Loughrea results: 65% (3,004)
Test centre in County Galway, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 3,004car tests
- 4 of 57car rank
- 10weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Loughrea compares
Loughrea passed 65.0% of 3,004 car tests (1,952 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 12.6 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Loughrea ranks 4th highest. Above Loughrea: Thurles (1.0 higher) and Newcastle West (2.2 higher). Below Loughrea: Buncrana (2.1 lower) and Tuam (2.9 lower). Loughrea's 3,004 car tests: 25th quietest of 57. Loughrea's closest in size: Tullamore with 39 more tests, 12.2 lower; Carlow Talbot Hotel with 46 more tests, 16.8 lower; Ennis with 11 fewer tests, 9.8 lower and Skibbereen with 81 fewer tests, 9.4 lower.
Loughrea across all categories: 65.0% of 3,004 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Loughrea took 22.0% of the 13,636 car tests at 5 County Galway centres. Loughrea's 65.0%, county 59.8%: 5.2 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Loughrea, month by month
Loughrea's best month: 72.0% of 251 tests, January 2026. Worst: 59.2% of 260, November 2025, a 12.8 point gap. Loughrea's quietest month: 199 tests, May 2026; busiest: 337, October 2025. Loughrea, first 6 months: 65.6% of 1,627; last 6: 64.3% of 1,377, so Loughrea weakened 1.3 points. Latest at Loughrea, August 2026: 63.6% of 257. A year earlier: 57.8% of 223, so Loughrea is 5.8 points up.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 289 | 62.3% |
| October 2024 | 250 | 63.8% |
| November 2024 | 207 | 67.2% |
| December 2024 | 163 | 67.3% |
| January 2025 | 199 | 61.7% |
| February 2025 | 231 | 65.6% |
| March 2025 | 175 | 69.7% |
| April 2025 | 136 | 73.6% |
| May 2025 | 232 | 63.3% |
| June 2025 | 232 | 57.9% |
| July 2025 | 383 | 65.8% |
| August 2025 | 223 | 57.8% |
| September 2025 | 305 | 61.1% |
| October 2025 | 337 | 67.9% |
| November 2025 | 260 | 59.2% |
| December 2025 | 207 | 63.6% |
| January 2026 | 251 | 72.0% |
| February 2026 | 267 | 69.6% |
| March 2026 | 216 | 66.0% |
| April 2026 | 232 | 64.0% |
| May 2026 | 199 | 67.8% |
| June 2026 | 206 | 62.8% |
| July 2026 | 267 | 62.3% |
| August 2026 | 257 | 63.6% |
Loughrea pass rates by year
Loughrea, September 2024 to August 2025: 64.2% of 2,720 car tests. Since then Loughrea edged up 0.8 points on 3,004 car tests against 2,720, up 284 (10.4%). Loughrea went from 3rd highest of 57 to 4th highest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Loughrea's 0.8 point rise ranks 32nd largest. Loughrea added 284 car tests, the 35th largest of 49 increases. Loughrea lost 1.8 points on County Galway, which went from 57.2% to 59.8%.
Loughrea by calendar year: 74.6% of 1,338 car tests in 2021, 63.7% of 2,920 in 2025, down 10.9 points (national down 1.5). Loughrea, 2024 to 2025: 64.6% of 2,586 to 63.7%, a loss of 0.9 points for Loughrea. Best full year: 74.6% in 2021; worst: 62.6% in 2022; busiest: 2,920 car tests in 2025. Loughrea's car no shows: 20 in 2021, 81 in 2025; not conducted: 65, then 124. Loughrea, 2026 to date: 66.1% of 1,895 in 8 months, 13.8 points over national at Loughrea.
| 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 | 1,364 | 74.9% | 1,338 | 74.6% | 20 | 65 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 1,118 | 64.1% | 1,054 | 62.6% | 17 | 35 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 2,303 | 65.4% | 2,297 | 65.4% | 55 | 85 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 2,586 | 64.6% | 2,586 | 64.6% | 53 | 98 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 2,920 | 63.7% | 2,920 | 63.7% | 81 | 124 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 1,895 | 66.1% | 1,895 | 66.1% | 51 | 105 | 52.3% |
Loughrea by licence category
Loughrea tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Loughrea.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 3,004 | 65.0% | 52.4% |
Loughrea waiting times and capacity
Loughrea's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 10 weeks at Loughrea. Longer waits than Loughrea: 31 centres. Shorter than Loughrea: 9, of 57 others with a published wait. County Galway waits ran from 7 weeks at Galway (Carnmore) to 16 weeks at Clifden, with Loughrea between. Driver testers assigned to Loughrea in July 2026: 1. In August 2026, 98.9% of the 260 test slots at Loughrea were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Loughrea's 260 test slots: 28th fewest of 59 centres.
- 10 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 1Driver testers assigned
- 260Test slots in the latest month
- 98.9%Slots used
Loughrea: no shows and tests not conducted
Loughrea counted 3,222 car tests: 3,004 delivered, 80 no shows and 138 not conducted or abandoned. Loughrea's shares of those 3,222: 2.5% no shows and 4.3% not conducted at Loughrea. Of 57 centres, Loughrea's 2.5% no show share ranks joint 13th lowest. Neither count moves Loughrea's 65.0% pass rate: 1,952 passes over 3,004 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
3,004 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.Loughrea and County Galway
Loughrea trails Clifden by 9.4 points (460 tests at 74.4%); Loughrea waits 6 weeks less than Clifden; Loughrea leads Tuam by 2.9 points (2,579 tests at 62.1%); Loughrea waits 2 weeks less than Tuam; Loughrea leads Galway (Clybaun Hotel) by 8.7 points (4,374 tests at 56.3%); Loughrea has the same wait as Galway (Clybaun Hotel) and Loughrea leads Galway (Carnmore) by 9.3 points (3,219 tests at 55.7%); Loughrea waits 3 weeks more than Galway (Carnmore). No other County Galway centre beat Loughrea on both rate and wait. Clifden rests on fewer than 500 car tests, so a handful of results moves that rate further than Loughrea's 3,004.
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 Loughrea.