Car driving tests will restart in England on 22 July 2020 with safety precautions in place – other types of tests will restart before then.

Car driving tests will restart in England on Wednesday 22 July 2020 with new social distancing and safety precautions in place. These will only be for people who had their driving test cancelled because of coronavirus to begin with.

Arrange your driving test appointment

If your car driving test was cancelled due to coronavirus, you were sent an email with a new date and time for your test.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will email you again soon to ask you to go online and choose your preferred date and time for your test.

When you arrange your test, you’ll need to say if there’s a good reason you cannot wear a face covering when you take your test.

Booking a new driving test

You cannot currently book a new driving test if you did not have a test booked before lockdown.

Driving tests will be carried out for people who had their test cancelled because of coronavirus as a priority.

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Sit in and observe driving tests

You cannot sit in and observe a driving test at the moment because of coronavirus (COVID-19) and social distancing.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and driving tests

Driving instructors and supervising drivers are not currently allowed to sit in the back during driving tests. This is to help with social distancing.

To see what the rules are when you’re allowed to sit in on driving tests please click here.

Theory tests will restart in England on 4 July 2020 with social distancing and safety precautions in place.

Theory tests will restart in England on Saturday 4 July 2020 with new social distancing and safety precautions in place.

Theory tests are still suspended in Scotland and Wales.

Keeping you safe at the test centre

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has introduced social distancing measures and safety precautions at test centres.

These include:

• using floor markings to keep people 2 metres apart
• spacing workstations and chairs so you’re 2 metres away from other people
• extra cleaning of the test centres
• using protective transparent screens at the reception desk
• providing hand sanitiser for you to use when you arrive at the test centre, during your test and when you leave
• cleaning workstations, including computers and headphones, before every test

Staff will wear a face covering (unless there’s a medical reason that it’s not recommended for them) and gloves.

You have to come into the test centre alone. This is to help with social distancing.

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Coronavirus: driving tests (Scotland and Wales)

Driving tests in Scotland and Wales are currently suspended due to coronavirus – but you can apply for an emergency driving test if you’re a critical worker.

If your driving test was cancelled

What happens next will depend on what type of test you had booked.

If you had:

• a car driving test booked, you will need to choose a new date and time for your test when driving tests restart
• a motorcycle, lorry, bus, tractor or approved driving instructor (ADI) test booked, it will not be rebooked for you – you’ll get a full refund and have to book again later

Car driving tests

You were sent an email with a new date and time for your test when it was originally cancelled.

However, driving tests have not yet been able to restart in Scotland and Wales.

This means that your test will not go ahead on the rescheduled date you were given.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will email you again when it’s safe to restart driving tests in Scotland and Wales. You’ll then be asked to go online and choose your preferred date and time for your test.

You will be given priority for the available appointments

If you want to cancel your car driving test

You can cancel your test if you want to get a full refund now. Email DVSA to request this.

You need to include your full name and 2 of the following pieces of information:

• your driving licence number
• your theory test pass certificate number
• your driving test booking reference

DVSA customer services
customerservices@dvsa.gov.uk

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