Birr results: 50.5% (2,758)
Test centre in County Offaly, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 2,758car tests
- 41 of 57car rank
- 9weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Birr compares
Birr passed 50.5% of 2,758 car tests (1,393 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 1.9 points below the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Birr ranks 17th lowest. Above Birr: Clonmel (0.1 higher) and Mullingar (0.2 higher). Below Birr: Kilkenny (O'Loughlin Gaels) (0.1 lower) and Kilkenny (Govt Buildings) (0.4 lower). Birr's 2,758 car tests: 22nd quietest of 57. Birr's closest in size: Skibbereen with 165 more tests, 5.1 higher; Ennis with 235 more tests, 4.7 higher; Kilkenny (Govt Buildings) with 27 fewer tests, 0.4 lower and Tuam with 179 fewer tests, 11.6 higher.
Birr across all categories: 52.3% of 2,901 tests (54.8% nationally), 143 in other licence categories. Birr took 47.5% of the 5,801 car tests at 2 County Offaly centres. Birr's 50.5%, county 51.7%: 1.2 points below.
Car driving test pass rate at Birr, month by month
Birr's best month: 56.8% of 319 tests, July 2026. Worst: 43.7% of 264, March 2026, a 13.1 point gap. Birr's quietest month: 93 tests, December 2025; busiest: 335, April 2026. Birr, first 6 months: 49.7% of 1,207; last 6: 51.1% of 1,551, so Birr improved 1.4 points. Latest at Birr, August 2026: 53.2% of 279. A year earlier: 51.6% of 271, so Birr is 1.6 points up.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 221 | 48.5% |
| October 2024 | 179 | 52.4% |
| November 2024 | 232 | 51.4% |
| December 2024 | 101 | 51.6% |
| January 2025 | 111 | 63.1% |
| February 2025 | 102 | 61.3% |
| March 2025 | 309 | 47.4% |
| April 2025 | 233 | 53.9% |
| May 2025 | 223 | 52.5% |
| June 2025 | 245 | 53.5% |
| July 2025 | 281 | 49.3% |
| August 2025 | 271 | 51.6% |
| September 2025 | 256 | 54.4% |
| October 2025 | 315 | 51.0% |
| November 2025 | 122 | 46.4% |
| December 2025 | 93 | 44.6% |
| January 2026 | 169 | 50.7% |
| February 2026 | 252 | 46.2% |
| March 2026 | 264 | 43.7% |
| April 2026 | 335 | 51.7% |
| May 2026 | 225 | 47.3% |
| June 2026 | 129 | 52.9% |
| July 2026 | 319 | 56.8% |
| August 2026 | 279 | 53.2% |
Birr pass rates by year
Birr, September 2024 to August 2025: 52.0% of 2,508 car tests. Since then Birr slipped 1.5 points on 2,758 car tests against 2,508, up 250 (10.0%). Birr went from 26th lowest of 57 to 17th lowest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Birr's 1.5 point fall ranks 13th largest. Birr added 250 car tests, the 38th largest of 49 increases. Birr lost 1.3 points on County Offaly, which went from 51.9% to 51.7%.
Birr by calendar year: 58.3% of 1,296 car tests in 2021, 51.9% of 2,561 in 2025, down 6.4 points (national down 1.5). Birr, 2024 to 2025: 55.6% of 2,423 to 51.9%, a loss of 3.7 points for Birr. Best full year: 60.3% in 2022; worst: 51.9% in 2025; busiest: 2,561 car tests in 2025. Birr's car no shows: 17 in 2021, 75 in 2025; not conducted: 91, then 138. Birr, 2026 to date: 50.5% of 1,972 in 8 months, 1.8 points under national at Birr.
| 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 | 1,315 | 58.7% | 1,296 | 58.3% | 17 | 91 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 1,200 | 60.7% | 1,188 | 60.3% | 27 | 49 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 1,966 | 55.9% | 1,861 | 54.1% | 42 | 108 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 2,526 | 57.1% | 2,423 | 55.6% | 62 | 119 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 2,682 | 53.5% | 2,561 | 51.9% | 75 | 138 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 2,058 | 52.1% | 1,972 | 50.5% | 51 | 134 | 52.3% |
Birr by licence category
Birr beyond cars: 143 car and trailer (BE), 85.2%, level with national, each with 100 or more tests.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 2,758 | 50.5% | 52.4% |
| Category BE (Car with Trailer) | 143 | 85.2% | 85.4% |
Birr waiting times and capacity
Birr's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 9 weeks at Birr. Longer waits than Birr: 49 centres. Shorter than Birr: 5, of 57 others with a published wait. Birr: shortest wait in County Offaly; Tullamore the longest, 5 weeks more than Birr. Driver testers assigned to Birr in July 2026: 2. In August 2026, 98.9% of the 282 test slots at Birr were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Birr's 282 test slots: 28th most of 59 centres.
- 9 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 2Driver testers assigned
- 282Test slots in the latest month
- 98.9%Slots used
Birr: no shows and tests not conducted
Birr counted 3,012 car tests: 2,758 delivered, 75 no shows and 179 not conducted or abandoned. Birr's shares of those 3,012: 2.5% no shows and 5.9% not conducted at Birr. Of 57 centres, Birr's 2.5% no show share ranks joint 13th lowest. Neither count moves Birr's 50.5% pass rate: 1,393 passes over 2,758 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
2,758 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.Birr and County Offaly
Birr trails Tullamore by 2.3 points (3,043 tests at 52.8%); Birr waits 5 weeks less than Tullamore. No other County Offaly centre beat Birr on both rate and wait.
Birr (County Arms Hotel) delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so it has no car rate to set against Birr.