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Elgin driving test centre

Scotland · Trinity Road, Bishopmill, Moray · IV30 1EU

Elgin at a glance

Pass rate
42.3%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
7.6 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
2,934
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
40.3%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Elgin compares

Elgin passes 42.3% of car tests, which is 7.8 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 7.6 weeks, 4.5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 2,934 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 44.7% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Elgin

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 44.7%

36%43%50%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Elgin driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
44.7%
43.5%
35.7%
44.4%
37.9%
37.7%
45.6%
43.6%
44.2%
41.7%
45.7%
45.3%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 7.6w

3w8w12wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Elgin, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
7.6 weeks
3.4 weeks
5.7 weeks
5.6 weeks
3 weeks
5.4 weeks
3.4 weeks
3.1 weeks
5.3 weeks
4.8 weeks
7.9 weeks
7.3 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 255

140233325Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Elgin, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
255
285
252
329
309
268
226
220
269
180
162
179

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Elgin driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 2,934 1,240 42.3%
2024-25 2,184 971 44.5%
2023-24 1,942 877 45.2%
2022-23 1,917 856 44.7%
2021-22 2,358 1,066 45.2%
2020-21 644 336 52.2%
2019-20 1,919 936 48.8%
2018-19 1,942 940 48.4%
2017-18 2,107 1,106 52.5%
2016-17 2,139 1,158 54.1%

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 Elgin 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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