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Galashiels driving test centre

Scotland

Galashiels at a glance

Pass rate
47.4%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
6.6 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
2,241
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
6.4%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Galashiels compares

Galashiels passes 47.4% of car tests, which is 2.7 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 6.6 weeks, 5.5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 2,241 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 45.7% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Galashiels

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 45.7%

37%46%55%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Galashiels driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
45.7%
43.4%
51.7%
45.5%
50.9%
44.1%
48%
36.4%
51%
48.6%
49.6%
53.4%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 6.6w

5w13w20wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Galashiels, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
6.6 weeks
8.1 weeks
9.9 weeks
8.4 weeks
11.6 weeks
12 weeks
20.6 weeks
14.1 weeks
12.6 weeks
15.9 weeks
10.6 weeks
11.6 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 269

125196266Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Galashiels, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
269
235
151
123
163
213
196
129
155
177
224
206

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Galashiels driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 2,241 1,063 47.4%
2024-25 2,193 1,077 49.1%
2023-24 1,624 956 58.9%
2022-23 1,763 1,035 58.7%
2021-22 904 614 67.9%
2020-21 255 172 67.5%
2019-20 770 413 53.6%
2018-19 894 499 55.8%
2017-18 908 541 59.6%
2016-17 853 538 63.1%

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 Galashiels 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 Galashiels test routes before you go

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