Scarborough driving test centre
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Driving Test Centre Scarborough
10/11 Falsgrave Resource Centre
Scarborough
YO12 4DH
45.1%
2025/26 pass rate · all attempts
5.0 percentage points below averageOut of every 100 car tests at Scarborough last year, about 45 passed (5.0 points below the 50.0% UK average).
DVSA DRT122A · OGL v345.2%
5.4 points below the national first-attempt average.
7 weeks
Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.
31
3,595 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 45.1% overall pass rate
Scarborough's pass rate has changed
Scarborough's pass rate was 6.7 points lower than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 45.1% from 3,595 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
The reported wait was 7 weeks in July 2026.
What a lower rate actually means
Fault snapshot
Maintain progress - speed
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
- 2,274 marks
- Rate
- 63.3 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 3,595 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 · 103.1
- Dangerous · 14.1
- Driving · 623.0
Named categories
Counts per 100 tests.
| Fault | Serious / 100 | Dangerous / 100 | Driving / 100 | All / 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain progress - speed | 4.7 | 0.0 | 58.5 | 63.3 |
| Control - steering | 4.0 | 2.7 | 53.6 | 60.3 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 3.9 | 0.0 | 49.3 | 53.2 |
| Move off - safely | 5.7 | 0.3 | 42.2 | 48.2 |
| Move off - control | 3.8 | 0.5 | 36.1 | 40.4 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 1.9 | 0.0 | 37.8 | 39.7 |
| Signals - correctly | 0.8 | 0.0 | 27.5 | 28.4 |
| Junctions - observation | 7.9 | 2.3 | 17.5 | 27.6 |
| Use of speed | 4.8 | 0.1 | 21.0 | 25.8 |
| Reverse park - Control | 2.9 | 0.4 | 20.1 | 23.4 |
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.
11.8%
As of July 2026
12 weeks
DRT122F · July 2026
34
Automatic transmission
711 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
36.4%
711 automatic tests
30.5%
318 tests
41.2%
393 tests
First-time passes
First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.
17
Zero-fault first-time passes
-0.1 pts
All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate
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