Mitchelstown results: 55.2% (1,428)
Test centre in County Cork, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 1,428car tests
- 27 of 57car rank
- 11weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Mitchelstown compares
Mitchelstown passed 55.2% of 1,428 car tests (788 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 2.8 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Mitchelstown ranks joint 26th highest, level with Ennis. Above Mitchelstown: Dundalk (0.4 higher) and Skibbereen (0.4 higher). Below Mitchelstown: Gorey (0.1 lower) and Nenagh (0.1 lower). Mitchelstown's 1,428 car tests: 6th quietest of 57. Mitchelstown's closest in size: Ballina with 42 more tests, 1.0 higher; Kilkenny (O'Loughlin Gaels) with 215 more tests, 4.8 lower; Buncrana with 86 fewer tests, 7.7 higher and Tipperary with 109 fewer tests, 0.7 higher.
Mitchelstown across all categories: 55.2% of 1,428 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Mitchelstown took 5.2% of the 27,688 car tests at 4 County Cork centres. Mitchelstown's 55.2%, county 53.6%: 1.6 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Mitchelstown, month by month
Mitchelstown tested cars in 9 of the 12 months, December 2025 to August 2026. Mitchelstown's best month: 62.2% of 180 tests, May 2026. Worst: 47.9% of 49, December 2025, a 14.3 point gap. Mitchelstown's quietest month: 49 tests, December 2025; busiest: 255, July 2026. Mitchelstown's 49 tests in December 2025 are few enough to swing a long way on a handful of results. Mitchelstown, first 6 months: 50.7% of 379; last 6: 56.8% of 1,049, so Mitchelstown improved 6.1 points.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 49 | 47.9% |
| January 2026 | 189 | 53.4% |
| February 2026 | 141 | 48.1% |
| March 2026 | 142 | 56.0% |
| April 2026 | 185 | 62.1% |
| May 2026 | 180 | 62.2% |
| June 2026 | 105 | 59.0% |
| July 2026 | 255 | 53.7% |
| August 2026 | 182 | 50.0% |
Mitchelstown pass rates by year
Mitchelstown delivered no car tests from September 2024 to August 2025, so there is no earlier 12 month period to set this window against.
Mitchelstown has no full calendar year of car tests, so there is no year on year reading yet. Mitchelstown, 2026 to date: 55.5% of 1,379 in 8 months, 3.2 points over national at Mitchelstown.
| 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 (1 months) | 49 | 47.9% | 49 | 47.9% | 0 | 1 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 1,379 | 55.5% | 1,379 | 55.5% | 37 | 109 | 52.3% |
Mitchelstown by licence category
Mitchelstown tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Mitchelstown.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 1,428 | 55.2% | 52.4% |
Mitchelstown waiting times and capacity
Mitchelstown's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 11 weeks at Mitchelstown. Longer waits than Mitchelstown: 23 centres. Shorter than Mitchelstown: 27, of 57 others with a published wait. Mitchelstown: longest wait in County Cork; Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow) and Skibbereen the shortest, 1 week less than Mitchelstown. Driver testers assigned to Mitchelstown in July 2026: 2. In August 2026, 98.9% of the 184 test slots at Mitchelstown were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Mitchelstown's 184 test slots: joint 15th fewest of 59 centres.
- 11 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 2Driver testers assigned
- 184Test slots in the latest month
- 98.9%Slots used
Mitchelstown: no shows and tests not conducted
Mitchelstown counted 1,575 car tests: 1,428 delivered, 37 no shows and 110 not conducted or abandoned. Mitchelstown's shares of those 1,575: 2.3% no shows and 7.0% not conducted at Mitchelstown. Of 57 centres, Mitchelstown's 2.3% no show share ranks joint 6th lowest. Neither count moves Mitchelstown's 55.2% pass rate: 788 passes over 1,428 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
1,428 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.Mitchelstown and County Cork
Mitchelstown trails Skibbereen by 0.4 points (2,923 tests at 55.6%); Mitchelstown waits 1 week more than Skibbereen; Mitchelstown leads Cork (Wilton) by 1.5 points (18,131 tests at 53.7%); Mitchelstown has the same wait as Cork (Wilton) and Mitchelstown leads Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow) by 3.8 points (5,206 tests at 51.4%); Mitchelstown waits 1 week more than Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow). Skibbereen beat Mitchelstown on both rate and wait.
Cork (Ballincollig); Cork (St. Finbarr's GAA Club Togher) and Mallow delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so they have no car rate to set against Mitchelstown.
Cork (Ballincollig)
Cork (St. Finbarr's GAA Club Togher)
Cork (Wilton)
Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow)
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Skibbereen