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Lanark driving test centre

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

Lanark at a glance

Pass rate
58.1%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
16.3 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
1,914
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
1.6%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Lanark compares

Lanark passes 58.1% of car tests, which is 8 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 16.3 weeks, 4.2 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 1,914 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 53.7% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Trends at Lanark

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 53.7%

48%56%64%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Lanark driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
53.7%
64.4%
56.4%
54.4%
49%
56.6%
60.8%
56%
64.3%
61.9%
64.2%
63.1%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 16.3w

6w14w21wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Lanark, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
16.3 weeks
18.6 weeks
12.4 weeks
16.9 weeks
11.3 weeks
20.1 weeks
10.4 weeks
9.4 weeks
12.4 weeks
17.6 weeks
20.6 weeks
12.4 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 190

94159223Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Lanark, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
190
135
149
149
204
226
189
150
182
134
95
111

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Lanark driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 1,914 1,112 58.1%
2024-25 1,845 1,014 55%
2023-24 2,201 1,205 54.7%
2022-23 1,689 1,017 60.2%
2021-22 1,569 894 57%
2020-21 299 165 55.2%
2019-20 1,609 826 51.3%
2018-19 1,686 932 55.3%
2017-18 1,885 986 52.3%
2016-17 1,991 1,041 52.3%

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 Lanark 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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