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Livingston driving test centre

Scotland

Livingston at a glance

Pass rate
55.7%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
23.1 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
2,997
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
5.9%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Livingston compares

Livingston passes 55.7% of car tests, which is 5.6 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 23.1 weeks, 11 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 2,997 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 52.9% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

The map below shows the Livingston area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

Trends at Livingston

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 52.9%

46%55%63%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Livingston driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
52.9%
57.9%
63.5%
56.4%
56%
57.8%
61.6%
55.3%
54.3%
56.7%
49.2%
53.3%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 23.1w

9w16w23wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Livingston, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
23.1 weeks
23.3 weeks
23.3 weeks
23.1 weeks
23.4 weeks
23.3 weeks
23.3 weeks
23.3 weeks
23.3 weeks
23.1 weeks
23.1 weeks
21.6 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 187

187322456Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Livingston, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
187
197
208
181
218
256
190
262
337
247
333
381

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Livingston driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 2,997 1,669 55.7%
2024-25 4,486 2,276 50.7%
2023-24 5,012 2,586 51.6%
2022-23 4,491 2,354 52.4%
2021-22 2,710 1,542 56.9%
2020-21 624 337 54%
2019-20 4,046 1,957 48.4%
2018-19 4,351 1,924 44.2%
2017-18 4,596 2,106 45.8%
2016-17 4,842 2,369 48.9%

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 Livingston 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 Livingston test routes before you go

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