UK’s top twenty faultless driving test hotspots revealed

Learner drivers in Farnborough have produced more perfect driving tests than anywhere else in the country.

Almost 200 (191) learners passed their driving test at the Farnborough test centre without making any driving faults.

Learners in Luton came in second with 186 passing faultlessly, ahead of those who took their test at Goodmayes (London Borough of Redbridge), Middlesborough and Nottingham.

The test centres that have recorded the most faultless passes in 2012 are:

	Test Centre	No. of Faultless Tests
1	Farnborough	191
2	Luton	186
3	Goodmayes	185
4	Middlesbrough	171
5	Nottingham (Chalfont Drive)	161
6	Lower Gornal	152
7	Bristol (Brislington)	141
8	Hither Green	141
9	Slough	137
10	Durham	133
11	Kettering	133
12	Maidstone	126
13	Reading	118
14	Norwich	116
15	Melton Mowbray	115
16	Wolverhampton	111
17	Chertsey	104
18	Ipswich	100
19	Ashford (Middlesex)	99
20	Pinner	98

Driving school BSM discovered this top twenty league table from a Freedom of Information request to the Driving Standards Agency.

Mark Peacock, head of BSM, said: “Passing your driving test is a great achievement in itself so to do it faultlessly is really special.

“The top twenty faultless test centres covers a mix of small, medium and large centres and those in rural and urban areas.

“There is often talk of which test centres are ‘easier’ to pass at, but the most important element to successfully learning to drive is having a good instructor.

“Being taught by someone who you get on well with and enjoy learning from makes all the difference between a good experience and a negative one.”

To pass the driving test, learners can make up to 15 driver faults and must not make any serious or dangerous faults. On average learners make about 7 driver faults during their test.