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Peebles driving test centre

Scotland

Peebles at a glance

Pass rate
58.8%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
18.6 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
685
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
3.2%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Peebles compares

Peebles passes 58.8% of car tests, which is 8.7 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 18.6 weeks, 6.5 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 685 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 50% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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

Trends at Peebles

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 50.0%

51%67%83%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Peebles driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
50%
55.6%
68.3%
66%
57.5%
50.9%
57.6%
52.7%
59.2%
67.9%
65.3%
60.3%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 18.6w

12w17w21wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Peebles, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
18.6 weeks
20.3 weeks
18.9 weeks
18.5 weeks
19.6 weeks
21 weeks
19.7 weeks
21.1 weeks
18.9 weeks
19.1 weeks
15.9 weeks
15.3 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 82

305681Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Peebles, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
82
63
63
47
40
57
66
55
49
56
49
58

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Peebles driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 685 403 58.8%
2024-25 528 354 67%
2023-24 465 311 66.9%
2022-23 293 217 74.1%
2021-22 224 165 73.7%
2019-20 244 161 66%
2018-19 269 163 60.6%
2017-18 332 214 64.5%
2016-17 245 163 66.5%
2015-16 271 151 55.7%

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 Peebles 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 Peebles test routes before you go

Driving Test Routes App UK maps the roads examiners actually use, across driving test centres in England, Scotland and Wales — so your practice hours go on the roundabouts and junctions that show up on the day.

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Learner drivers holding UK photocard licences and green P plates after passing, beside Driving Test Routes App UK showing a mapped test route