Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

@DVSAgovuk · Great Britain · joined 03 May 2009

Keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. Our social media policy: https://t.co/7MTVUCQgjH

66 824Followers

230Following

19 231Posts total

33KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk22 Sep

Curious about what happens during a driving test? There are 4 parts to the test: 👀 an eyesight check 🔧 ‘show me, tell me’ vehicle safety questions 🛣️ general driving ability (including independent driving) 🚗 reversing your vehicle Find out more: https://t.co/SDLlpcwr1S http

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Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk21 Sep

🆓 Do you know about DVSA’s free MOT reminder service? 🎉 Sign up and you won’t need to try and remember the date! 👍 We’ll send you a text message 30 days before it’s due as a prompt to call your garage. What are you waiting for? Sign up today: https://t.co/8l7zYkyA9D https:/

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Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk18 Sep

Looking to start driving lessons? 🚗 Find DVSA approved instructors near you on https://t.co/FmAQVl3ZOJ, just enter your postcode. Please note, approved driving instructors choose whether to join this service, so not everyone will be listed. https://t.co/YNkwS1BCR4 https://t.c

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Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk18 Sep

Autumn's here and with it comes more rain. ☔ Brush up on your wet weather driving skills - remember to: ✅ Keep well back from the vehicle in front. ✅ Watch out for spilt diesel. ✅ Take extra care around pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders. https://t.co/DFhBT

1.5K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk22 Oct 2025

@DVSAgovuk Appalling service. We have 4 family members checking several times a day for a driving test for my son. Nothing available, ever! Meanwhile he is having to pay £40 per hour for lessons & the expiration of his theory test approaching. You are failing our young people. Di 579 views · 18 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk28 Apr 2025

@DVSAgovuk 6.25am on a Monday morning. 28,409 people (plus however many more behind me) trying to access the site to book a test. It is totally unacceptable. Booking a driving tlest is a routine matter. It is a disgrace that it has been allowed to become akin to Ticketmaster on a

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Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk25 Apr 2025

@DVSAgovuk Tests should be booked only by the candidate, third party organisations are clogging the system block booking and selling at way above the current £62 test fee to enable que jumping. DVSA should stop this practice today. Why are tests more expensive on a Saturday or S 1K views · 28 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency@DVSAgovuk23 Apr 2025

We know many learner drivers aren’t seeing the immediate effects of our measures. Today’s announcement from the Transport Secretary could see thousands of extra tests potentially made available every month. 🤝 We committed to reducing waiting times. 📉 https://t.co/AqKvpwEi6l

24.3K views · 21 likes · 4 reposts · 180 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 523this account927median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.28%this account3.63%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.29%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 523	927	1.64×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.28%	3.63%	0.63×
Engagement rate	0.29%	1.52%	0.19×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

24.3K23 Apr

1K25 Apr

87428 Apr

57922 Oct

1.5K18 Sep

1.9K

1.6K21 Sep

1.3K22 Sep

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.88%23 Apr

2.86%25 Apr

1.95%28 Apr

3.45%22 Oct

0.27%18 Sep

0.31%

0.19%21 Sep

0.68%22 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes30.2%93 in total

Reposts5.2%16 in total

Replies59.4%183 in total

Quotes3.2%10 in total

Bookmarks1.9%6 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.