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Louth driving test centre

East Midlands, England

Louth at a glance

Pass rate
53.9%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
17.1 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
740
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
3.4%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Louth compares

Louth passes 53.9% of car tests, which is 3.8 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 17.1 weeks, 5 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 740 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 55.8% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Louth

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 55.8%

45%58%72%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Louth driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
55.8%
48.1%
55.9%
54.1%
55.9%
53.9%
50.5%
44.2%
67.2%
50.5%
55.6%
61.3%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 17.1w

7w14w21wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Louth, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
17.1 weeks
17.5 weeks
10.3 weeks
14.7 weeks
14.4 weeks
15.6 weeks
14.1 weeks
21.4 weeks
17 weeks
11.7 weeks
14.3 weeks
16.6 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 52

3369105Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Louth, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
52
81
59
37
59
76
93
43
67
97
45
31

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Louth driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 740 399 53.9%
2024-25 829 451 54.4%
2023-24 684 386 56.4%
2022-23 671 381 56.8%
2021-22 551 315 57.2%
2020-21 136 83 61%
2019-20 765 413 54%
2018-19 834 470 56.4%
2017-18 940 507 53.9%
2016-17 883 499 56.5%

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 Louth 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 .

Practice makes perfect

Learn the Louth test routes before you go

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