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Oban driving test centre

Scotland

Oban at a glance

Pass rate
66.1%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
14.1 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
322
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
2.8%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Oban compares

Oban passes 66.1% of car tests, which is 16 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 14.1 weeks, 2 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 322 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 60% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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

Trends at Oban

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 60.0%

51%68%84%GB averageMar 24Jul 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Oban driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
60%
85.2%
65%
76.2%
70%
52%
77.3%
55.6%
61.1%
73.3%
50%
65.5%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 14.1w

12w17w22wGB averageJul 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Apr 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Oban, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
14.1 weeks
16.7 weeks
16.6 weeks
14.6 weeks
15.7 weeks
17.4 weeks
20.3 weeks
22.7 weeks
20 weeks
15.4 weeks
22.1 weeks
12.4 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 30

213345Mar 24Jul 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Feb 26Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Oban, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
30
27
21
22
27
36
45
29
21
28
42
27

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Oban driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 322 213 66.1%
2024-25 287 176 61.3%
2023-24 310 183 59%
2022-23 285 186 65.3%
2021-22 269 169 62.8%
2019-20 321 191 59.5%
2018-19 307 186 60.6%
2017-18 349 184 52.7%
2016-17 372 206 55.4%
2015-16 351 201 57.3%

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 Oban 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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