Arbroath driving test centre

ScotlandAbout 26 weeks

Driving Test centre Arbroath

Asda Supermarket Westway Retail Park, Dundee Road

Arbroath,

DD11 2NQ

68.1%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

18.1 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Arbroath last year, about 68 passed (18.1 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

70.5%

20.0 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

26 weeks

Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.

This centre in numbers

7

549 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 68.1% overall pass rate

A note on Arbroath's figures

Some detail is withheld in the published figures for Arbroath, so we have kept comparisons out of the headline.

The pass rate was 68.1% from 549 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

68.1% of tests here end in a pass, about 7 people a week.

Fault snapshot

Move off - safely

This was the most commonly recorded fault here in April 2025 - March 2026. It is a useful place to start a conversation, not a prediction for your test.

Recorded
279
marks
Rate
50.8
marks per 100 tests

Before the day, take a calm look at the parts of moving off that feel least settled: observations, control and choosing a safe gap. Your instructor can help you practise the bits that need another go.

Explore the full fault breakdown

National pass rates also move with the calendar - see UK seasonality.

Across the region

Scotland centres by current pass rate.

  • Inveraray90% · 20 tests
  • Isle of Skye (Portree)85.7% · 21 tests
  • Thurso84.6% · 26 tests
  • Benbecula Island82.4% · 17 tests
  • Duns81% · 21 tests
  • Golspie80% · 20 tests
  • Stranraer77.5% · 80 tests
  • Arbroath68.1%

Centres with under 100 tests are thin samples.

Pass rate · last 12 months

Overall, male and female monthly rates for this centre. Gaps bridge months with no tests.

Men and women breakdown

Men and women here

Women have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 549 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 64%.

How faults are marked

Every mark is serious, dangerous, or a driving (minor) fault. Shown per 100 tests.

  • Serious · 60.5
  • Dangerous · 3.6
  • Driving · 461.4

Faults that end tests

Top categories by total marks in April 2025 - March 2026. Colour shows severity mix within each bar.

  • Move off - safely279
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation274
  • Control - steering228
  • Move off - control197
  • Maintain progress - speed174
  • Junctions - observation156
  • Reverse park - Control111
  • Signals - correctly109
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Move off - safely2.40.048.550.8
Maintain progress - undue hesitation3.10.046.849.9
Control - steering2.90.538.141.5
Move off - control4.40.231.335.9
Maintain progress - speed1.60.030.131.7
Junctions - observation8.61.618.228.4
Reverse park - Control2.90.217.120.2
Signals - correctly0.20.019.719.9
Clearance / obstructions2.00.014.616.6
Awareness/planning1.10.014.615.7
About these figures
Fault categories are self-reported by DVSA examiners; a single test can record more than one fault, so these describe examiner records, not route difficulty.

More about this centre

Waiting time, automatic and first-attempt detail, and DVSA-initiated cancellations - only the slices this centre publishes.

Waiting time

Median wait and slot availability as of July 2026.

Slots still bookable

0.0%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

0

Automatic transmission

72 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

52.8%

72 automatic tests

Male

47.4%

19 tests

Female

54.7%

53 tests

First-time passes

First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.

Faultless passes

36

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-2.4 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 15.9% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

104

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences90
  • Leave14

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