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Killester results: 48% (4,067)

Test centre in County Dublin, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.
Car test pass rate, September 2025 to August 202648.0%4.4 points below the national 52.4%
  • 4,067car tests
  • 48 of 57car rank
  • 16weeks to invite (August 2026)
Take a free mock theory testSource: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, PxStat ROA36, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.

The car test pass rate at Killester in Ireland was 48% over September 2025 to August 2026, from 4,067 car tests, against the national 52.4%. Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, checked on 16 September 2026.

By the Irish Mock Test teamFacts checked 16 September 2026How we check facts
Car tests

How Killester compares

Killester passed 48.0% of 4,067 car tests (1,951 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 4.4 points below the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Killester ranks 10th lowest. Above Killester: Killarney (0.1 higher) and Carlow Talbot Hotel (0.2 higher). Below Killester: Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange (0.2 lower) and Wicklow (0.9 lower). Killester's 4,067 car tests: 18th busiest of 57. Killester's closest in size: Gorey with 44 more tests, 7.1 higher; Mulhuddart Maple House with 149 more tests, 1.0 lower; Mullingar with 75 fewer tests, 2.7 higher and Wicklow with 232 fewer tests, 0.9 lower.

Killester across all categories: 48.0% of 4,067 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Killester took 5.0% of the 81,647 car tests at 8 County Dublin centres. Killester's 48.0%, county 47.9%: level.

Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Car tests

Car driving test pass rate at Killester, month by month

Killester's best month: 51.9% of 272 tests, April 2026. Worst: 43.6% of 511, September 2025, an 8.3 point gap. Killester's quietest month: 223 tests, February 2026; busiest: 511, September 2025. Killester, first 6 months: 47.4% of 1,934; last 6: 48.5% of 2,133, so Killester improved 1.1 points. Latest at Killester, August 2026: 47.4% of 477. A year earlier: 47.8% of 598, so Killester is about level.

Show the monthly figures
MonthCar testsPass rate
September 202450042.1%
October 202445044.1%
November 202444642.5%
December 202421849.3%
January 202542538.9%
February 202537435.8%
March 202527639.4%
April 202531645.5%
May 202529736.3%
June 202541744.0%
July 202544551.1%
August 202559847.8%
September 202551143.6%
October 202530450.4%
November 202541950.3%
December 202522846.1%
January 202624947.0%
February 202622348.4%
March 202628445.8%
April 202627251.9%
May 202626950.2%
June 202638949.5%
July 202644247.3%
August 202647747.4%
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Trend

Killester pass rates by year

Killester, September 2024 to August 2025: 43.3% of 4,762 car tests. Since then Killester rose 4.7 points on 4,067 car tests against 4,762, down 695 (14.6%). Killester went from 6th lowest of 57 to 10th lowest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Killester's 4.7 point rise ranks 11th largest. Killester lost 695 car tests, the largest of 6 drops. Killester gained 1.8 points on County Dublin, which went from 45.0% to 47.9%.

Killester by calendar year: 46.8% of 2,625 car tests in 2022, 44.4% of 4,610 in 2025, down 2.4 points (national up 1.6). Killester, 2024 to 2025: 40.3% of 5,159 to 44.4%, a gain of 4.1 points for Killester. Best full year: 47.1% in 2023; worst: 40.3% in 2024; busiest: 5,159 car tests in 2024. Killester's car no shows: 79 in 2022, 231 in 2025; not conducted: 222, then 393. Killester, 2026 to date: 48.3% of 2,605 in 8 months, 4.0 points under national at Killester.

YearAll testsPass rate, all testsCar tests hereCar pass rate hereCar no showsCar tests not conductedCar pass rate nationally
2021 (7 months)1,20168.6%1,20168.6%388453.3%
20222,62546.8%2,62546.8%7922250.2%
20233,29647.1%3,29647.1%13324850.6%
20245,15940.3%5,15940.3%28737249.0%
20254,61044.4%4,61044.4%23139351.8%
2026 (8 months)2,60548.3%2,60548.3%12831452.3%
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Every licence

Killester by licence category

Killester tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Killester.

CategoryTestsPass rate hereNationally
Category B (Car or light van)4,06748.0%52.4%
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Waiting and capacity

Killester waiting times and capacity

Killester's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 16 weeks at Killester. Longer waits than Killester: 3 centres. Shorter than Killester: 50, of 57 others with a published wait. County Dublin waits ran from 1 week at Raheny to 23 weeks at Tallaght, with Killester between. Driver testers assigned to Killester in July 2026: 1. In August 2026, 98.6% of the 482 test slots at Killester were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Killester's 482 test slots: 13th most of 59 centres.

  • 16 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
  • 1Driver testers assigned
  • 482Test slots in the latest month
  • 98.6%Slots used
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA36, PxStat ROA34, PxStat ROA38, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Read with care

Killester: no shows and tests not conducted

Killester counted 4,693 car tests: 4,067 delivered, 207 no shows and 419 not conducted or abandoned. Killester's shares of those 4,693: 4.4% no shows and 8.9% not conducted at Killester. Of 57 centres, Killester's 4.4% no show share ranks 2nd highest. Neither count moves Killester's 48.0% pass rate: 1,951 passes over 4,067 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.

4,067 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.
County Dublin

Killester and County Dublin

Killester trails Raheny by 2.0 points (7,917 tests at 50.0%); Killester waits 15 weeks more than Raheny; Killester trails Tallaght by 1.6 points (27,547 tests at 49.6%); Killester waits 7 weeks less than Tallaght; Killester leads Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange by 0.2 points (16,585 tests at 47.8%); Killester waits 1 week less than Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange; Killester leads Mulhuddart Maple House by 1.0 point (4,216 tests at 47.0%); Killester waits 6 weeks more than Mulhuddart Maple House; Killester leads Mulhuddart by 2.1 points (5,713 tests at 45.9%); Killester waits 1 week less than Mulhuddart and Killester leads Finglas by 3.0 points (15,601 tests at 45.0%); Killester waits 6 weeks more than Finglas. Raheny beat Killester 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 Killester.

Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, PxStat ROA36, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.

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