# Benbecula Island Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Benbecula Island driving test centre has a 72.9% pass rate and an average 10.6 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/benbecula-island/

# Benbecula Island driving test centre

Scotland

## Benbecula Island at a glance

Pass rate

72.9%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

10.6 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

107

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

4.8%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Benbecula Island compares

Benbecula Island passes **72.9%** of car tests, which is **22.8 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **10.6 weeks**, 2.2 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **107** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **92.9%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Benbecula Island conducts fewer than 500 tests a year, so its pass rate moves sharply on a small number of results. It is excluded from the site's rankings for that reason, though the figures above are exactly as DVSA published them.

The map below shows the Benbecula Island area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

## Trends at Benbecula Island

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **92.9%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Benbecula Island driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 92.9% |
| January 2026 | 86.7% |
| October 2025 | 50% |
| September 2025 | 82.4% |
| July 2025 | 56.2% |
| June 2025 | 64.3% |
| May 2025 | 80% |
| April 2025 | 75% |
| March 2025 | 75% |
| January 2025 | 73.7% |
| November 2024 | 92.3% |
| September 2024 | 84.6% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **10.6w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Benbecula Island, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 10.6 weeks |
| July 2026 | 10.6 weeks |
| June 2026 | 5.6 weeks |
| May 2026 | 8.4 weeks |
| April 2026 | 9.3 weeks |
| March 2026 | 5.4 weeks |
| January 2026 | 12 weeks |
| October 2025 | 8.4 weeks |
| September 2025 | 10.7 weeks |
| July 2025 | 5.5 weeks |
| June 2025 | 11.5 weeks |
| May 2025 | 7.9 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Sep 2025: **17**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Benbecula Island, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| September 2025 | 17 |
| January 2025 | 19 |
| July 2024 | 16 |
| April 2024 | 22 |
| March 2024 | 15 |
| January 2024 | 16 |
| November 2023 | 13 |
| September 2023 | 13 |
| August 2023 | 14 |
| July 2023 | 17 |
| June 2023 | 12 |
| April 2023 | 11 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Benbecula Island driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 107 | 78 | 72.9% |
| 2024-25 | 104 | 82 | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 111 | 101 | 91% |
| 2022-23 | 84 | 72 | 85.7% |
| 2016-17 | 100 | 51 | 51% |
| 2014-15 | 97 | 59 | 60.8% |
| 2013-14 | 72 | 38 | 52.8% |
| 2012-13 | 87 | 51 | 58.6% |
| 2011-12 | 75 | 45 | 60% |
| 2009-10 | 66 | 35 | 53% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Barra](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/barra/)
    
    51 km away
    
    — pass · 11.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Isle of Skye (Portree)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/isle-of-skye-portree/)
    
    63 km away
    
    57% pass · 8.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Kyle of Lochalsh](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/kyle-of-lochalsh/)
    
    99 km away
    
    57.4% pass · 14.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Stornoway](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/stornoway/)
    
    102 km away
    
    66.6% pass · 8.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Gairloch](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/gairloch/)
    
    103 km away
    
    73.5% pass · 6.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Mallaig](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/mallaig/)
    
    103 km away
    
    64.2% pass · 10.9 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Benbecula Island driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets [DRT122A and DRT122F](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars), published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to August 2026. This page was last updated 14 September 2026.