Auto Insider Driving Test Statistics

Driving Test Statistics

Thousands of Auto Insider users have taken our Driving Test, which examines some of the basic skills required for driving. The test comprises the following disciplines:

A reflex test: pretty necessary, we’ve found, for driving.
A theory test: knowledge in this area stops you travelling down one way streets and the like.
A car recognition test: showing a general interest in motoring and on-the-road awareness; would you be able to identify a car involved in an accident for example?

... from all these tests we’ve been able to spot some pretty interesting trends about UK motorists.

Take a look at the tables below to see where you lie.

NOTE: The best scores are those with the lowest number of points. Values are displayed as the average number of points for each gender, age group or county.

Gender (Head to Head)	Entire Test	Reflex	Car Recognition	Theory Test
Men	49.45	46.00	2.64	0.81
Women	55.58	50.92	3.82	0.84

Age Group (Head to Head)	Entire Test	Reflex	Car Recognition	Theory Test
18 & under	53.27	49.17	3.02	1.07
18 - 20	45.86	42.01	2.98	0.88
21 - 25	48.75	45.35	2.64	0.75
26 - 30	46.24	42.87	2.58	0.78
31 - 35	52.57	49.12	2.78	0.66
36 - 40	52.15	48.21	3.25	0.70
41 - 45	60.37	56.42	3.27	0.69
46 - 50	72.04	67.68	3.72	0.64
51 - 55	67.93	64.47	2.87	0.60
56 - 60	86.33	82.00	4.33	0.00
61 - 65	94.67	89.00	4.00	1.67
65+	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

UK County (Head to Head)	Entire Test	Reflex	Car Recognition	Theory Test
Aberdeenshire	51.33	47.54	2.91	0.88
Anglesey	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Antrim	63.84	60.16	2.74	0.95
Argyll and Bute	64.25	63.00	0.50	0.75
Ayrshire	45.14	41.36	3.00	0.79
Bedfordshire	80.10	75.95	3.24	0.90
Berkshire	47.44	43.89	2.89	0.67
Borders	42.33	38.33	2.00	2.00
Buckinghamshire	56.13	52.43	2.65	1.04
Cambridgeshire	44.08	40.46	2.79	0.83
Cheshire	53.26	49.89	2.51	0.86
City of Bristol	77.77	73.09	3.27	1.41
Conwy	64.00	60.00	4.00	0.00
Cornwall	53.00	49.05	3.21	0.74
County Durham	53.31	49.46	2.62	1.23
Cumbria	51.69	48.31	2.62	0.77
Denbighshire	56.89	51.89	3.67	1.33
Derbyshire	55.13	50.87	3.30	0.96
Derry	43.00	39.14	2.71	1.14
Devon	32.02	30.07	1.38	0.57
Dorset	47.90	43.85	2.90	1.15
Down	66.78	63.33	2.67	0.78
Dumfries and Gallowa	57.57	53.86	3.00	0.71
Dundee and Angus	50.80	46.90	3.00	0.90
Caerphilly	61.89	57.89	3.22	0.78
East Sussex	59.25	55.75	2.50	1.00
East Yorkshire	37.70	34.80	2.60	0.30
Essex	50.48	46.76	2.83	0.90
Falkirk	64.67	59.33	4.00	1.33
Fermanagh	82.50	78.50	3.00	1.00
Fife	61.00	56.40	3.40	1.20
Flintshire	49.50	45.00	4.00	0.50
Glasgow Area	67.22	63.30	3.17	0.74
Gloucestershire	58.50	54.80	2.90	0.80
Greater London	51.18	47.46	2.87	0.86
Greater Manchester	52.21	49.07	2.50	0.64
Guernsey	42.00	38.25	3.25	0.50
Bridgend	70.67	67.33	3.33	0.00
Blaenau Gwent	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Hampshire	44.98	41.70	2.83	0.45
Herefordshire	56.86	53.71	2.43	0.71
Hertfordshire	44.07	40.04	3.07	0.96
Highland	45.75	42.25	3.00	0.50
Isle of Man	29.33	24.67	3.67	1.00
Jersey	64.29	59.57	3.86	0.86
Johnstone	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kent	58.81	55.27	2.88	0.67
Lanarkshire	46.50	42.00	2.88	1.63
Lancashire	50.23	46.48	2.79	0.95
Leicestershire	56.00	53.00	2.25	0.75
Lincolnshire	46.08	42.88	2.72	0.48
Lothians	50.86	47.29	2.71	0.86
Merseyside	39.41	36.41	2.33	0.67
Monmouthshire	55.50	51.50	3.50	0.50
Moray	69.00	67.00	1.00	1.00
Norfolk	53.67	50.10	2.71	0.86
North Yorkshire	52.50	48.40	3.50	0.60
Northamptonshire	51.65	47.16	3.74	0.74
Northumberland	33.00	29.20	3.20	0.60
Nottinghamshire	62.00	58.64	2.64	0.73
Orkney Islands	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oxfordshire	49.00	44.89	3.33	0.78
Perth and Kinross	68.20	64.40	3.20	0.60
Powys	78.00	73.50	3.00	1.50
Rutland	69.00	67.25	1.25	0.50
Shetland Islands	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Shropshire	44.80	40.53	3.40	0.87
Somerset	53.23	49.27	3.45	0.50
South Yorkshire	58.59	54.41	3.28	0.90
Staffordshire	51.66	47.76	3.00	0.90
Stirling	71.00	67.50	3.50	0.00
Suffolk	45.73	41.53	3.53	0.67
Surrey	47.43	43.78	2.98	0.66
Tyne and Wear	50.54	47.33	2.63	0.58
Tyrone	37.00	35.00	1.00	1.00
Warwickshire	51.65	47.00	3.35	1.29
West Midlands	48.16	44.41	2.83	0.91
West Sussex	54.36	50.96	2.72	0.68
West Yorkshire	41.83	37.41	3.57	0.85
Western Isles	62.00	59.00	2.00	1.00
Wiltshire	49.77	46.27	2.77	0.73
Worcestershire	44.20	42.20	1.70	0.30
Wrexham	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Strathclyde	43.56	39.22	3.22	1.11
Swansea County	51.92	48.67	2.50	0.75
Cardiff County	43.63	39.74	2.79	1.11
Carmarthenshire	41.17	38.00	2.50	0.67
Ceredigion	43.00	39.67	2.67	0.67
Conwy	97.00	92.00	5.00	0.00
Isle of Anglesey	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Merthyr Tydfil	59.00	51.00	5.00	3.00
Gwynedd	67.00	60.00	5.00	2.00
Neath Port Talbot	49.25	45.25	4.00	0.00
Newport	42.44	38.44	2.67	1.33
Pembrokeshire	36.50	33.00	3.00	0.50
Rhondda Cynon Taff	41.67	37.33	2.83	1.50
Torfaen	88.00	84.00	4.00	0.00
Vale of Glamorgan	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Middlesex	51.89	47.89	3.17	0.83