Dundee driving test centre

ScotlandAbout 9 weeks

Driving Test Centre Dundee

Block 23B Kilspindie Place

Dunsinane Industrial Estate

Dundee

DD2 3QH

57.3%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

7.2 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Dundee last year, about 57 passed (7.2 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

57.9%

7.3 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

9 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

41

3,742 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 57.3% overall pass rate

Dundee's pass rate has changed

Dundee's pass rate was 3.1 points lower than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 57.3% from 3,742 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 9 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

57.3% of tests here end in a pass, about 41 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
1,634
marks
Rate
43.7
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
  • Dundee57.3%

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

Men have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 3,742 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 52%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 76.6
  • Dangerous · 7.1
  • Driving · 450.1

Faults that end tests

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

  • Move off - safely1,634
  • Control - steering1,531
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation1,481
  • Junctions - observation1,338
  • Move off - control1,252
  • Maintain progress - speed1,021
  • Mirrors - change direction937
  • Clearance / obstructions804
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Move off - safely3.40.240.043.7
Control - steering3.80.936.240.9
Maintain progress - undue hesitation3.30.036.339.6
Junctions - observation10.72.422.735.8
Move off - control3.20.030.233.5
Maintain progress - speed1.80.025.427.3
Mirrors - change direction7.51.216.325.0
Clearance / obstructions2.60.218.621.5
Positioning - normal driving4.80.314.719.9
Signals - correctly0.80.017.918.7
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

5.3%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

0

Automatic transmission

944 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

48.3%

944 automatic tests

Male

51.2%

365 tests

Female

46.5%

579 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

116

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-0.6 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 13.1% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

565

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences477
  • Leave84
  • Acts of nature4

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