Airdrie Driving Test Centre
At Airdrie, 41.3% of candidates pass, one of the 323 test centres we rank from the DVSA data. Below you will find the full pass-rate history, the demographic split, the official DVSA waiting time and a comparison with the nearest centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Airdrie sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 8%, rank #298 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Lanark, about 15.5 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 35.2K passed, 43.3K failed, 78.5K total
How Airdrie compares
Airdrie sits 7.4 points under the national average, ranked 298 of 323 in its category. Routes here are likely more demanding than at rural centres; extra time on the local roads pays back directly.
Where Airdrie ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Across the recorded years Airdrie has drifted from 47.7% to 41.3%, down 6.4 points, with the best year at 52.6% in 2021-22.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Airdrie
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Airdrie in May 2026 had waited 19.1 weeks from booking to test day.
Official DVSA data, May 2026. The median is the time between booking and taking the test; for live availability use the DVSA booking service.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Airdrie
- car
- ADI part 3
Accessibility & facilities
Parking and toilet details aren't included in DVSA's published feed. For the current on-site facilities, check the DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode ML6 0DA, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Airdrie sits in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, just inside the ML6 6EQ postcode. It's a DVSA-run car test centre, and the routes from here work outward into the streets and arterial roads that learners from Airdrie tend to know already. By volume, Airdrie is at the upper end of the DVSA's network. With 78.5K tests across 2017-18-2024-25, the figures on this page are about as statistically settled as DVSA data gets.
41.3% at Airdrie, against a UK car average of 48.7%. That puts the centre 7.4 points below the national figure and ranks it #298 of 323 car centres in the DVSA's network. Across 2.8K first attempts, the pass rate at Airdrie is 41.1%, against 49% nationally. Booking your first test here is doable, but it's worth a few lessons around the centre before the date.
All figures shown are aggregated from the DVSA quarterly statistical release covering the most recent reporting periods available. Pass-rate calculations exclude tests cancelled by the candidate or examiner. Sample sizes and methodology are described in the source attribution at the foot of this page.
What learners should know about Airdrie
- Airdrie runs a tougher-than-average pass rate. If you've trained somewhere quieter, take at least 2-3 lessons on Airdrie test-area roads before your date. The difficulty is in the road mix, not the marking sheet.
- 78.5K tests through this centre over the published window. At that throughput, competition for short-notice slots is constant, so make a habit of checking the official booking page often.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Airdrie will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- The only legitimate booking route is gov.uk. Anything calling itself a "test booking concierge" is reselling the same slots at a markup, the slots aren't theirs to control.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Airdrie
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to Airdrie, and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder (postcode ML6 6EQ) shows the exact location. This is a high-demand centre, modelled at roughly 12 to 16 weeks to a slot, so book as far ahead as you can and keep an eye on cancellations. You must have your provisional photocard licence on you, plus a car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner. If Hamilton is fully booked, Airdrie is the next closest centre, roughly 7 miles away.
Once underway the test takes around 40 minutes and is the same wherever you sit it. The examiner verifies your eyesight at 20 metres, puts one tell-me question to you, then accompanies the drive and asks one show-me question while you are driving. About 20 minutes is independent driving, sat nav or road signs to a named destination, with one of the set manoeuvres and an emergency stop on roughly one test in seven. The drive works through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within about a twenty-minute radius, and at a centre this busy that usually means heavier traffic to read. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
There is no wait for the verdict, the examiner delivers it at the centre. They go over each fault recorded, hand you the DL25 feedback form, and on a pass retain your provisional licence so the full version arrives by post. To pass you need no more than 15 driving faults and not a single serious or dangerous one; 41.3% of candidates at Airdrie currently clear that.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. PassRates.uk aggregates DVSA centre-level totals across reporting periods.
Edited by Vikas. DVSA data period: 2024-25.