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Hamilton driving test centre

Scotland · Selkirk Street, Low Waters, South Lanarkshire · ML3 6RQ

Hamilton at a glance

Pass rate
42%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
17.6 weeks
August 2026
Tests a year
6,112
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
42.5%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Hamilton compares

Hamilton passes 42% of car tests, which is 8.1 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 17.6 weeks, 4.8 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted 6,112 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 41.9% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Hamilton

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 41.9%

37%43%50%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Hamilton driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
41.9%
43.8%
44.9%
43.9%
40.8%
40.6%
39.9%
40.3%
45.7%
37.1%
41.3%
43.3%

Waiting time

Aug 2026: 17.6w

7w12w17wGB averageSep 24Jan 25May 25Sep 25Jan 26May 26Aug 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Hamilton, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
17.6 weeks
17.6 weeks
15.6 weeks
16.3 weeks
11.4 weeks
14.6 weeks
16 weeks
16.9 weeks
14 weeks
16.9 weeks
15.9 weeks
14 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 726

330524718Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Hamilton, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
726
605
583
556
517
537
642
454
359
353
431
349

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Hamilton driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 6,112 2,567 42%
2024-25 5,608 2,213 39.5%
2023-24 5,677 2,260 39.8%
2022-23 4,541 2,153 47.4%
2021-22 3,364 1,742 51.8%
2020-21 945 458 48.5%
2019-20 5,250 2,300 43.8%
2018-19 5,193 2,426 46.7%
2017-18 5,860 2,723 46.5%
2016-17 5,736 2,721 47.4%

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 Hamilton 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 August 2026. This page was last updated .

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