Skibbereen results: 55.6% (2,923)
Test centre in County Cork, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 2,923car tests
- 25 of 57car rank
- 10weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Skibbereen compares
Skibbereen passed 55.6% of 2,923 car tests (1,625 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 3.2 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Skibbereen ranks joint 24th highest, level with Dundalk. Above Skibbereen: Galway (Carnmore) (0.1 higher) and Navan (0.3 higher). Below Skibbereen: Ennis (0.4 lower) and Mitchelstown (0.4 lower). Skibbereen's 2,923 car tests: 23rd quietest of 57. Skibbereen's closest in size: Ennis with 70 more tests, 0.4 lower; Loughrea with 81 more tests, 9.4 higher; Birr with 165 fewer tests, 5.1 lower and Kilkenny (Govt Buildings) with 192 fewer tests, 5.5 lower.
Skibbereen across all categories: 56.9% of 3,095 tests (54.8% nationally), 172 in other licence categories. Skibbereen took 10.6% of the 27,688 car tests at 4 County Cork centres. Skibbereen's 55.6%, county 53.6%: 2.0 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Skibbereen, month by month
Skibbereen's best month: 66.5% of 237 tests, March 2026. Worst: 49.4% of 176, June 2026, a 17.1 point gap. Skibbereen's quietest month: 176 tests, June 2026; busiest: 310, September 2025. Skibbereen, first 6 months: 55.7% of 1,539; last 6: 55.4% of 1,384, so Skibbereen held steady. Latest at Skibbereen, August 2026: 52.0% of 268. A year earlier: 59.1% of 372, so Skibbereen is 7.1 points down.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 162 | 54.7% |
| October 2024 | 132 | 61.0% |
| November 2024 | 134 | 63.2% |
| December 2024 | 89 | 53.9% |
| January 2025 | 129 | 51.8% |
| February 2025 | 92 | 47.6% |
| March 2025 | 89 | 54.7% |
| April 2025 | 61 | 48.1% |
| May 2025 | 256 | 50.6% |
| June 2025 | 227 | 53.7% |
| July 2025 | 225 | 58.5% |
| August 2025 | 372 | 59.1% |
| September 2025 | 310 | 54.5% |
| October 2025 | 272 | 57.1% |
| November 2025 | 219 | 55.1% |
| December 2025 | 234 | 58.6% |
| January 2026 | 248 | 55.0% |
| February 2026 | 256 | 54.4% |
| March 2026 | 237 | 66.5% |
| April 2026 | 227 | 54.2% |
| May 2026 | 239 | 53.0% |
| June 2026 | 176 | 49.4% |
| July 2026 | 237 | 56.3% |
| August 2026 | 268 | 52.0% |
Skibbereen pass rates by year
Skibbereen, September 2024 to August 2025: 55.6% of 1,968 car tests. Since then Skibbereen held within 0.0 points on 2,923 car tests against 1,968, up 955 (48.5%). Skibbereen went from 14th highest of 57 to 24th highest of 57. Skibbereen added 955 car tests, the 14th largest of 49 increases. Skibbereen lost 0.5 points on County Cork, which went from 53.1% to 53.6%.
Skibbereen by calendar year: 50.0% of 1,749 car tests in 2021, 55.3% of 2,486 in 2025, up 5.3 points (national down 1.5). Skibbereen, 2024 to 2025: 50.6% of 2,041 to 55.3%, a gain of 4.7 points for Skibbereen. Best full year: 73.1% in 2023; worst: 41.9% in 2022; busiest: 2,486 car tests in 2025. Skibbereen's car no shows: 20 in 2021, 67 in 2025; not conducted: 114, then 147. Skibbereen, 2026 to date: 55.2% of 1,888 in 8 months, 2.9 points over national at Skibbereen.
| 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 | 1,822 | 50.9% | 1,749 | 50.0% | 20 | 114 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 2,207 | 43.3% | 2,093 | 41.9% | 34 | 156 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 1,932 | 73.1% | 1,790 | 73.1% | 35 | 72 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 2,179 | 52.0% | 2,041 | 50.6% | 49 | 173 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 2,626 | 56.8% | 2,486 | 55.3% | 67 | 147 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 1,998 | 56.4% | 1,888 | 55.2% | 44 | 160 | 52.3% |
Skibbereen by licence category
Skibbereen, under 100 tests each: 89 car and trailer (BE); 37 truck (C); 16 truck CPC practical; 10 motorcycle (A); 10 minibus (D1); 6 bus CPC practical; 2 medium power motorcycle (A2); 1 low power motorcycle (A1) and 1 small truck (C1). Too few for a steady rate.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 2,923 | 55.6% | 52.4% |
| Category BE (Car with Trailer) | 89 | 81.7% | 85.4% |
| Category C (Truck) | 37 | 64.0% | 74.4% |
| CPC Practical Test (Truck/Artic) | 16 | 100.0% | 98.7% |
| Category A (Motorcycle All) | 10 | 88.0% | 69.4% |
| Category D1 (Minibus) | 10 | 90.0% | 68.1% |
| CPC Practical Test (Bus) | 6 | 100.0% | 98.7% |
| Category A2 (Motorcycle - medium power) | 2 | 100.0% | 62.0% |
| Category A1 (Motorcycle - low power) | 1 | 100.0% | 45.6% |
| Category C1 (Small truck / large van) | 1 | not published | 76.5% |
Skibbereen waiting times and capacity
Skibbereen's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 10 weeks at Skibbereen. Longer waits than Skibbereen: 31 centres. Shorter than Skibbereen: 9, of 57 others with a published wait. Skibbereen: shortest wait in County Cork; Cork (Wilton) and Mitchelstown the longest, 1 week more than Skibbereen. Driver testers assigned to Skibbereen in July 2026: 2. In August 2026, 97.8% of the 274 test slots at Skibbereen were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Skibbereen's 274 test slots: 29th most of 59 centres.
- 10 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 2Driver testers assigned
- 274Test slots in the latest month
- 97.8%Slots used
Skibbereen: no shows and tests not conducted
Skibbereen counted 3,205 car tests: 2,923 delivered, 68 no shows and 214 not conducted or abandoned. Skibbereen's shares of those 3,205: 2.1% no shows and 6.7% not conducted at Skibbereen. Of 57 centres, Skibbereen's 2.1% no show share ranks joint 2nd lowest. Neither count moves Skibbereen's 55.6% pass rate: 1,625 passes over 2,923 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
2,923 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.Skibbereen and County Cork
Skibbereen leads Mitchelstown by 0.4 points (1,428 tests at 55.2%); Skibbereen waits 1 week less than Mitchelstown; Skibbereen leads Cork (Wilton) by 1.9 points (18,131 tests at 53.7%); Skibbereen waits 1 week less than Cork (Wilton) and Skibbereen leads Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow) by 4.2 points (5,206 tests at 51.4%); Skibbereen has the same wait as Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow). No other County Cork centre beat Skibbereen 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 Skibbereen.
Cork (Ballincollig)
Cork (St. Finbarr's GAA Club Togher)
Cork (Wilton)
Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow)
Mallow
Mitchelstown