Girvan driving test centre
The Carrick Buildings Learning
Centre
Henrietta Street
Girvan
KA26 9AL
71.4%
2025/26 pass rate · all attempts
21.4 percentage points above averageOut of every 100 car tests at Girvan last year, about 71 passed (21.4 points above the 50.0% UK average).
DVSA DRT122A · OGL v370.3%
19.7 points above the national first-attempt average.
20 weeks
Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.
2
175 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 71.4% overall pass rate
A note on Girvan's figures
Some detail is withheld in the published figures for Girvan, so we have kept comparisons out of the headline.
The pass rate was 71.4% from 175 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
A good place to sit it
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
- 92 marks
- Rate
- 52.6 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.
National pass rates also move with the calendar - see UK seasonality.
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 175 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.
How faults are marked
Every mark is serious, dangerous, or a driving (minor) fault. Shown per 100 tests.
- Serious · 53.1
- Dangerous · 4.6
- Driving · 477.7
Named categories
Counts per 100 tests.
| Fault | Serious / 100 | Dangerous / 100 | Driving / 100 | All / 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move off - safely | 4.6 | 0.0 | 48.0 | 52.6 |
| Control - steering | 0.6 | 0.6 | 48.0 | 49.1 |
| Junctions - observation | 10.3 | 1.1 | 33.1 | 44.6 |
| Move off - control | 1.7 | 0.0 | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Maintain progress - speed | 0.6 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 29.1 |
| Reverse park - Control | 4.0 | 0.6 | 22.9 | 27.4 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.7 | 25.7 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 2.9 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 24.6 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 0.6 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 21.1 |
| Signals - correctly | 4.6 | 0.0 | 14.9 | 19.4 |
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.
9.1%
As of July 2026
23 weeks
DRT122F · July 2026
2
Automatic transmission
66 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
66.7%
66 automatic tests
57.1%
28 tests
73.7%
38 tests
First-time passes
First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.
5
Zero-fault first-time passes
+1.2 pts
All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate