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Erith (London) driving test centre
51.6% of car practical tests taken at Erith (London) passed in 2025-26, from 5,809 tests. Pass rates, local road types and how we prepare you for this centre.
Erith (London) pass rates
Pass rate 2025-26
51.6%
3,000 passes
National average
50%
+1.6 points here
Tests conducted
5,809
about 484 a month
Best published year
51.6%
2025-26
5,809 car practical tests were taken at Erith (London) in 2025-26. 51.6% passed, 1.6 percentage points above the national average of 50%. It is up on 2019-20, when 31.6% passed.
Over the published years the rate has moved between 28.4% in 2021-22 and 51.6% in 2025-26, so a single year's figure is a weak guide on its own. That works out at roughly 484 tests a month, which is what waiting times at Erith (London) depend on more than the pass rate does.
- Erith (London)
- National average
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate | National | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 5,809 | 3,000 | 51.6% | 50% | 52% | 51.1% |
| 2024-25 | 4,921 | 2,426 | 49.3% | 48.7% | 49.5% | 49% |
| 2023-24 | 4,536 | 1,880 | 41.4% | 47.9% | 41.4% | 41.5% |
| 2022-23 | 3,871 | 1,334 | 34.5% | 48.4% | 35% | 34% |
| 2021-22 | 4,797 | 1,361 | 28.4% | 48.9% | 29.8% | 26.8% |
| 2020-21 | 1,654 | 493 | 29.8% | 49.8% | 31.4% | 28.4% |
| 2019-20 | 4,918 | 1,555 | 31.6% | 45.9% | 34.3% | 29.5% |
Source: DVSA table DRT122A, car practical driving test pass rates by test centre, published on GOV.UK. Figures are financial years running April to March.
Where Erith (London) test centre is
Arrive ten minutes early and park where you can pull out easily. The waiting room is small at most centres, so your instructor will normally wait in the car park while you take the test.
Driving out of Erith (London)
The local network around Erith (London) is arterial roads, box junctions and parked-car navigation, and test routes are built from it. You cannot cover that range on one street, so the pre-test sessions move between them.
Bus lane timings and cycle lanes both feature; check the signage rather than following the car in front. At least one manoeuvre is usually set on a narrow residential street with traffic passing. If your lessons have been in a different part of Greater London, plan at least a couple of sessions on these roads before the test.
Erith (London) takes candidates from across Greater London, so plenty arrive having learned on a different road mix. That usually shows in the first five minutes of the drive.
Book the mock early enough that there is time to fix whatever it finds.
Roads you are likely to meet
Arterial roads
Box junctions
Parked-car navigation
- Bus lane timings and cycle lanes both feature; check the signage rather than following the car in front.
- At least one manoeuvre is usually set on a narrow residential street with traffic passing.
- If your lessons have been in a different part of Greater London, plan at least a couple of sessions on these roads before the test.
Test routes are no longer published by the DVSA, and examiners vary them. Treat this as a guide to the local road types rather than a route list. Book your test and check availability on GOV.UK.
Where marks are lost at Erith (London)
Early lane planning
Systems like this punish late decisions. Positioning early and signalling once, clearly, is what the examiner is looking for.
Priority on narrow streets
The recurring fault is stopping in the gap rather than before it, then having nowhere to go when something comes the other way.
How we prepare you for this centre
Time on the real roads
We plan the final sessions around Erith (London) itself, so the arterial roads you meet on test day are ones you have already driven.
A full mock test
A full-length mock from the Erith (London) area, scored on the DVSA sheet so you see exactly where the marks went.
Manoeuvres in real locations
All four test manoeuvres, practised in the kind of streets examiners around Erith (London) actually use.
The paperwork and the routine
We walk the whole sequence — arrival, documents, eyesight check, independent drive — so nothing on the day is new.
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Erith (London) test centre FAQs
What are the test routes like at Erith (London)?
The DVSA stopped publishing official routes, and examiners vary them. In practice, routes from Erith (London) draw on arterial roads, box junctions, parked-car navigation, so those are the conditions to rehearse rather than a fixed sequence of streets.
What do learners most often fail on at Erith (London)?
early lane planning, priority on narrow streets — all of which come directly from the road types on the local network.
Can I take an intensive course and test at Erith (London)?
Yes. We match you with a DVSA approved instructor who teaches on these roads day to day, and we look for the earliest practical slot at Erith (London).
How do I book a practical test at Erith (London)?
Practical tests are booked through GOV.UK with your provisional licence and theory certificate numbers. We can check cancellations for you once your course dates are set.
What happens when I get to Erith (London)?
Arrive with your provisional licence and a car that is legal, insured for the test and has no warning lights showing. We handle that side if you use one of our instructors' cars.
Is Erith (London) an easy test centre?
Pass rates are published by the DVSA, but they say more about the mix of candidates than the difficulty of the routes. Practising the road types above will move your odds more than switching centres.
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