Publication of ‘DVA Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics – August 2024’

The ‘DVA Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics – August 2024’ report, is now available.

The publication is produced by DVA Statistics Branch of the Department for Infrastructure (DfI), and contains summary volumes on vehicle, driver, and theory tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) up to the end of August 2024.

The publication is available on the DfI website at: Driver and Vehicle Agency Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics – August 2024

KEY POINTS

The key points in the report are:

Please note that DVA services were impacted by industrial strike action on 22nd September 2023 and 18th January 2024, so testing volumes for these months are lower than would have been the case had these been routine working days.

Temporary Exemption Certificates (TECs) – Private cars only. From 1 June 2024, private cars that were first registered between 1 June 2019 and 31 May 2020 or between 1 June 2017 and 31 May 2018, and have a valid Northern Ireland MOT will be given a Temporary Exemption Certificate (TEC). This means they will not need a vehicle test (MOT) for 12 months from the date their current certificate expires. These certificates will impact to reduce vehicle test applications and vehicle tests conducted volumes whilst exemption certificates remain valid.

Vehicle Testing

In August 2024, the DVA conducted 94,954 vehicle tests of which 81,626 (86.0%) were full tests and 13,328 (14.0%) were retests.                         

For the first five months of financial year 2024/25 (April to August), DVA delivered 454,089 vehicle tests, 388,959 (85.7%) full tests and 65,130 (14.3%) retests respectively.            

The DVA received 79,995 applications for a full vehicle test during August 2024, relative to 93,911 for the same month in 2023.                              

Driving Practical Testing

The DVA conducted 6,092 practical driver tests in August 2024, 12.1% (656) higher relative to the same month in 2023 (5,436).                       

From April to August 2024/25, DVA delivered 29,862 driver tests, compared to 26,259 for the same period in 2023/24, an increase of almost 14% (3,603) so far this year.                    

In August 2024 DVA received 6,283 applications for a driving test, 129 more than for the same month in 2023 (6,154).    

Driver Theory Testing

In August 2024 the DVA delivered 7,853 driver theory tests, 3.7% (299) below the equivalent figure for the same month in 2023 (8,152).                     

Year to date, April to August 2024/25, the DVA conducted 38,227 theory tests, compared with and slightly below the 38,602 conducted in the same period the previous year 2023/24. 

The DVA received 9,280 applications for a driver theory test during August 2024, over 100 more than for the same month in 2023 (9,166).              

Notes to editors: 

1. This is the forty-seventh edition of the publication ‘DVA Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics’, to August 2024. 
2. The release presents statistics on vehicle, driver, and theory tests conducted during August 2024, together with trend series over the previous financial years. 
3. We source vehicle and driver data from administrative data sources within the DVA, whilst DVSA supply theory-testing data. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) took over the contract for theory testing from Pearson on 4 September 2021.
4. ‘DVA Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics’ is published every month at pre-announced release dates, which are available from the GOV.UK website
5. Electronic copies of ‘DVA Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics – August 2024’ can be downloaded from our website at: Driver and Vehicle Agency Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics – August 2024
6. A detailed User Guidance document is also available on our website.
7. This report supplements the existing quarterly National Statistics publication ‘DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics’.  The latest edition of this for quarter four 2023-24 is available on our website at: Driver & Vehicle Agency Activity Statistics
8. This is an Official Statistics publication and therefore follows the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.  You can find further information about the Code of Practice at: Statistics Authority
9. For further information, please contact:

• Tel (public enquiries): 02890 547911 (Text relay prefix 18001)
• E-mail: DVA.Statistics@nisra.gov.uk
• Website: Driver and Vehicle Agency Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics

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