Killarney results: 48.1% (3,437)
Test centre in County Kerry, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 3,437car tests
- 47 of 57car rank
- 16weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Killarney compares
Killarney passed 48.1% of 3,437 car tests (1,653 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 4.3 points below the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Killarney ranks 11th lowest. Above Killarney: Carlow Talbot Hotel (0.1 higher) and Tallaght (1.5 higher). Below Killarney: Killester (0.1 lower) and Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange (0.3 lower). Killarney's 3,437 car tests: 27th busiest of 57. Killarney's closest in size: Athlone with 32 more tests, 1.8 lower; Castlebar with 54 more tests, 8.1 higher; Sligo with 128 fewer tests, 3.9 higher and Clonmel with 178 fewer tests, 2.5 higher.
Killarney across all categories: 51.9% of 3,911 tests (54.8% nationally), 474 in other licence categories. Killarney took 48.8% of the 7,050 car tests at 2 County Kerry centres. Killarney's 48.1%, county 51.4%: 3.3 points below.
Car driving test pass rate at Killarney, month by month
Killarney's best month: 53.0% of 255 tests, November 2025. Worst: 39.6% of 263, April 2026, a 13.4 point gap. Killarney's quietest month: 188 tests, May 2026; busiest: 404, February 2026. Killarney, first 6 months: 50.1% of 1,921; last 6: 45.6% of 1,516, so Killarney weakened 4.5 points. Latest at Killarney, August 2026: 49.7% of 213. A year earlier: 48.7% of 246, so Killarney is 1.0 point up.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 284 | 48.0% |
| October 2024 | 276 | 42.8% |
| November 2024 | 208 | 47.3% |
| December 2024 | 207 | 49.2% |
| January 2025 | 316 | 45.8% |
| February 2025 | 265 | 46.6% |
| March 2025 | 276 | 54.7% |
| April 2025 | 256 | 51.3% |
| May 2025 | 231 | 51.2% |
| June 2025 | 371 | 44.4% |
| July 2025 | 302 | 44.9% |
| August 2025 | 246 | 48.7% |
| September 2025 | 281 | 49.8% |
| October 2025 | 348 | 51.7% |
| November 2025 | 255 | 53.0% |
| December 2025 | 289 | 42.2% |
| January 2026 | 344 | 49.8% |
| February 2026 | 404 | 52.8% |
| March 2026 | 247 | 47.9% |
| April 2026 | 263 | 39.6% |
| May 2026 | 188 | 42.9% |
| June 2026 | 317 | 48.6% |
| July 2026 | 288 | 44.6% |
| August 2026 | 213 | 49.7% |
Killarney pass rates by year
Killarney, September 2024 to August 2025: 47.7% of 3,238 car tests. Since then Killarney held within 0.4 points on 3,437 car tests against 3,238, up 199 (6.1%). Killarney went from 15th lowest of 57 to 11th lowest of 57. Killarney added 199 car tests, the 42nd largest of 49 increases. Killarney kept pace with County Kerry, which went from 50.8% to 51.4%.
Killarney by calendar year: 57.0% of 1,775 car tests in 2021, 48.5% of 3,436 in 2025, down 8.5 points (national down 1.5). Killarney, 2024 to 2025: 48.0% of 3,093 to 48.5%, a gain of 0.5 points for Killarney. Best full year: 57.0% in 2021; worst: 48.0% in 2024; busiest: 3,436 car tests in 2025. Killarney's car no shows: 23 in 2021, 93 in 2025; not conducted: 87, then 226. Killarney, 2026 to date: 47.5% of 2,264 in 8 months, 4.8 points under national at Killarney.
| 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 | 1,933 | 59.5% | 1,775 | 57.0% | 23 | 87 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 2,435 | 52.8% | 2,181 | 49.5% | 50 | 121 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 2,742 | 55.2% | 2,386 | 51.8% | 82 | 115 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 3,498 | 51.7% | 3,093 | 48.0% | 108 | 182 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 3,933 | 53.0% | 3,436 | 48.5% | 93 | 226 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 2,573 | 51.3% | 2,264 | 47.5% | 62 | 183 | 52.3% |
Killarney by licence category
Killarney beyond cars: 107 car and trailer (BE), 85.3%, level with national, each with 100 or more tests. Killarney, under 100 tests each: 91 bus (D); 84 truck (C); 59 bus CPC practical; 53 motorcycle (A); 47 truck CPC practical; 14 medium power motorcycle (A2); 10 minibus (D1); 7 small truck (C1) and 2 low power motorcycle (A1). Too few for a steady rate.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 3,437 | 48.1% | 52.4% |
| Category BE (Car with Trailer) | 107 | 85.3% | 85.4% |
| Category D (Bus) | 91 | 65.7% | 65.7% |
| Category C (Truck) | 84 | 63.0% | 74.4% |
| CPC Practical Test (Bus) | 59 | 96.6% | 98.7% |
| Category A (Motorcycle All) | 53 | 89.1% | 69.4% |
| CPC Practical Test (Truck/Artic) | 47 | 95.6% | 98.7% |
| Category A2 (Motorcycle - medium power) | 14 | 73.1% | 62.0% |
| Category D1 (Minibus) | 10 | 33.3% | 68.1% |
| Category C1 (Small truck / large van) | 7 | 100.0% | 76.5% |
| Category A1 (Motorcycle - low power) | 2 | 100.0% | 45.6% |
Killarney waiting times and capacity
Killarney's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 16 weeks at Killarney. Longer waits than Killarney: 3 centres. Shorter than Killarney: 50, of 57 others with a published wait. Killarney: longest wait in County Kerry; Tralee the shortest, 1 week less than Killarney. Driver testers assigned to Killarney in July 2026: 4. In August 2026, 99.6% of the 228 test slots at Killarney were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Killarney's 228 test slots: 23rd fewest of 59 centres.
- 16 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 4Driver testers assigned
- 228Test slots in the latest month
- 99.6%Slots used
Killarney: no shows and tests not conducted
Killarney counted 3,771 car tests: 3,437 delivered, 95 no shows and 239 not conducted or abandoned. Killarney's shares of those 3,771: 2.5% no shows and 6.3% not conducted at Killarney. Of 57 centres, Killarney's 2.5% no show share ranks joint 13th lowest. Neither count moves Killarney's 48.1% pass rate: 1,653 passes over 3,437 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
3,437 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.Killarney and County Kerry
Killarney trails Tralee by 6.4 points (3,613 tests at 54.5%); Killarney waits 1 week more than Tralee. Tralee beat Killarney on both rate and wait.
Tralee (HGV's) delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so it has no car rate to set against Killarney.