Kilrush results: 59.3% (794)
Test centre in County Clare, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 794car tests
- 10 of 57car rank
- 8weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Kilrush compares
Kilrush passed 59.3% of 794 car tests (470 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 6.9 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Kilrush ranks 10th highest. Above Kilrush: Donegal (0.1 higher) and Carrick On Shannon (2.1 higher). Below Kilrush: Shannon (0.1 lower) and Letterkenny (0.2 lower). Kilrush's 794 car tests: 2nd quietest of 57. Kilrush's closest in size: Nenagh with 426 more tests, 4.2 lower; Tipperary with 525 more tests, 3.4 lower and Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) with 20 fewer tests, 11.6 higher.
Kilrush across all categories: 59.3% of 794 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Kilrush took 14.6% of the 5,448 car tests at 3 County Clare centres. Kilrush's 59.3%, county 57.0%: 2.3 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Kilrush, month by month
Kilrush's best month: 66.3% of 102 tests, July 2026. Worst: 48.8% of 89, February 2026, a 17.5 point gap. Kilrush's quietest month: 18 tests, December 2025; busiest: 102, July 2026. Kilrush's 89 tests in February 2026 are few enough to swing a long way on a handful of results. Kilrush, first 6 months: 57.0% of 383; last 6: 61.3% of 411, so Kilrush improved 4.3 points. Latest at Kilrush, August 2026: 62.7% of 82. A year earlier: 76.7% of 32, so Kilrush is 14.0 points down.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 30 | 77.8% |
| October 2024 | 52 | 68.1% |
| November 2024 | 48 | 61.7% |
| December 2024 | 52 | 54.2% |
| January 2025 | 60 | 66.1% |
| February 2025 | 48 | 62.8% |
| March 2025 | 26 | 61.5% |
| April 2025 | 48 | 46.5% |
| May 2025 | 36 | 61.8% |
| June 2025 | 44 | 67.6% |
| July 2025 | 77 | 62.7% |
| August 2025 | 32 | 76.7% |
| September 2025 | 42 | 57.5% |
| October 2025 | 84 | 62.2% |
| November 2025 | 60 | 62.3% |
| December 2025 | 18 | 61.1% |
| January 2026 | 90 | 55.8% |
| February 2026 | 89 | 48.8% |
| March 2026 | 41 | 64.1% |
| April 2026 | 87 | 61.3% |
| May 2026 | 58 | 54.7% |
| June 2026 | 41 | 52.8% |
| July 2026 | 102 | 66.3% |
| August 2026 | 82 | 62.7% |
Kilrush pass rates by year
Kilrush, September 2024 to August 2025: 63.2% of 553 car tests. Since then Kilrush fell 3.9 points on 794 car tests against 553, up 241 (43.6%). Kilrush went from 5th highest of 57 to 10th highest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Kilrush's 3.9 point fall ranks 5th largest. Kilrush added 241 car tests, the 40th largest of 49 increases. Kilrush kept pace with County Clare, which went from 60.8% to 57.0%.
Kilrush by calendar year: 56.4% of 315 car tests in 2021, 62.2% of 575 in 2025, up 5.8 points (national down 1.5). Kilrush, 2024 to 2025: 59.7% of 738 to 62.2%, a gain of 2.5 points for Kilrush. Best full year: 62.2% in 2025; worst: 55.3% in 2023; busiest: 738 car tests in 2024. Kilrush's car no shows: 7 in 2021, 18 in 2025; not conducted: 19, then 28. Kilrush, 2026 to date: 58.6% of 590 in 8 months, 6.3 points over national at Kilrush.
| 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 | 317 | 56.5% | 315 | 56.4% | 7 | 19 | 53.3% |
| 2022 (11 months) | 523 | 57.7% | 519 | 57.8% | 13 | 15 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 468 | 55.4% | 463 | 55.3% | 9 | 19 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 740 | 59.7% | 738 | 59.7% | 20 | 37 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 575 | 62.2% | 575 | 62.2% | 18 | 28 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 590 | 58.6% | 590 | 58.6% | 19 | 47 | 52.3% |
Kilrush by licence category
Kilrush tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Kilrush.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 794 | 59.3% | 52.4% |
Kilrush waiting times and capacity
Kilrush's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 8 weeks at Kilrush. Longer waits than Kilrush: 53 centres. Shorter than Kilrush: 3, of 57 others with a published wait. Kilrush: shortest wait in County Clare; Ennis the longest, 6 weeks more than Kilrush. In August 2026, 97.6% of the 84 test slots at Kilrush were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Kilrush's 84 test slots: 4th fewest of 59 centres.
- 8 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 84Test slots in the latest month
- 97.6%Slots used
Kilrush: no shows and tests not conducted
Kilrush counted 879 car tests: 794 delivered, 24 no shows and 61 not conducted or abandoned. Kilrush's shares of those 879: 2.7% no shows and 6.9% not conducted at Kilrush. Of 57 centres, Kilrush's 2.7% no show share ranks joint 23rd lowest. Neither count moves Kilrush's 59.3% pass rate: 470 passes over 794 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
794 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.Kilrush and County Clare
Kilrush leads Shannon by 0.1 points (1,661 tests at 59.2%); Kilrush waits 3 weeks less than Shannon and Kilrush leads Ennis by 4.1 points (2,993 tests at 55.2%); Kilrush waits 6 weeks less than Ennis. No other County Clare centre beat Kilrush on both rate and wait.