Llanelli driving test centre
Wales · Toft Place, Mount Pleasant, Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire · SA15 3SB
Llanelli at a glance
- Pass rate
- 51%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 5.6 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 4,380
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 72.1%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Llanelli compares
Llanelli passes 51% of car tests, which is 0.9 points above 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 4,380 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 45.4% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
Trends at Llanelli
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 45.4%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 45.4% | |
| 47.7% | |
| 46.5% | |
| 50.5% | |
| 52.1% | |
| 57% | |
| 56.2% | |
| 55.2% | |
| 55% | |
| 50.3% | |
| 51% | |
| 53.4% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 5.6w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 5.6 weeks | |
| 5.4 weeks | |
| 6.6 weeks | |
| 3.1 weeks | |
| 5.4 weeks | |
| 5.1 weeks | |
| 3.9 weeks | |
| 11.1 weeks | |
| 9.4 weeks | |
| 12.4 weeks | |
| 12.5 weeks | |
| 10.6 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 522
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 522 | |
| 509 | |
| 460 | |
| 497 | |
| 315 | |
| 384 | |
| 313 | |
| 248 | |
| 260 | |
| 306 | |
| 302 | |
| 264 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 4,380 | 2,233 | 51% |
| 2024-25 | 3,442 | 1,755 | 51% |
| 2023-24 | 3,140 | 1,701 | 54.2% |
| 2022-23 | 2,812 | 1,465 | 52.1% |
| 2021-22 | 3,235 | 1,643 | 50.8% |
| 2020-21 | 1,089 | 577 | 53% |
| 2019-20 | 3,256 | 1,652 | 50.7% |
| 2018-19 | 3,492 | 1,734 | 49.7% |
| 2017-18 | 3,164 | 1,559 | 49.3% |
| 2016-17 | 3,304 | 1,674 | 50.7% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Swansea
18 km away
48.2% pass · 6.2 weeks wait
- Carmarthen
22 km away
54.2% pass · 9 weeks wait
- Bridgend
45 km away
53.3% pass · 7.7 weeks wait
- Merthyr Tydfil
54 km away
51.2% pass · 7.7 weeks wait
- Pembroke Dock
54 km away
50.1% pass · 13.3 weeks wait
- Llantrisant
56 km away
54% pass · 6.7 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Llanelli 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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