Sidcup (London) driving test centre
London, England
Sidcup (London) at a glance
- Pass rate
- 58.7%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 22.3 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 14,318
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 4.3%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Sidcup (London) compares
Sidcup (London) passes 58.7% of car tests, which is 8.6 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 22.3 weeks, 10.2 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 14,318 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 56.2% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
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Trends at Sidcup (London)
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 56.2%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 56.2% | |
| 57.6% | |
| 58.2% | |
| 60.7% | |
| 60.1% | |
| 56.2% | |
| 56.4% | |
| 60.9% | |
| 60% | |
| 60.4% | |
| 60.5% | |
| 58.6% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 22.3w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 22.3 weeks | |
| 22 weeks | |
| 20.3 weeks | |
| 19.3 weeks | |
| 21.3 weeks | |
| 21.1 weeks | |
| 23 weeks | |
| 19.2 weeks | |
| 19.3 weeks | |
| 15.4 weeks | |
| 16.4 weeks | |
| 14.2 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 1354
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 1,354 | |
| 1,180 | |
| 1,269 | |
| 998 | |
| 1,206 | |
| 1,243 | |
| 1,343 | |
| 1,076 | |
| 1,184 | |
| 1,237 | |
| 1,110 | |
| 1,118 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 14,318 | 8,405 | 58.7% |
| 2024-25 | 12,809 | 7,556 | 59% |
| 2023-24 | 12,953 | 7,437 | 57.4% |
| 2022-23 | 8,390 | 4,652 | 55.4% |
| 2021-22 | 7,251 | 3,885 | 53.6% |
| 2020-21 | 2,032 | 1,110 | 54.6% |
| 2019-20 | 7,928 | 3,642 | 45.9% |
| 2018-19 | 9,088 | 4,192 | 46.1% |
| 2017-18 | 9,599 | 4,332 | 45.1% |
| 2016-17 | 8,888 | 4,079 | 45.9% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Belvedere (London)
7 km away
40.5% pass · 9.9 weeks wait
- Erith (London)
7 km away
51.6% pass · 7.1 weeks wait
- Bromley (London)
10 km away
52.9% pass · 14.4 weeks wait
- West Wickham (London)
10 km away
51.6% pass · 7.7 weeks wait
- Guildford
10 km away
57.1% pass · 6 weeks wait
- Stevenage
13 km away
55.3% pass · 14.6 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Sidcup (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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