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Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) results: 70.9% (774)

Test centre in County Limerick, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.
Car test pass rate, September 2025 to August 202670.9%18.5 points above the national 52.4%
  • 774car tests
  • 1 of 57car rank
  • n/aweeks to invite
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 Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) in Ireland was 70.9% over September 2025 to August 2026, from 774 car tests, against the national 52.4%. Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, checked on 16 September 2026.

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How Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) compares

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) passed 70.9% of 774 car tests (549 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 18.5 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) ranks the highest. Below Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel): Newcastle West (3.7 lower) and Thurles (4.9 lower). Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 774 car tests: the quietest of 57. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s closest in size: Kilrush with 20 more tests, 11.6 lower and Nenagh with 446 more tests, 15.8 lower.

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) across all categories: 70.9% of 774 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) took 6.6% of the 11,645 car tests at 4 County Limerick centres. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 70.9%, county 59.8%: 11.1 points above.

Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
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Car driving test pass rate at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), month by month

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) tested cars in 6 of the 12 months, September 2025 to February 2026. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s best month: 77.3% of 92 tests, October 2025. Worst: 63.0% of 132, November 2025, a 14.3 point gap. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s quietest month: 89 tests, December 2025; busiest: 174, September 2025. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 92 tests in October 2025 are few enough to swing a long way on a handful of results.

Show the monthly figures
MonthCar testsPass rate
September 20247252.2%
October 20248654.7%
November 20246555.7%
December 20242844.4%
January 20255755.6%
February 20256338.2%
March 202518948.6%
April 202519249.7%
May 20259759.5%
June 202515447.6%
July 202515757.1%
August 202510172.6%
September 202517469.3%
October 20259277.3%
November 202513263.0%
December 20258972.0%
January 202612875.6%
February 202615971.2%
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Trend

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) pass rates by year

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), September 2024 to August 2025: 53.2% of 1,261 car tests. Since then Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) climbed 17.7 points on 774 car tests against 1,261, down 487 (38.6%). Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) went from 27th highest of 57 to the highest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 17.7 point rise is the largest. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) lost 487 car tests, the 3rd largest of 6 drops. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) gained 11.6 points on County Limerick, which went from 53.7% to 59.8%.

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) by calendar year: 59.5% of 821 car tests in 2022, 58.5% of 1,497 in 2025, down 1.0 point (national up 1.6). Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), 2024 to 2025: 46.9% of 946 to 58.5%, a gain of 11.6 points for Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel). Best full year: 59.5% in 2022; worst: 46.9% in 2024; busiest: 1,497 car tests in 2025. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s car no shows: 15 in 2022, 44 in 2025; not conducted: 57, then 85. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), 2026 to date: 73.2% of 287 in 2 of 8 months, 20.9 points over national at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel).

YearAll testsPass rate, all testsCar tests hereCar pass rate hereCar no showsCar tests not conductedCar pass rate nationally
2021 (10 months)72059.3%72059.3%103153.3%
202282159.5%82159.5%155750.2%
202391251.5%91251.5%203350.6%
202494646.9%94646.9%367249.0%
20251,49758.5%1,49758.5%448551.8%
2026 (2 months)28773.2%28773.2%7452.3%
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Every licence

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) by licence category

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel).

CategoryTestsPass rate hereNationally
Category B (Car or light van)77470.9%52.4%
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.
Read with care

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel): no shows and tests not conducted

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) counted 812 car tests: 774 delivered, 19 no shows and 19 not conducted or abandoned. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s shares of those 812: 2.3% no shows and 2.3% not conducted at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel). Of 57 centres, Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 2.3% no show share ranks joint 6th lowest. Neither count moves Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 70.9% pass rate: 549 passes over 774 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.

774 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 Limerick

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) and County Limerick

Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) leads Newcastle West by 3.7 points (1,842 tests at 67.2%); Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) leads Limerick - Woodview by 12.5 points (4,595 tests at 58.4%) and Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) leads Limerick - Castlemungret by 14.6 points (4,434 tests at 56.3%).

Limerick (Roxboro) delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so it has no car rate to set against Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel).

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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