Galway (Clybaun Hotel) results: 56.3% (4,374)
Test centre in County Galway, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 4,374car tests
- 16 of 57car rank
- 10weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Galway (Clybaun Hotel) compares
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) passed 56.3% of 4,374 car tests (2,464 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 3.9 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Galway (Clybaun Hotel) ranks joint 16th highest, level with Limerick - Castlemungret. Above Galway (Clybaun Hotel): Portlaoise (Maldron Hotel) (0.7 higher) and Longford (1.9 higher). Below Galway (Clybaun Hotel): Ballina (0.1 lower) and Castlebar (0.1 lower). Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s 4,374 car tests: 15th busiest of 57. Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s closest in size: Limerick - Castlemungret with 60 more tests, same rate; Limerick - Woodview with 221 more tests, 2.1 higher; Mulhuddart Maple House with 158 fewer tests, 9.3 lower and Gorey with 263 fewer tests, 1.2 lower.
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) across all categories: 56.3% of 4,374 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Galway (Clybaun Hotel) took 32.1% of the 13,636 car tests at 5 County Galway centres. Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s 56.3%, county 59.8%: 3.5 points below.
Car driving test pass rate at Galway (Clybaun Hotel), month by month
Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s best month: 68.2% of 394 tests, June 2026. Worst: 46.6% of 369, February 2026, a 21.6 point gap. Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s quietest month: 168 tests, December 2025; busiest: 532, October 2025. Galway (Clybaun Hotel), first 6 months: 55.6% of 2,285; last 6: 57.1% of 2,089, so Galway (Clybaun Hotel) improved 1.5 points. Latest at Galway (Clybaun Hotel), August 2026: 55.8% of 435. A year earlier: 52.6% of 393, so Galway (Clybaun Hotel) is 3.2 points up.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | 140 | 62.9% |
| May 2025 | 347 | 50.9% |
| June 2025 | 287 | 55.6% |
| July 2025 | 339 | 52.7% |
| August 2025 | 393 | 52.6% |
| September 2025 | 456 | 57.5% |
| October 2025 | 532 | 55.5% |
| November 2025 | 416 | 59.8% |
| December 2025 | 168 | 55.4% |
| January 2026 | 344 | 57.8% |
| February 2026 | 369 | 46.6% |
| March 2026 | 222 | 50.0% |
| April 2026 | 323 | 55.8% |
| May 2026 | 337 | 55.2% |
| June 2026 | 394 | 68.2% |
| July 2026 | 378 | 54.2% |
| August 2026 | 435 | 55.8% |
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) pass rates by year
Galway (Clybaun Hotel), September 2024 to August 2025: 53.8% of 1,506 car tests in the 5 months it tested. Since then Galway (Clybaun Hotel) rose 2.5 points on 4,374 car tests against 1,506, up 2,868 (190.4%). Galway (Clybaun Hotel) went from 23rd highest of 57 to 16th highest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s 2.5 point rise ranks 20th largest. Galway (Clybaun Hotel) added 2,868 car tests, the 7th largest of 49 increases. Galway (Clybaun Hotel) kept pace with County Galway, which went from 57.2% to 59.8%.
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) has no full calendar year of car tests, so there is no year on year reading yet. Galway (Clybaun Hotel), 2026 to date: 55.8% of 2,802 in 8 months, 3.5 points over national at Galway (Clybaun Hotel).
| 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 (9 months) | 3,078 | 55.5% | 3,078 | 55.5% | 81 | 128 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 2,802 | 55.8% | 2,802 | 55.8% | 80 | 189 | 52.3% |
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) by licence category
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Galway (Clybaun Hotel).
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 4,374 | 56.3% | 52.4% |
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) waiting times and capacity
Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 10 weeks at Galway (Clybaun Hotel). Longer waits than Galway (Clybaun Hotel): 31 centres. Shorter than Galway (Clybaun Hotel): 9, of 57 others with a published wait. County Galway waits ran from 7 weeks at Galway (Carnmore) to 16 weeks at Clifden, with Galway (Clybaun Hotel) between. Driver testers assigned to Galway (Clybaun Hotel) in July 2026: 4. In August 2026, 98.6% of the 441 test slots at Galway (Clybaun Hotel) were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s 441 test slots: 16th most of 59 centres.
- 10 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 4Driver testers assigned
- 441Test slots in the latest month
- 98.6%Slots used
Galway (Clybaun Hotel): no shows and tests not conducted
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) counted 4,762 car tests: 4,374 delivered, 115 no shows and 273 not conducted or abandoned. Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s shares of those 4,762: 2.4% no shows and 5.7% not conducted at Galway (Clybaun Hotel). Of 57 centres, Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s 2.4% no show share ranks joint 9th lowest. Neither count moves Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s 56.3% pass rate: 2,464 passes over 4,374 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
4,374 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.Galway (Clybaun Hotel) and County Galway
Galway (Clybaun Hotel) trails Clifden by 18.1 points (460 tests at 74.4%); Galway (Clybaun Hotel) waits 6 weeks less than Clifden; Galway (Clybaun Hotel) trails Loughrea by 8.7 points (3,004 tests at 65.0%); Galway (Clybaun Hotel) has the same wait as Loughrea; Galway (Clybaun Hotel) trails Tuam by 5.8 points (2,579 tests at 62.1%); Galway (Clybaun Hotel) waits 2 weeks less than Tuam and Galway (Clybaun Hotel) leads Galway (Carnmore) by 0.6 points (3,219 tests at 55.7%); Galway (Clybaun Hotel) waits 3 weeks more than Galway (Carnmore). No other County Galway centre beat Galway (Clybaun Hotel) on both rate and wait. Clifden rests on fewer than 500 car tests, so a handful of results moves that rate further than Galway (Clybaun Hotel)'s 4,374.
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 Galway (Clybaun Hotel).