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Dumbarton driving test centre

Scotland

Dumbarton at a glance

Pass rate
52.8%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
15.4 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
1,659
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
6%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Dumbarton compares

Dumbarton passes 52.8% of car tests, which is 2.7 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 15.4 weeks, 3.3 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 1,659 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 53.9% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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

Trends at Dumbarton

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 53.9%

43%53%62%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Dumbarton driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
53.9%
55%
47.2%
54.5%
51.9%
57.2%
52.8%
49%
52.3%
62.2%
53.3%
48.4%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 15.4w

7w13w18wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Dumbarton, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
15.4 weeks
11.7 weeks
12 weeks
15.2 weeks
14.1 weeks
11.7 weeks
13.4 weeks
12.1 weeks
18.1 weeks
13.4 weeks
18.6 weeks
12.9 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 102

100153205Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Dumbarton, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
102
120
142
132
156
152
127
147
176
98
152
155

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Dumbarton driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 1,659 876 52.8%
2024-25 1,812 970 53.5%
2023-24 1,761 899 51.1%
2022-23 1,775 817 46%
2021-22 2,035 938 46.1%
2020-21 557 266 47.8%
2019-20 1,680 811 48.3%
2018-19 1,685 847 50.3%
2017-18 1,970 1,004 51%
2016-17 2,279 1,102 48.4%

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 Dumbarton 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

Learn the Dumbarton test routes before you go

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