Fraserburgh driving test centre

ScotlandAbout 18 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Office Number 7

Fraserburgh Business Centre, South Harbour Road

Fraserburgh

AB43 9TN

64.2%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

14.1 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Fraserburgh last year, about 64 passed (14.1 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

63.6%

13.1 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

6

452 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 64.2% overall pass rate

A note on Fraserburgh's figures

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

The pass rate was 64.2% from 452 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

64.2% of tests here end in a pass, about 6 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
346
marks
Rate
76.5
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
  • Fraserburgh64.2%

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

Axis starts at 61%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 65.7
  • Dangerous · 4.2
  • Driving · 472.6

Faults that end tests

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

  • Move off - safely346
  • Control - steering174
  • Mirrors - signalling151
  • Maintain progress - speed142
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation140
  • Junctions - observation128
  • Move off - control116
  • Use of speed110
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Move off - safely5.80.270.676.5
Control - steering3.11.134.338.5
Mirrors - signalling0.00.033.433.4
Maintain progress - speed2.20.029.231.4
Maintain progress - undue hesitation2.00.029.031.0
Junctions - observation4.91.122.328.3
Move off - control1.10.024.625.7
Use of speed5.10.019.224.3
Reverse park - Control1.80.020.622.3
Mirrors - change speed0.70.021.021.7
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

30 automatic tests in April 2024 - March 2025.

Pass rate

70.0%

30 automatic tests

Male

77.8%

9 tests

Female

66.7%

21 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

21

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+0.5 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 7.6% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

37

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave20
  • Acts of nature17

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