Clifden results
Test centre in County Galway, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 460car tests
- n/acar rank
- 16weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Clifden compares
Clifden passed 74.4% of 460 car tests (342 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 22.0 points above the national 52.4%. With fewer than 500 car tests Clifden sits outside the centre ranking, so read its rate as a rough guide.
Clifden across all categories: 74.4% of 460 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Clifden took 3.4% of the 13,636 car tests at 5 County Galway centres. Clifden's 74.4%, county 59.8%: 14.6 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Clifden, month by month
Clifden tested cars in 11 of the 12 months, September 2025 to August 2026. Clifden's best month: 87.8% of 47 tests, October 2025. Worst: 55.6% of 30, March 2026, a 32.2 point gap. Clifden's quietest month: 30 tests, February 2026; busiest: 70, November 2025. Clifden's 30 tests in March 2026 are few enough to swing a long way on a handful of results. Clifden, first 6 months: 75.3% of 224; last 6: 73.6% of 236, so Clifden weakened 1.7 points.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 31 | 69.0% |
| October 2024 | 33 | 67.9% |
| November 2024 | 68 | 63.6% |
| January 2025 | 28 | 65.4% |
| February 2025 | 34 | 63.0% |
| March 2025 | 76 | 67.6% |
| April 2025 | 24 | 63.6% |
| May 2025 | 51 | 53.2% |
| July 2025 | 47 | 58.1% |
| September 2025 | 46 | 79.1% |
| October 2025 | 47 | 87.8% |
| November 2025 | 70 | 73.0% |
| January 2026 | 31 | 58.6% |
| February 2026 | 30 | 72.4% |
| March 2026 | 30 | 55.6% |
| April 2026 | 34 | 75.0% |
| May 2026 | 36 | 82.9% |
| June 2026 | 48 | 86.7% |
| July 2026 | 58 | 68.5% |
| August 2026 | 30 | 67.9% |
Clifden pass rates by year
Clifden, September 2024 to August 2025: 63.2% of 392 car tests in the 9 months it tested. Since then Clifden climbed 11.2 points on 460 car tests against 392, up 68 (17.3%). Clifden gained 8.6 points on County Galway, which went from 57.2% to 59.8%.
Clifden has no full calendar year of car tests, so there is no year on year reading yet. Clifden, 2026 to date: 71.9% of 297 in 8 months, 19.6 points over national at Clifden.
| 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 (9 months) | 276 | 71.2% | 276 | 71.2% | 7 | 19 | 53.3% |
| 2022 (11 months) | 297 | 66.8% | 297 | 66.8% | 7 | 13 | 50.2% |
| 2023 (10 months) | 370 | 65.8% | 370 | 65.8% | 14 | 16 | 50.6% |
| 2024 (10 months) | 360 | 65.8% | 360 | 65.8% | 9 | 11 | 49.0% |
| 2025 (9 months) | 423 | 68.5% | 423 | 68.5% | 19 | 18 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 297 | 71.9% | 297 | 71.9% | 5 | 13 | 52.3% |
Clifden by licence category
Clifden tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Clifden.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 460 | 74.4% | 52.4% |
Clifden waiting times and capacity
Clifden's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 16 weeks at Clifden. Longer waits than Clifden: 3 centres. Shorter than Clifden: 50, of 57 others with a published wait. Clifden: longest wait in County Galway; Galway (Carnmore) the shortest, 9 weeks less than Clifden. In August 2026, 96.8% of the 31 test slots at Clifden were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Clifden's 31 test slots: 2nd fewest of 59 centres.
- 16 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 31Test slots in the latest month
- 96.8%Slots used
Clifden: no shows and tests not conducted
Clifden counted 494 car tests: 460 delivered, 11 no shows and 23 not conducted or abandoned. Clifden's shares of those 494: 2.2% no shows and 4.7% not conducted at Clifden. Neither count moves Clifden's 74.4% pass rate: 342 passes over 460 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
460 car tests is a small base, so a handful of results moves the rate a long way. Treat the figure as a rough guide and compare it with the national rate.
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.Clifden and County Galway
Clifden leads Loughrea by 9.4 points (3,004 tests at 65.0%); Clifden waits 6 weeks more than Loughrea; Clifden leads Tuam by 12.3 points (2,579 tests at 62.1%); Clifden waits 4 weeks more than Tuam; Clifden leads Galway (Clybaun Hotel) by 18.1 points (4,374 tests at 56.3%); Clifden waits 6 weeks more than Galway (Clybaun Hotel) and Clifden leads Galway (Carnmore) by 18.7 points (3,219 tests at 55.7%); Clifden waits 9 weeks more than Galway (Carnmore). No other County Galway centre beat Clifden on both rate and wait.
Galway (Westside) and Loughrea (Lough Rea Hotel & Spa) delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so they have no car rate to set against Clifden.
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