East Kilbride Driving Test Centre
East Kilbride in East Kilbride records a 46.4% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 21.6 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 July 2026
East Kilbride sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 24%, rank #248 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Bishopbriggs, about 10.1 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 9.0K passed, 10.8K failed, 19.7K total
How East Kilbride compares
East Kilbride is 2.3 points behind the national figure and ranked 248 of 323 in its category, a difference most candidates will not feel on the day.
Where East Kilbride ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Year-to-year volatility is the story at East Kilbride: 8.4 points separate 2019-20 (47.1%) from 2020-21 (38.7%), even though the endpoints nearly match.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at East Kilbride
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at East Kilbride in May 2026 had waited 21.6 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 East Kilbride
- 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 G74 3EU, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
East Kilbride sits in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, just inside the G74 1LJ 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 East Kilbride tend to know already. East Kilbride sees moderate volume: 19.7K practical tests through 2017-18-2024-25. Year-on-year percentages here are meaningful, but watch the trend line rather than fixating on any single period.
46.4% at East Kilbride, against a UK car average of 48.7%. That puts the centre 2.3 points below the national figure and ranks it #248 of 323 car centres in the DVSA's network. First-attempt pass rate: 47.8%, against the UK figure of 49%. Effectively level, the gap between candidates who pass first time at East Kilbride and those who pass first time nationally is preparation, not the centre.
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 East Kilbride
- East Kilbride 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.
- Ask any instructor working East Kilbride about the centre's "usual fails", they'll have two or three specific junctions or manoeuvres in mind. Practise those until they're automatic before your date.
- 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 East Kilbride
Arrive at East Kilbride with about ten minutes to spare and know your parking options in advance, they vary site to site across the DVSA network. The DVSA centre finder (postcode G74 1LJ) maps the centre and its surroundings. Waits here run around 6 to 10 weeks at low demand, so you can usually pick a date without a long wait. Don't set off without your provisional photocard licence; the test cannot start without it, and your car needs L plates and a working interior mirror. If Glasgow (Baillieston) is fully booked, East Kilbride is the next closest centre, roughly 7 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 covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
Results come immediately on return to the centre. The examiner talks you through any faults marked, prints the DL25 feedback form, and (if you passed) takes your provisional licence so the full one can be issued by post. A pass needs no more than 15 driving faults and zero serious or dangerous faults, the standard 46.4% of candidates at East Kilbride meet under current DVSA marking.
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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.