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Fort William driving test centre

Scotland

Fort William at a glance

Pass rate
65.5%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
17.3 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
374
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Fort William compares

Fort William passes 65.5% of car tests, which is 15.4 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 17.3 weeks, 5.2 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 374 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 75% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Fort William 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 Fort William area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

Trends at Fort William

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 75.0%

50%68%87%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Fort William driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
75%
55.2%
77.1%
68.4%
69.2%
75%
76.7%
71.4%
54.3%
53.8%
63.3%
58.5%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 17.3w

7w15w22wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Fort William, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
17.3 weeks
17.6 weeks
18.1 weeks
19.7 weeks
15.1 weeks
16 weeks
22 weeks
15.9 weeks
17 weeks
19.6 weeks
18.1 weeks
11.1 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Jan 2026: 35

203652Apr 24Aug 24Jan 25Jun 25Sep 25Dec 25Jan 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Fort William, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
35
19
26
32
30
28
46
26
30
53
35
21

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Fort William driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 374 245 65.5%
2024-25 308 191 62%
2023-24 382 216 56.5%
2022-23 441 244 55.3%
2021-22 362 213 58.8%
2020-21 94 65 69.1%
2019-20 359 233 64.9%
2018-19 377 221 58.6%
2017-18 432 281 65%
2016-17 456 278 61%

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 Fort William 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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