Drogheda - Southgate results: 54.2% (1,740)
Test centre in County Louth, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 1,740car tests
- 33 of 57car rank
- 11weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Drogheda - Southgate compares
Drogheda - Southgate passed 54.2% of 1,740 car tests (943 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 1.8 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Drogheda - Southgate ranks 25th lowest. Above Drogheda - Southgate: Dungarvan (0.2 higher) and Tralee (0.3 higher). Below Drogheda - Southgate: Cork (Wilton) (0.5 lower) and Cavan (0.6 lower). Drogheda - Southgate's 1,740 car tests: joint 10th quietest of 57. Drogheda - Southgate's closest in size: Newcastle West with 102 more tests, 13.0 higher; Monaghan with 259 more tests, 7.8 higher; Shannon with 79 fewer tests, 5.0 higher and Kilkenny (O'Loughlin Gaels) with 97 fewer tests, 3.8 lower.
Drogheda - Southgate across all categories: 54.2% of 1,740 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Drogheda - Southgate took 16.8% of the 10,331 car tests at 2 County Louth centres. Drogheda - Southgate's 54.2%, county 55.4%: 1.2 points below.
Car driving test pass rate at Drogheda - Southgate, month by month
Drogheda - Southgate tested cars in 4 of the 12 months, May 2026 to August 2026. Drogheda - Southgate's best month: 59.7% of 298 tests, June 2026. Worst: 48.0% of 657, July 2026, an 11.7 point gap. Drogheda - Southgate's quietest month: 201 tests, May 2026; busiest: 657, July 2026.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 201 | 55.6% |
| June 2026 | 298 | 59.7% |
| July 2026 | 657 | 48.0% |
| August 2026 | 584 | 57.9% |
Drogheda - Southgate pass rates by year
Drogheda - Southgate delivered no car tests from September 2024 to August 2025, so there is no earlier 12 month period to set this window against.
Drogheda - Southgate has no full calendar year of car tests, so there is no year on year reading yet. Drogheda - Southgate, 2026 to date: 54.2% of 1,740 in 4 of 8 months, 1.9 points over national at Drogheda - Southgate.
| 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 (0 months) | n/a | not published | n/a | not published | n/a | n/a | 53.3% |
| 2022 (0 months) | n/a | not published | n/a | not published | n/a | n/a | 50.2% |
| 2023 (0 months) | n/a | not published | n/a | not published | n/a | n/a | 50.6% |
| 2024 (0 months) | n/a | not published | n/a | not published | n/a | n/a | 49.0% |
| 2025 (0 months) | n/a | not published | n/a | not published | n/a | n/a | 51.8% |
| 2026 (4 months) | 1,740 | 54.2% | 1,740 | 54.2% | 70 | 143 | 52.3% |
Drogheda - Southgate by licence category
Drogheda - Southgate tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Drogheda - Southgate.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 1,740 | 54.2% | 52.4% |
Drogheda - Southgate waiting times and capacity
Drogheda - Southgate's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 11 weeks at Drogheda - Southgate. Longer waits than Drogheda - Southgate: 23 centres. Shorter than Drogheda - Southgate: 27, of 57 others with a published wait. Drogheda - Southgate: longest wait in County Louth; Dundalk the shortest, 1 week less than Drogheda - Southgate. Driver testers assigned to Drogheda - Southgate in July 2026: 5. In August 2026, 98.8% of the 590 test slots at Drogheda - Southgate were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Drogheda - Southgate's 590 test slots: 9th most of 59 centres.
- 11 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 5Driver testers assigned
- 590Test slots in the latest month
- 98.8%Slots used
Drogheda - Southgate: no shows and tests not conducted
Drogheda - Southgate counted 1,953 car tests: 1,740 delivered, 70 no shows and 143 not conducted or abandoned. Drogheda - Southgate's shares of those 1,953: 3.6% no shows and 7.3% not conducted at Drogheda - Southgate. Of 57 centres, Drogheda - Southgate's 3.6% no show share ranks joint 7th highest. Neither count moves Drogheda - Southgate's 54.2% pass rate: 943 passes over 1,740 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
1,740 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.Drogheda - Southgate and County Louth
Drogheda - Southgate trails Dundalk by 1.4 points (8,591 tests at 55.6%); Drogheda - Southgate waits 1 week more than Dundalk. Dundalk beat Drogheda - Southgate on both rate and wait.
Drogheda delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so it has no car rate to set against Drogheda - Southgate.