REVEALED: Tipperary driving test centres saw highest pass rates nationally in January

A driving test centre in Tipperary saw the highest pass rate in the country in January 2025 with just one centre reporting the second lowest rate nationally.

Across 68 different test centres in the country, the average pass rate for the 18,500 driving tests conducted in January was 53.3% with significant disparities between pass and failure rates.

It is understood that the lowest pass rate in the county was recorded in Charlestown in Dublin at 31.5% followed by 31.9% in Nenagh and 37.5% in Carlow.

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Thurles's test centre had the highest pass rate in the country at 74.4% followed by Monaghan at 72.4% and Kilrush, Co. Clare at 66.1%. The national average pass rate was 51.6% in 2024.

As it stands, there are still 72,000 learner drivers waiting to take their test due to a backlog meaning that the average waiting time for a test is currently above the statutory maximum of ten weeks.

According to Sinn Féin who raised the issue in the Dáil on Wednesday night, February 25, many people have been left waiting up to six months to take their tests while others have waited over eight months.

The party has raised concerned that the delays could trap drivers in expensive insurance policies.

Last year, of the 275,000 tests requested, 250,000 were delivered.