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Leeds (Colton Mill)
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Official results, the context behind them and a practical way to plan your next step.

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51.8%
All-car pass rate · 2025/26
6,432
Tests taken · 2025/26
8.4 weeks
Median completed wait
15.4 weeks
Forward availability measure

Results: official source tables. Waiting measures: August 2026, DRT122F. Missing values are not zero. Definitions and limitations.

Plan the practicalities

Address and visiting information

  • Agree readiness and test-day car use with your instructor.
  • Check the current venue address, facilities and offered services.
  • Use the correct official booking service for your nation.
  • Check any support or adjustments before the appointment.

Published address: Part Ground Floor, Unit 1, Colton Mill Office Park, Bullerthorpe Lane, Leeds, LS15 9JN Official instructions and service notes: This test centre provides these types of tests: car.

Services in the published venue record: car

Venue information dated 2026-09-12. Read the venue source These services and the historical results above refer to different dates.

Check the official venue

A centre’s statistical name may not identify the latest building. Any address must be checked against your booking confirmation.

The wider picture

Pass rates over time

Compare the same test group across published periods.

View annual results and test counts
Period Tests Passes Pass rate
2025/26 6,432 3,332 51.8%

Candidate mix and repeated attempts affect these figures. The highest rate does not identify the easiest test for you.

Where can you move your car test?

Explore permitted moves

DVSA publishes these destinations for Leeds (Colton Mill). Your original booked centre may also be an option. The booking service confirms the choices available for your booking.

DVSA permitted destination list · checked 2026-09-29. These are directed permission relationships, not a straight-line nearest-centre calculation or live appointments.

Two different measures

Understand the wait.

A completed wait describes past test takers. The availability measure describes the published booking outlook at that time.

Explore the last 12 published months
Last 12 published months
Month Median completed wait Forward availability Completed within 7 weeks Completed after 21 weeks
September 2025 12.9 weeks 24.0 weeks 36.4% 24.2%
October 2025 9.9 weeks 24.0 weeks 44.3% 25.3%
November 2025 10.0 weeks 24.0 weeks 44.2% 29.7%
December 2025 8.0 weeks 23.8 weeks 47.8% 15.8%
January 2026 11.0 weeks 21.8 weeks 40.4% 28.7%
February 2026 7.1 weeks 21.0 weeks 49.6% 24.6%
March 2026 8.3 weeks 19.0 weeks 48.2% 28.2%
April 2026 12.8 weeks 18.0 weeks 40.9% 35.1%
May 2026 9.0 weeks 17.5 weeks 44.4% 29.1%
June 2026 6.6 weeks 16.2 weeks 51.3% 18.9%
July 2026 8.4 weeks 16.0 weeks 46.7% 15.0%
August 2026 8.4 weeks 15.4 weeks 36.9% 10.8%
This is not a live appointment search. The forward measure concerns when at least 10% of weekly appointments are available in the published snapshot. It is not the earliest slot. Use the official booking service for current appointments.
Automatic transmission

A separate candidate group.

Automatic pass rate · 2025/26
47.0%
Automatic tests
2,255

Automatic-only outcomes use a different group of tests from the all-car rate. They do not establish which transmission is easier for you. Source: DRT122E.

Choosing manual or automatic

First-attempt results

These figures describe people recorded as taking their first car test. They are a different test group from the all-attempt results above.

First-attempt pass rate

53.4%

2025/26 · 1,692 passes from 3,169 tests.

First tests with zero faults

83

Published count for 2025/26. A zero-fault test is a separate measure from passing.

Use the right comparison

A centre’s candidate mix, experience and repeated attempts affect its overall rate. Neither figure measures an individual instructor’s performance or predicts your result.

Assess your readiness
First-attempt history and source definitions
PeriodFirst attemptsPassesPass rateZero-fault first tests
2025/263,1691,69253.4%83

Suppressed values remain unavailable. DVSA notes that licence-number changes can affect first-attempt identification. Single-examiner centres may be withheld from centre-level tables; published national totals include additional withheld records.

Read DRT122C and its notes

Source: DVSA DRT122C, total columns. These are source figures, not an inferred first-time pass rate.

When DVSA cancelled tests

786 cancellations were recorded for 2025/26. The table records the date DVSA cancelled a booking, which can differ from the intended test date.

Published reasonCancellations
Leave255
Disputes1
Acts of nature22
Medical absences508
Pandemic0

“Acts of nature” covers adverse weather and bad light. Medical absences refer to examiners. The counts cover all DVSA cancellations, including advance notice; they do not count learners cancelling and cannot be read as the probability of your appointment being cancelled.

Published monthly cancellation counts
Recorded monthTotal cancellations
May 202519
June 2025290
July 2025147
August 202549
September 202537
October 202571
November 20255
December 202537
January 202639
February 202661
March 202631

Only months present in the source appear. Missing rows are not filled with zero.

Source: DVSA DRT122B and full cancellation definitions. Plan booking and changes.

Build a realistic budget

Include lessons, official fees and test-day car use.

Check your readiness

Use a structured conversation with your instructor.

Plan travel and conditions

Official road, public transport and weather sources.

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2025/26
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