Benbecula Island driving test centre

ScotlandAbout 11 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Benbecula Island

Balivanich Airport

Benbecula Island

HS7 5LA

82.4%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

32.3 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Benbecula Island last year, about 82 passed (32.3 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

73.2%

22.7 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

11 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

0

17 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 82.4% overall pass rate

A note on Benbecula Island's figures

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

The pass rate was 82.4% from 17 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

82.4% of tests here end in a pass, about 0 people a week.

Fault snapshot

Control - gears

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
50
marks
Rate
294.1
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
  • Pitlochry75% · 36 tests

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 17 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 73%. Bars with under 100 tests are thin samples — treat them carefully.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 258.8
  • Dangerous · 0.0
  • Driving · 3088.2

Faults that end tests

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

  • Control - gears50
  • Maintain progress - speed46
  • Judgement - meeting43
  • Move off - control38
  • Move off - safely37
  • Control - steering35
  • Use of speed29
  • Junctions - observation28
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Control - gears0.00.0294.1294.1
Maintain progress - speed23.50.0247.1270.6
Judgement - meeting35.30.0217.6252.9
Move off - control11.80.0211.8223.5
Move off - safely5.90.0211.8217.6
Control - steering5.90.0200.0205.9
Use of speed5.90.0164.7170.6
Junctions - observation52.90.0111.8164.7
Junctions - approach speed5.90.0147.1152.9
Junctions - turning right41.20.082.4123.5
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

35.2%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

14 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

2

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

1

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+9.1 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

DVSA-initiated cancellations, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

4

DRT122B · April 2024 - March 2025

  • Acts of nature4

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