Peebles driving test centre

ScotlandAbout 22 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Peebles

Tweeddale District Council Rosetta Road

Peebles

EH45 8DN

58.8%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

8.8 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Peebles last year, about 59 passed (8.8 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

63.1%

12.5 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

22 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

8

685 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 58.8% overall pass rate

Peebles's pass rate has changed

Peebles's pass rate was 8.2 points lower than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 58.8% from 685 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 22 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

58.8% of tests here end in a pass, about 8 people a week.

Fault snapshot

Maintain progress - undue hesitation

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
442
marks
Rate
64.5
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
  • Peebles58.8%

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

Axis starts at 54%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 71.5
  • Dangerous · 2.3
  • Driving · 518.1

Faults that end tests

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

  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation442
  • Move off - safely321
  • Maintain progress - speed301
  • Control - steering297
  • Junctions - observation219
  • Clearance / obstructions197
  • Move off - control192
  • Mirrors - signalling144
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Maintain progress - undue hesitation2.90.061.664.5
Move off - safely5.40.141.346.9
Maintain progress - speed3.90.040.043.9
Control - steering2.30.640.443.4
Junctions - observation7.90.123.932.0
Clearance / obstructions3.60.125.028.8
Move off - control0.60.027.428.0
Mirrors - signalling0.60.020.421.0
Reverse park - Control1.90.315.818.0
Mirrors - change speed2.00.115.617.8
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

0.3%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

17

Automatic transmission

148 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

38.5%

148 automatic tests

Male

39.4%

71 tests

Female

37.7%

77 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

7

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-4.3 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 1.6% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

11

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Acts of nature10
  • Leave1

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