Bishopbriggs Driving Test Centre
Bishopbriggs in Bishopbriggs records a 50.5% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 16 weeks. This page covers the multi-year trend, the first-time and gender pass rates, and a like-for-like comparison with other centres.
DVSA data last updated September 2026
Bishopbriggs sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 49%, rank #165 of 323). No nearby car centre currently posts a higher pass rate.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 26.2K passed, 27.2K failed, 53.4K total
How Bishopbriggs compares
Bishopbriggs is 1.8 points ahead of the national figure and ranked 165 of 323 in its category, a difference most candidates will not feel on the day.
Where Bishopbriggs ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The series at Bishopbriggs is remarkably flat, moving only from 49.1% (2017-18) to 50.5% now, with a total spread of 7.6 points.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Bishopbriggs
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Bishopbriggs in August 2026 had waited 16 weeks from booking to test day.
Official DVSA data, August 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 Bishopbriggs
- car
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 G64 2QA, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Drivers booked at Bishopbriggs report to a DVSA centre in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, postcode G64 2RD. The car routes used here are drawn from the streets the centre's examiners drive every week, so the test reflects local conditions rather than a generic syllabus. Bishopbriggs runs at high volume: 53.4K tests across 2017-18-2024-25 put it among the busier DVSA centres in the country. The headline numbers carry weight because the sample carries weight.
By raw pass rate Bishopbriggs sits at 50.5%, with the DVSA's national car average over the same window running at 48.7%. The gap (1.8 points above the UK figure) places the centre at rank #165 of 323, inside the lower half of the country's car test centres. Across 2.7K first-attempt tests, Bishopbriggs passes 53.8% of candidates, against 49% nationally. The centre is a relatively forgiving venue for a first booking, by the DVSA's own data.
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 Bishopbriggs
- Bishopbriggs doesn't deviate much from the national curve, so generic preparation advice (mock tests, mirror discipline, junction observation) applies here in the same shape it would anywhere.
- 53.4K 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 Bishopbriggs will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Book through the official DVSA service (gov.uk/book-driving-test). Third-party "fast-track" sites charge a premium for the same booking; the official DVSA booking service is free.
Whether you pass at Bishopbriggs is not decided by the centre. It is decided by the 15 things an examiner can mark you on, and move off, safety is one of the ones that ends attempts early.
A fair amount of what goes wrong is settled before the engine starts: the documents, the car, the 2 vehicle safety questions and whichever habit you have not drilled, move off, safety being a common one. Working through it as a list beats remembering it in the car park.
Six-point check on every move-off: left mirror, centre mirror, right mirror, right shoulder, left shoulder, signal. Practise until the sequence is reflexive. Free to use, no sign up. Everything for the day itself is on the practical test hub.
Other test centres nearby
You cannot book a practical test at Bishopbriggs until you hold a theory pass, and it has to still be valid on the day you sit it. Nationally 44.8% of candidates pass the theory.
Licence, insurance, MOT, vehicle tax and what the law requires you to hold. All 14 DVSA topics are free to practise, with no sign up. See the theory pass rate by centre or the full practice hub.
On the day at Bishopbriggs
Plan to arrive at Bishopbriggs about ten minutes before your slot. Parking varies between DVSA centres, so check the route and the surrounding streets on the DVSA centre finder (postcode G64 2RD) a day or two ahead. Demand here is moderate with waits around 10 to 14 weeks, so there is usually a little more slot choice than at the busiest urban centres. Bring your provisional photocard licence; the examiner will not start without it, and you will need a roadworthy car with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Glasgow (Anniesland) is fully booked, Bishopbriggs is the next closest centre, roughly 5 miles away.
Expect about 40 minutes once you set off, to the same national DVSA script. It opens with an eyesight check at 20 metres and one tell-me question, after which the examiner rides along for the drive and asks one show-me question on the move. Around 20 minutes of that is independent driving, guided either by a sat nav the examiner provides or by road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and a one-in-seven chance of an emergency stop. 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.
The result is given immediately when you get back. Whatever the outcome, the examiner reads through the marked faults and prints your DL25 feedback form; pass and they take the provisional licence to trigger your full one by post. The threshold is the national one, 15 driving faults at most and zero serious or dangerous, which 50.5% of Bishopbriggs's candidates reach right now. Candidates on their first attempt clear that bar more often here, 53.8% against the 50.5% overall figure.
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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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.