East Kilbride driving test centre

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Driving Test Centre East Kilbride

John Wright Sports Centre

Calderwood Road

East Kilbride

G74 3EU

57.7%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

7.6 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at East Kilbride last year, about 58 passed (7.6 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

58.2%

7.6 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

18 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

22

1,976 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 57.7% overall pass rate

East Kilbride's pass rate has changed

East Kilbride's pass rate was 11.3 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 57.7% from 1,976 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 18 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

57.7% of tests here end in a pass, about 22 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
866
marks
Rate
43.8
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
  • East Kilbride57.7%

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 1,976 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 53%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 71.6
  • Dangerous · 0.7
  • Driving · 498.8

Faults that end tests

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

  • Move off - safely866
  • Control - steering831
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation743
  • Maintain progress - speed699
  • Move off - control627
  • Use of speed511
  • Reverse park - Control490
  • Junctions - observation483
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Move off - safely3.70.140.143.8
Control - steering2.10.239.742.1
Maintain progress - undue hesitation1.70.135.937.6
Maintain progress - speed3.60.031.835.4
Move off - control2.00.029.731.7
Use of speed2.80.023.125.9
Reverse park - Control4.00.120.724.8
Junctions - observation8.20.216.024.4
Mirrors - change direction6.80.116.223.1
Control - gears1.10.020.321.4
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

0.5%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

3

Automatic transmission

374 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

46.0%

374 automatic tests

Male

43.6%

149 tests

Female

47.6%

225 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

26

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-0.5 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 4.9% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

102

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave57
  • Medical absences41
  • Acts of nature4

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