Thurles results: 66% (1,740)
Test centre in County Tipperary, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 1,740car tests
- 3 of 57car rank
- 15weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Thurles compares
Thurles passed 66.0% of 1,740 car tests (1,148 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 13.6 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Thurles ranks 3rd highest. Above Thurles: Newcastle West (1.2 higher) and Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) (4.9 higher). Below Thurles: Loughrea (1.0 lower) and Buncrana (3.1 lower). Thurles's 1,740 car tests: joint 10th quietest of 57. Thurles's closest in size: Newcastle West with 102 more tests, 1.2 higher; Monaghan with 259 more tests, 4.0 lower; Shannon with 79 fewer tests, 6.8 lower and Kilkenny (O'Loughlin Gaels) with 97 fewer tests, 15.6 lower.
Thurles across all categories: 66.9% of 1,958 tests (54.8% nationally), 218 in other licence categories. Thurles took 23.1% of the 7,538 car tests at 4 County Tipperary centres. Thurles's 66.0%, county 55.8%: 10.2 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Thurles, month by month
Thurles's best month: 86.8% of 88 tests, July 2026. Worst: 55.6% of 235, September 2025, a 31.2 point gap. Thurles's quietest month: 88 tests, July 2026; busiest: 235, September 2025. Thurles's 88 tests in July 2026 are few enough to swing a long way on a handful of results. Thurles, first 6 months: 64.3% of 931; last 6: 67.8% of 809, so Thurles improved 3.5 points. Latest at Thurles, August 2026: 69.9% of 122. A year earlier: 66.6% of 329, so Thurles is 3.3 points up.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 65 | 55.9% |
| October 2024 | 146 | 46.0% |
| November 2024 | 107 | 55.2% |
| December 2024 | 83 | 48.6% |
| January 2025 | 102 | 74.4% |
| February 2025 | 119 | 52.8% |
| March 2025 | 130 | 66.4% |
| April 2025 | 89 | 85.1% |
| May 2025 | 75 | 80.7% |
| June 2025 | 26 | 81.0% |
| July 2025 | 62 | 75.9% |
| August 2025 | 329 | 66.6% |
| September 2025 | 235 | 55.6% |
| October 2025 | 126 | 71.4% |
| November 2025 | 138 | 67.5% |
| December 2025 | 114 | 67.6% |
| January 2026 | 136 | 66.0% |
| February 2026 | 182 | 64.9% |
| March 2026 | 120 | 57.0% |
| April 2026 | 200 | 64.5% |
| May 2026 | 142 | 62.0% |
| June 2026 | 137 | 74.3% |
| July 2026 | 88 | 86.8% |
| August 2026 | 122 | 69.9% |
Thurles pass rates by year
Thurles, September 2024 to August 2025: 63.9% of 1,333 car tests. Since then Thurles rose 2.1 points on 1,740 car tests against 1,333, up 407 (30.5%). Thurles went from 4th highest of 57 to 3rd highest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Thurles's 2.1 point rise ranks 24th largest. Thurles added 407 car tests, the 30th largest of 49 increases. Thurles kept pace with County Tipperary, which went from 53.5% to 55.8%.
Thurles by calendar year: 63.4% of 1,085 car tests in 2021, 67.3% of 1,545 in 2025, up 3.9 points (national down 1.5). Thurles, 2024 to 2025: 59.0% of 1,686 to 67.3%, a gain of 8.3 points for Thurles. Best full year: 67.3% in 2025; worst: 48.6% in 2023; busiest: 1,686 car tests in 2024. Thurles's car no shows: 31 in 2021, 55 in 2025; not conducted: 80, then 106. Thurles, 2026 to date: 67.1% of 1,127 in 8 months, 14.8 points over national at Thurles.
| 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 | 1,229 | 65.9% | 1,085 | 63.4% | 31 | 80 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 1,410 | 63.1% | 1,143 | 60.4% | 26 | 131 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 1,739 | 52.4% | 1,501 | 48.6% | 50 | 86 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 1,867 | 60.7% | 1,686 | 59.0% | 38 | 150 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 1,758 | 67.6% | 1,545 | 67.3% | 55 | 106 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 1,243 | 68.6% | 1,127 | 67.1% | 39 | 125 | 52.3% |
Thurles by licence category
Thurles, under 100 tests each: 83 car and trailer (BE); 48 motorcycle (A); 27 truck (C); 19 truck CPC practical; 15 minibus (D1); 12 bus CPC practical; 9 medium power motorcycle (A2); 3 low power motorcycle (A1); 1 small truck (C1) and 1 tractor (W). Too few for a steady rate.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 1,740 | 66.0% | 52.4% |
| Category BE (Car with Trailer) | 83 | 78.6% | 85.4% |
| Category A (Motorcycle All) | 48 | 58.8% | 69.4% |
| Category C (Truck) | 27 | 82.0% | 74.4% |
| CPC Practical Test (Truck/Artic) | 19 | 89.5% | 98.7% |
| Category D1 (Minibus) | 15 | 53.3% | 68.1% |
| CPC Practical Test (Bus) | 12 | 90.9% | 98.7% |
| Category A2 (Motorcycle - medium power) | 9 | 68.8% | 62.0% |
| Category A1 (Motorcycle - low power) | 3 | not published | 45.6% |
| Category C1 (Small truck / large van) | 1 | 100.0% | 76.5% |
| Category W (Tractor) | 1 | not published | 100.0% |
Thurles waiting times and capacity
Thurles's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 15 weeks at Thurles. Longer waits than Thurles: 8 centres. Shorter than Thurles: 47, of 57 others with a published wait. Thurles: longest wait in County Tipperary; Nenagh the shortest, 5 weeks less than Thurles. Driver testers assigned to Thurles in July 2026: 1. In August 2026, 98.4% of the 126 test slots at Thurles were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Thurles's 126 test slots: 8th fewest of 59 centres.
- 15 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 1Driver testers assigned
- 126Test slots in the latest month
- 98.4%Slots used
Thurles: no shows and tests not conducted
Thurles counted 1,951 car tests: 1,740 delivered, 58 no shows and 153 not conducted or abandoned. Thurles's shares of those 1,951: 3.0% no shows and 7.8% not conducted at Thurles. Of 57 centres, Thurles's 3.0% no show share ranks joint 23rd highest. Neither count moves Thurles's 66.0% pass rate: 1,148 passes over 1,740 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
1,740 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.Thurles and County Tipperary
Thurles leads Tipperary by 10.1 points (1,319 tests at 55.9%); Thurles waits 4 weeks more than Tipperary; Thurles leads Nenagh by 10.9 points (1,220 tests at 55.1%); Thurles waits 5 weeks more than Nenagh and Thurles leads Clonmel by 15.4 points (3,259 tests at 50.6%); Thurles waits 1 week more than Clonmel. No other County Tipperary centre beat Thurles on both rate and wait.