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Arbroath driving test centre

Scotland

Arbroath at a glance

Pass rate
67.4%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
27 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
605
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Arbroath compares

Arbroath passes 67.4% of car tests, which is 17.3 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 27 weeks, 14.9 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 605 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 55.9% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Arbroath

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 55.9%

51%71%90%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Arbroath driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
55.9%
66.1%
60.7%
65.2%
51.7%
67.3%
60.7%
60.7%
71.1%
65.4%
84.3%
82.4%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 27.0w

12w20w28wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Arbroath, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
27 weeks
27.3 weeks
28.1 weeks
22.3 weeks
23 weeks
24.4 weeks
22.4 weeks
22.1 weeks
21.4 weeks
18.4 weeks
17.5 weeks
22.9 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 34

235790Apr 24Aug 24Mar 25Jul 25Jan 26Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Arbroath, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
34
56
61
46
58
55
45
52
51
91
27
24

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Arbroath driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 605 408 67.4%
2024-25 294 232 78.9%
2023-24 598 414 69.2%
2022-23 371 271 73%
2021-22 907 523 57.7%
2020-21 302 187 61.9%
2019-20 648 450 69.4%
2018-19 632 409 64.7%
2017-18 707 451 63.8%
2016-17 808 482 59.7%

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 Arbroath 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 .

Practice makes perfect

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