Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange results: 47.8% (16,585)
Test centre in County Dublin, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 16,585car tests
- 49 of 57car rank
- 17weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange compares
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange passed 47.8% of 16,585 car tests (7,933 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 4.6 points below the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange ranks 9th lowest. Above Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange: Killester (0.2 higher) and Killarney (0.3 higher). Below Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange: Wicklow (0.7 lower) and Mulhuddart Maple House (0.8 lower). Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's 16,585 car tests: 3rd busiest of 57. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's closest in size: Cork (Wilton) with 1,546 more tests, 5.9 higher; Tallaght with 10,962 more tests, 1.8 higher; Finglas with 984 fewer tests, 2.8 lower and Naas with 1,093 fewer tests, 7.1 higher.
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange across all categories: 48.3% of 17,048 tests (54.8% nationally), 463 in other licence categories. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange took 20.3% of the 81,647 car tests at 8 County Dublin centres. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's 47.8%, county 47.9%: level.
Car driving test pass rate at Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange, month by month
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's best month: 52.1% of 1,388 tests, September 2025. Worst: 43.1% of 789, December 2025, a 9.0 point gap. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's quietest month: 789 tests, December 2025; busiest: 2,102, June 2026. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange, first 6 months: 48.2% of 6,918; last 6: 47.6% of 9,667, so Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange weakened 0.6 points. Latest at Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange, August 2026: 48.6% of 1,681. A year earlier: 52.1% of 1,379, so Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange is 3.5 points down.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 1,077 | 47.8% |
| October 2024 | 1,052 | 46.9% |
| November 2024 | 772 | 52.5% |
| December 2024 | 561 | 49.2% |
| January 2025 | 747 | 52.4% |
| February 2025 | 763 | 49.4% |
| March 2025 | 884 | 52.2% |
| April 2025 | 993 | 45.4% |
| May 2025 | 1,080 | 60.6% |
| June 2025 | 1,369 | 53.6% |
| July 2025 | 1,598 | 52.1% |
| August 2025 | 1,379 | 52.1% |
| September 2025 | 1,388 | 52.1% |
| October 2025 | 1,399 | 49.1% |
| November 2025 | 1,140 | 47.0% |
| December 2025 | 789 | 43.1% |
| January 2026 | 1,095 | 48.7% |
| February 2026 | 1,107 | 46.4% |
| March 2026 | 1,191 | 45.8% |
| April 2026 | 1,279 | 48.5% |
| May 2026 | 1,444 | 48.6% |
| June 2026 | 2,102 | 49.9% |
| July 2026 | 1,970 | 44.0% |
| August 2026 | 1,681 | 48.6% |
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange pass rates by year
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange, September 2024 to August 2025: 51.4% of 12,275 car tests. Since then Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange fell 3.6 points on 16,585 car tests against 12,275, up 4,310 (35.1%). Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange went from 21st lowest of 57 to 9th lowest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's 3.6 point fall ranks 6th largest. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange added 4,310 car tests, the 3rd largest of 49 increases. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange lost 6.5 points on County Dublin, which went from 45.0% to 47.9%.
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange by calendar year: 52.1% of 7,689 car tests in 2021, 51.0% of 13,529 in 2025, down 1.1 points (national down 1.5). Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange, 2024 to 2025: 51.5% of 12,498 to 51.0%, a loss of 0.5 points for Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange. Best full year: 55.0% in 2022; worst: 51.0% in 2025; busiest: 13,529 car tests in 2025. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's car no shows: 132 in 2021, 407 in 2025; not conducted: 582, then 997. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange, 2026 to date: 47.6% of 11,869 in 8 months, 4.7 points under national at Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange.
| 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 | 7,863 | 52.5% | 7,689 | 52.1% | 132 | 582 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 9,062 | 55.4% | 8,780 | 55.0% | 134 | 662 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 8,033 | 54.1% | 7,631 | 53.6% | 188 | 474 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 12,880 | 52.0% | 12,498 | 51.5% | 333 | 764 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 13,834 | 51.4% | 13,529 | 51.0% | 407 | 997 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 12,242 | 48.1% | 11,869 | 47.6% | 308 | 1,143 | 52.3% |
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange by licence category
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange beyond cars: 328 motorcycle (A), 67.7%, 1.7 points below national, each with 100 or more tests. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange, under 100 tests each: 91 medium power motorcycle (A2) and 44 low power motorcycle (A1). Too few for a steady rate.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 16,585 | 47.8% | 52.4% |
| Category A (Motorcycle All) | 328 | 67.7% | 69.4% |
| Category A2 (Motorcycle - medium power) | 91 | 69.1% | 62.0% |
| Category A1 (Motorcycle - low power) | 44 | 55.7% | 45.6% |
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange waiting times and capacity
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 17 weeks at Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange. Longer waits than Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange: 1 centres. Shorter than Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange: 55, of 57 others with a published wait. County Dublin waits ran from 1 week at Raheny to 23 weeks at Tallaght, with Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange between. Driver testers assigned to Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange in July 2026: 9. In August 2026, 98.9% of the 1,760 test slots at Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's 1,760 test slots: 2nd most of 59 centres.
- 17 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 9Driver testers assigned
- 1,760Test slots in the latest month
- 98.9%Slots used
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange: no shows and tests not conducted
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange counted 18,566 car tests: 16,585 delivered, 474 no shows and 1,507 not conducted or abandoned. Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's shares of those 18,566: 2.6% no shows and 8.1% not conducted at Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange. Of 57 centres, Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's 2.6% no show share ranks joint 18th lowest. Neither count moves Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange's 47.8% pass rate: 7,933 passes over 16,585 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
16,585 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.Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange and County Dublin
Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange trails Raheny by 2.2 points (7,917 tests at 50.0%); Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange waits 16 weeks more than Raheny; Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange trails Tallaght by 1.8 points (27,547 tests at 49.6%); Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange waits 6 weeks less than Tallaght; Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange trails Killester by 0.2 points (4,067 tests at 48.0%); Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange waits 1 week more than Killester; Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange leads Mulhuddart Maple House by 0.8 points (4,216 tests at 47.0%); Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange waits 7 weeks more than Mulhuddart Maple House; Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange leads Mulhuddart by 1.9 points (5,713 tests at 45.9%); Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange has the same wait as Mulhuddart and Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange leads Finglas by 2.8 points (15,601 tests at 45.0%); Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange waits 7 weeks more than Finglas. Raheny and Killester beat Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange on both rate and wait.
Leixlip - Springfield Hotel; Mulhuddart (Carlton Hotel) and Sandyford delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so they have no car rate to set against Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange.
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