Sarah Walton School of Motoring Blackburn Number of Driving Lessons Needed

Learner Driver Data
Category	Female	Male	Road Signs hover mouse for detail
Data collated from Department for Transport, cohort study of learner and novice drivers, January 2004
This is can only be used as a loose guide to how many lessons pupils typically take -individual pupils vary considerably in aptitude and other factors. It is not meant to be a comparison between male and female rates - in fact statistics show that very nearly twice as many road accidents in the UK are caused by male drivers as by female drivers.
Theory test pass rate	81%	75%
Practical tuition prior to theory	20.2 hours	16.0 hours
Study before theory	15.3 hours	12.2 hours
Average age of practical test passer	23.0 years	21.2 years
Time to learn and pass	14.6 months	12.0 months
Tests taken to pass	2.12	1.87
Driving instructor hours of tuition	51.9	36.2
Friends and relations practice	32.3 hours	32.9 hours