Pitlochry driving test centre

ScotlandAbout 18 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Pitlochry

The Hall, West Moulin Road

Pitlochry

PH16 5EA

75.0%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

25.0 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Pitlochry last year, about 75 passed (25.0 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

73.8%

23.2 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

1

36 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 75.0% overall pass rate

A note on Pitlochry's figures

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

The pass rate was 75.0% from 36 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

A good place to sit it

75.0% of tests here end in a pass, about 1 people a week.

Fault snapshot

Control - steering

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
76
marks
Rate
211.1
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
  • Pitlochry75% · 36 tests

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

Axis starts at 68%. Bars with under 100 tests are thin samples — treat them carefully.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 236.1
  • Dangerous · 11.1
  • Driving · 1675.0

Faults that end tests

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

  • Control - steering76
  • Junctions - approach speed70
  • Maintain progress - speed63
  • Move off - safely56
  • Junctions - observation45
  • Clearance / obstructions35
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation27
  • Use of speed26
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Control - steering0.00.0211.1211.1
Junctions - approach speed25.00.0169.4194.4
Maintain progress - speed30.60.0144.4175.0
Move off - safely5.60.0150.0155.6
Junctions - observation33.32.888.9125.0
Clearance / obstructions11.12.883.397.2
Maintain progress - undue hesitation0.00.075.075.0
Use of speed30.60.041.772.2
Move off - control5.60.063.969.4
Reverse park - Control2.80.066.769.4
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

2.2%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

10 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

0

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

4

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+1.2 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 44.6% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

29

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences12
  • Leave11
  • Acts of nature6

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