Ballina results: 56.2% (1,470)
Test centre in County Mayo, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 1,470car tests
- 18 of 57car rank
- 11weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Ballina compares
Ballina passed 56.2% of 1,470 car tests (826 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 3.8 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Ballina ranks joint 18th highest, level with Castlebar. Above Ballina: Galway (Clybaun Hotel) (0.1 higher) and Limerick - Castlemungret (0.1 higher). Below Ballina: Roscommon (0.2 lower) and Navan (0.3 lower). Ballina's 1,470 car tests: 7th quietest of 57. Ballina's closest in size: Kilkenny (O'Loughlin Gaels) with 173 more tests, 5.8 lower; Shannon with 191 more tests, 3.0 higher; Mitchelstown with 42 fewer tests, 1.0 lower and Buncrana with 128 fewer tests, 6.7 higher.
Ballina across all categories: 59.8% of 1,670 tests (54.8% nationally), 200 in other licence categories. Ballina took 29.6% of the 4,961 car tests at 2 County Mayo centres. Ballina's 56.2%, county 56.2%: level.
Car driving test pass rate at Ballina, month by month
Ballina's best month: 65.2% of 105 tests, August 2026. Worst: 50.7% of 84, May 2026, a 14.5 point gap. Ballina's quietest month: 78 tests, April 2026; busiest: 162, January 2026. Ballina's 84 tests in May 2026 are few enough to swing a long way on a handful of results. Ballina, first 6 months: 56.3% of 795; last 6: 56.0% of 675, so Ballina held steady. Latest at Ballina, August 2026: 65.2% of 105. A year earlier: 58.1% of 127, so Ballina is 7.1 points up.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 164 | 54.3% |
| October 2024 | 175 | 59.8% |
| November 2024 | 110 | 56.3% |
| December 2024 | 68 | 50.8% |
| January 2025 | 92 | 54.0% |
| February 2025 | 78 | 47.1% |
| March 2025 | 60 | 52.7% |
| April 2025 | 181 | 58.9% |
| May 2025 | 116 | 62.7% |
| June 2025 | 234 | 56.2% |
| July 2025 | 251 | 51.1% |
| August 2025 | 127 | 58.1% |
| September 2025 | 143 | 58.2% |
| October 2025 | 94 | 51.1% |
| November 2025 | 155 | 57.2% |
| December 2025 | 120 | 58.1% |
| January 2026 | 162 | 52.6% |
| February 2026 | 121 | 60.4% |
| March 2026 | 135 | 54.2% |
| April 2026 | 78 | 51.4% |
| May 2026 | 84 | 50.7% |
| June 2026 | 132 | 58.3% |
| July 2026 | 141 | 54.6% |
| August 2026 | 105 | 65.2% |
Ballina pass rates by year
Ballina, September 2024 to August 2025: 55.6% of 1,656 car tests. Since then Ballina edged up 0.6 points on 1,470 car tests against 1,656, down 186 (11.2%). Ballina went from 14th highest of 57 to 18th highest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Ballina's 0.6 point rise ranks 34th largest. Ballina lost 186 car tests, the 4th largest of 6 drops. Ballina lost 2.9 points on County Mayo, which went from 52.7% to 56.2%.
Ballina by calendar year: 55.3% of 1,286 car tests in 2021, 55.8% of 1,651 in 2025, up 0.5 points (national down 1.5). Ballina, 2024 to 2025: 55.2% of 1,522 to 55.8%, a gain of 0.6 points for Ballina. Best full year: 55.8% in 2025; worst: 54.1% in 2022; busiest: 1,651 car tests in 2025. Ballina's car no shows: 17 in 2021, 46 in 2025; not conducted: 55, then 75. Ballina, 2026 to date: 56.0% of 958 in 8 months, 3.7 points over national at Ballina.
| Year | All tests | Pass rate, all tests | Car tests here | Car pass rate here | Car no shows | Car tests not conducted | Car pass rate nationally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,402 | 56.7% | 1,286 | 55.3% | 17 | 55 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 1,411 | 56.2% | 1,274 | 54.1% | 27 | 66 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 1,806 | 57.0% | 1,623 | 54.3% | 42 | 56 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 1,683 | 58.1% | 1,522 | 55.2% | 51 | 69 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 1,845 | 58.6% | 1,651 | 55.8% | 46 | 75 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 1,078 | 59.5% | 958 | 56.0% | 43 | 63 | 52.3% |
Ballina by licence category
Ballina, under 100 tests each: 90 motorcycle (A); 63 car and trailer (BE); 21 medium power motorcycle (A2); 9 truck (C); 9 truck CPC practical; 4 bus CPC practical; 2 small truck (C1); 1 low power motorcycle (A1) and 1 minibus (D1). Too few for a steady rate.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 1,470 | 56.2% | 52.4% |
| Category A (Motorcycle All) | 90 | 86.7% | 69.4% |
| Category BE (Car with Trailer) | 63 | 85.9% | 85.4% |
| Category A2 (Motorcycle - medium power) | 21 | 79.4% | 62.0% |
| Category C (Truck) | 9 | 100.0% | 74.4% |
| CPC Practical Test (Truck/Artic) | 9 | 100.0% | 98.7% |
| CPC Practical Test (Bus) | 4 | 100.0% | 98.7% |
| Category C1 (Small truck / large van) | 2 | 100.0% | 76.5% |
| Category A1 (Motorcycle - low power) | 1 | 100.0% | 45.6% |
| Category D1 (Minibus) | 1 | 100.0% | 68.1% |
Ballina waiting times and capacity
Ballina's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 11 weeks at Ballina. Longer waits than Ballina: 23 centres. Shorter than Ballina: 27, of 57 others with a published wait. Ballina: shortest wait in County Mayo; Castlebar the longest, 1 week more than Ballina. Driver testers assigned to Ballina in July 2026: 1. In August 2026, 99.1% of the 106 test slots at Ballina were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Ballina's 106 test slots: 5th fewest of 59 centres.
- 11 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 1Driver testers assigned
- 106Test slots in the latest month
- 99.1%Slots used
Ballina: no shows and tests not conducted
Ballina counted 1,616 car tests: 1,470 delivered, 57 no shows and 89 not conducted or abandoned. Ballina's shares of those 1,616: 3.5% no shows and 5.5% not conducted at Ballina. Of 57 centres, Ballina's 3.5% no show share ranks joint 9th highest. Neither count moves Ballina's 56.2% pass rate: 826 passes over 1,470 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
1,470 car tests is enough for the car figure to be stable from month to month, but it still reflects who sat the test here, how much they had practised and the local roads, not only how strict a tester is.
How to read a centre's figures beside the national picture, and what the test checks, is in the driving test pass rates guide.
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.Ballina and County Mayo
Ballina matches Castlebar (3,491 tests at 56.2%); Ballina waits 1 week less than Castlebar. No other County Mayo centre beat Ballina on both rate and wait.