Test Centre Stats

Co. Offaly ยท RSA driving test centre

Birr driving test centre

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

Weeks to a test invite, September 2026

7 weeks

+3.0 wk on a year ago

Pass rate, last 12 months

49.6%

All centres 52.3%

Wait rank in Ireland

1 of 57

1 = shortest

Car tests, last 12 months

2,733

2.7% no-shows

At the end of September 2026 the RSA estimated 7 weeks until a learner applying for a test at Birr would be invited to book a date, 4.9 weeks less than the figure for all centres (11.9 weeks). A year earlier it was 4 weeks. Over the 12 months to September 2026, 2,733 car tests were delivered here and an estimated 49.6% passed (all centres: 52.3%); the 12 months before, 52.5%.

Waiting estimate over two years

  • Birr
  • All Irish centres
Estimated weeks to a test invitation at Birr, October 2024 to September 2026Birr: 7 weeks at the end of September 2026; all centres 11.9 weeks.0102030Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 267.0Weeks0102030Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 267.0Weeks
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Estimated weeks to a test invitation at Birr, October 2024 to September 2026
MonthBirrAll Irish centres
September 20267.011.9
August 20269.011.6
July 20269.012.1
June 20268.011.8
May 202612.012.3
April 20269.011.9
March 202611.011.9
February 202611.011.5
January 202610.010.7
December 20257.010.6
November 202512.011.4
October 202513.011.5
September 20254.09.8
August 20258.010.2
July 202510.014.4
June 202513.016.8
May 202518.020.8
April 202527.027.3
March 202527.024.1
February 202527.022.9
January 202526.022.0
December 202421.020.8
November 202420.020.6
October 202418.019.3

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 Birr ranks joint 44th highest of 59 Irish centres with at least 100 car tests.

  • Birr
  • All Irish centres
Car test pass rate at Birr, rolling 12 monthsRolling 12-month pass rate at Birr: 49.6%; all centres 52.3%.020406080Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 2649.6%Pass rate, %020406080Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 2649.6%Pass rate, %
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Car test pass rate at Birr, rolling 12 months
MonthBirrAll Irish centres
September 202649.6%52.3%
August 202650.5%52.4%
July 202650.3%52.4%
June 202649.5%52.4%
May 202649.7%52.3%
April 202650.1%52.3%
March 202650.2%52.2%
February 202650.5%52.1%
January 202651.3%52.0%
December 202551.9%51.8%
November 202552.2%51.7%
October 202552.3%51.5%
September 202552.5%51.0%
August 202552.0%50.5%
July 202552.2%50.2%
June 202553.3%49.8%
May 202553.6%49.6%
April 202554.4%49.2%
March 202555.7%49.1%
February 202557.1%49.0%
January 202556.8%48.9%
December 202455.6%49.0%
November 202455.3%49.0%
October 202456.9%49.2%

Car tests delivered each month

Latest month: 231 tests. Peak in the last two years: 335.

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 Birr
Centre
Nenagh20 mi10 weeks56.3%
Tullamore22 mi12 weeks53.2%
Athlone23 mi13 weeks46.5%
Portlaoise (Maldron Hotel)26 mi17 weeks57.4%
Loughrea28 mi13 weeks65.6%
Thurles29 mi12 weeks68.0%
  • This centre
  • Shorter wait
  • Other nearby
NenaghTullamoreAthlonePortlaoise (Maldron Hotel)LoughreaThurlesBirr

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 Birr), 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.