.1 weeks wait
- Taunton
48 km away
59.5% pass · 12.1 weeks wait
- Plymouth
57 km away
40.7% pass · 8.6 weeks wait
- Barnstaple
57 km away
51.4% pass · 8 weeks wait
- Launceston
59 km away
46.3% pass · 4.9 weeks wait
- Yeovil
68 km away
63.4% pass · 10 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Exeter 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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