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Driving licences at the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux

In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux issued 295 decisions on driving licences (125% more than in 2024), that is 5% of its caseload. 67% of the decisions with a stated outcome are dismissals, against 71% for all administrative tribunals.

Activity year by year

On driving licences, the number of decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux rose every year, from 67 in 2023 to 295 in 2025. That is an increase of 340%, against an increase of 24% for all administrative tribunals.

Its share of the caseload of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux went from 1% in 2023 to 5% in 2025.

TA Bordeaux: decisions on driving licences per year2023 : Decisions 67 ; 2024 : Decisions 131 ; 2025 : Decisions 2950100200300Decisions 2023 : 672023Decisions 2024 : 1312024Decisions 2025 : 2952025
TA Bordeaux: decisions on driving licences per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
202367–1%––
2024131+96%3%––
2025295+125%5%67%–

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux were published. TA Bordeaux stands for Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year. Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.

See also Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux: all subjects Driving licences in France

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Outcome of the cases

Among the 295 decisions of 2025 on driving licences with a stated outcome, 67% are dismissals, 14% annul the contested act or grant the claim, and 19% are withdrawals or “no need to rule” decisions, which end the case without a ruling on the merits. On this subject, for all administrative tribunals, these shares are 71%, 13% and 15%.

The dismissal rate of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux is 4 points lower than that of the same subject for all administrative tribunals.

Outcomes on driving licences in 2025
  • TA Bordeaux
  • Administrative tribunals
  • Dismissed
  • Annulled or granted
  • No need to rule
  • Withdrawn
  • Referred or transferred
  • Other outcomes
Outcomes on driving licences in 2025
OutcomeDecisions 2025ShareShare: Administrative tribunals
Dismissed19767%71%
Annulled or granted4114%13%
No need to rule258%10%
Withdrawn3111%5%
Referred or transferred10.3%1%

Decisions with a stated and classified outcome, excluding interim decisions (expert report, investigation).

See also Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux: all subjects Driving licences in France

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Same subject in the jurisdiction

In the jurisdiction of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux, the 10 administrative tribunals issued 561 decisions on driving licences in 2025 between them; the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux issued 295, that is 53%.

On driving licences, the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux issued 295 of the 4,659 decisions of all administrative tribunals, or 6%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 0.1% for the administrative tribunal of Mayotte to 5% for the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux.

Decisions on driving licences in 2025
Tribunals of the jurisdiction: Driving licences
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux2955%67%–
Tribunal administratif de Pau642%––
Tribunal administratif de Poitiers592%––
Tribunal administratif de Limoges552%––
Tribunal administratif de la Guadeloupe353%––
Tribunal administratif de la Guyane231%––
Tribunal administratif de la Martinique162%––
Tribunal administratif de La Réunion101%––
Tribunal administratif de Mayotte30.1%––
Tribunal administratif de Saint-Martin1–––

Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court. Dismissal rate not computed below 200 decisions on the subject; median time: judgments and rulings only, excluding orders, not computed below 200 judgments.

See also Driving licences in France Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 295 decisions, or 5% of the total of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux, this subject comes behind social welfare (347) and ahead of local authorities and public property (243).

Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration1,86931%63%5 months
Social welfare3476%76%20 months
Driving licences2955%67%–
Local authorities and public property2434%62%16 months
Civil service2154%62%–
Planning and building permits1913%––
Tax1663%––
Housing1563%––
Employment law942%––
Environment and agriculture821%––
Public health711%––
Education631%––
Public procurement581%––
Policing431%––
Other subjects2,14235%53%17 months

Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other subjects” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Detailed pages exist from 50 decisions on the subject.

See also Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 6,035 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux in 2025, 295 fall under driving licences (5%), based on the legal texts they cite; 2,142 (35%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on driving licences did the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux issue in 2025?

The Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux issued 295 decisions on driving licences in 2025 (125% more than in 2024), that is 5% of its 6,035 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 493 decisions.

Why is the time to judgment on driving licences at the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux not shown?

Of the 295 decisions of 2025, only 138 are judgments and rulings with a measurable time, below the threshold of 200: at this level a median time would not be solid enough.

What share of the decisions on driving licences at the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux are dismissals?

In 2025, 67% of the decisions on driving licences of the Tribunal administratif de Bordeaux with a stated outcome were dismissals, against 71% for all administrative tribunals. The calculation covers 295 of the 295 decisions of the year.

How many decisions on driving licences did the other tribunals of the jurisdiction issue?

In 2025, the administrative tribunals of Pau, Poitiers and Limoges issued 64, 59 and 55 respectively. The others issued fewer.