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Alness driving test centre

Scotland · Fyrish Way, Alness, Highland · IV17 0PJ

Alness at a glance

Pass rate
63.1%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
15 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
783
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Alness compares

Alness passes 63.1% of car tests, which is 13 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 15 weeks, 2.9 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 783 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 62.8% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Alness

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 62.8%

51%63%75%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Alness driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
62.8%
60.6%
58.1%
56.7%
63.6%
64.7%
68.6%
52.9%
61.7%
67.8%
59.7%
74.6%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 15.0w

7w14w21wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Alness, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
15 weeks
17.6 weeks
11.1 weeks
13.5 weeks
13.4 weeks
17.4 weeks
20.9 weeks
14.6 weeks
20.6 weeks
7.1 weeks
15.9 weeks
15.7 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 86

3569103Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Oct 25Feb 26Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Alness, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
86
94
43
67
99
102
60
59
62
59
61
81

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Alness driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 783 494 63.1%
2024-25 865 545 63%
2023-24 877 540 61.6%
2022-23 898 557 62%
2021-22 1,008 619 61.4%
2020-21 324 205 63.3%
2019-20 867 491 56.6%
2018-19 858 499 58.2%
2017-18 934 557 59.6%
2016-17 960 583 60.7%

Where it is

Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

Everything on this page describes Alness driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .

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