BANGOR, Bala and Pwllheli has been ranked the 120th, 101st, and 89th easiest places to pass your driving test in the UK, according to a new study.

Government figures show that, in the last 12 months, 2,105 driving tests have been conducted at the Bangor centre, with 1,113 passing – representing a pass rate of 52.9 per cent.

In Bala, 342 tests were taken, with 186 having passed - a pass rate of 54.4 per cent.

And in Pwllheli, 635 tests were conducted, and 353 passed, meaning a pass rate of 55.6 per cent.

Out of the 328 driving test centres in the UK, those in North Wales were ranked as follows in terms of the easiest:

  • Pwllheli – 89th
  • Bala – 101st
  • Bangor – 120th
  • Rhyl – 137th
  • Wrexham – 226th

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Figures also show that, between April 2023 to March 2024, a total of 1,076 males took the driving tests in Bangor, with 542 passing.

This represented a pass rate of 50.4 per cent.

During the same time period, 1,029 females took their tests, with 571 passing.

This meant a pass rate of 55.5 per cent.

In Bala, 91 of 166 males passed, meaning a pass rate of 54.8 per cent.

A total of 95 out of 176 females passed their tests, meanwhile - a pass rate of 54 per cent.

And in Pwllheli, 177 of 337 males passed, as did 176 out of 298 females.

Their respective pass rates in these categories were recorded as 52.5 and 59.1 per cent. 

The list of the five driving test centres with the highest pass rates in the UK were as follows:

  1. Benbecula Island (88.8 per cent)
  2. Barra (88.2 per cent)
  3. Mallaig (83.3 per cent)
  4. Inveraray (76.5 per cent)
  5. Arbroath (73.1 per cent)

The five driving test centres with the lowest pass rates in the UK were:

  1. Plymouth LGV (16.9 per cent)
  2. Swindon LGV (17.5 per cent)
  3. Wolverhampton (32.4 per cent)
  4. Speke, Liverpool (32.7 per cent)
  5. Featherstone (33.3 per cent)