Test Centre Stats

Co. Mayo ยท RSA driving test centre

Ballina driving test centre

Figures to September 2026, from Road Safety Authority tables on CSO PxStat updated .

Weeks to a test invite, September 2026

11 weeks

no change on a year ago

Pass rate, last 12 months

56.7%

All centres 52.3%

Wait rank in Ireland

15 of 57

1 = shortest

Car tests, last 12 months

1,519

3.7% no-shows

At the end of September 2026 the RSA estimated 11 weeks until a learner applying for a test at Ballina would be invited to book a date, 0.9 weeks less than the figure for all centres (11.9 weeks). That's about where it was a year earlier. Over the 12 months to September 2026, 1,519 car tests were delivered here and an estimated 56.7% passed (all centres: 52.3%); the 12 months before, 56.0%.

Waiting estimate over two years

  • Ballina
  • All Irish centres
Estimated weeks to a test invitation at Ballina, October 2024 to September 2026Ballina: 11 weeks at the end of September 2026; all centres 11.9 weeks.0102030Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 2611.0Weeks0102030Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 2611.0Weeks
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Estimated weeks to a test invitation at Ballina, October 2024 to September 2026
MonthBallinaAll Irish centres
September 202611.011.9
August 202611.011.6
July 202613.012.1
June 202612.011.8
May 202614.012.3
April 202612.011.9
March 202611.011.9
February 20269.011.5
January 20269.010.7
December 20258.010.6
November 20259.011.4
October 202512.011.5
September 202511.09.8
August 20256.010.2
July 202510.014.4
June 202518.016.8
May 202518.020.8
April 202527.027.3
March 202523.024.1
February 202523.022.9
January 202521.022.0
December 202419.020.8
November 202418.020.6
October 202415.019.3

Pass rate

Each point is the pass rate over the 12 months to that month, which smooths out small monthly samples. Over the latest 12 months Ballina ranks joint 18th highest of 59 Irish centres with at least 100 car tests.

  • Ballina
  • All Irish centres
Car test pass rate at Ballina, rolling 12 monthsRolling 12-month pass rate at Ballina: 56.7%; all centres 52.3%.020406080Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 2656.7%Pass rate, %020406080Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 2656.7%Pass rate, %
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Car test pass rate at Ballina, rolling 12 months
MonthBallinaAll Irish centres
September 202656.7%52.3%
August 202656.2%52.4%
July 202655.7%52.4%
June 202655.1%52.4%
May 202655.0%52.3%
April 202655.7%52.3%
March 202656.2%52.2%
February 202656.3%52.1%
January 202655.6%52.0%
December 202555.8%51.8%
November 202555.4%51.7%
October 202555.3%51.5%
September 202556.0%51.0%
August 202555.6%50.5%
July 202555.1%50.2%
June 202556.4%49.8%
May 202556.4%49.6%
April 202555.9%49.2%
March 202555.0%49.1%
February 202554.6%49.0%
January 202555.1%48.9%
December 202455.2%49.0%
November 202455.0%49.0%
October 202454.6%49.2%

Car tests delivered each month

Latest month: 192 tests. Peak in the last two years: 251.

Nearby centres

No nearby centre had an estimate at least a week shorter. You can ask the RSA for any test centre when you apply.

Centres near Ballina
Centre
Castlebar19 mi11 weeks56.7%
Sligo30 mi12 weeks52.2%
Tuam43 mi11 weeks61.1%
Carrick On Shannon45 mi12 weeks61.9%
Roscommon52 mi11 weeks56.0%
Clifden56 mi15 weeks74.0%
  • This centre
  • Shorter wait
  • Other nearby
CastlebarSligoTuamCarrick On ShannonRoscommonClifdenBallina

Reading these figures

  • The RSA's waiting figure is its estimate, at month end, of how long until an applicant is invited to choose a test date. It is not the same measure as DVSA's figure for Great Britain, so the two shouldn't be compared directly.
  • Pass rates are the RSA's monthly percentages for category B (car) tests; the 12-month figure here weights each month by the tests delivered.
  • Distances are between town centres (the centre is placed at Ballina), not the test centre's door.

Apply for or change a test through the RSA's driving test service. We have no link with the RSA.

Sources

Road Safety Authority, via CSO PxStat tables ROA30 (tests delivered, pass rate, no-shows) and ROA36 (estimated time to a test invite), CC BY 4.0. Town coordinates from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.