Edinburgh (Currie) Driving Test Centre
Edinburgh (Currie) in City of Edinburgh records a 43.2% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 23.1 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 August 2026
Edinburgh (Currie) sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 11%, rank #288 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Peebles, about 20.8 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 53.3K passed, 60.4K failed, 113.7K total
How Edinburgh (Currie) compares
Edinburgh (Currie) sits 5.5 points under the national average, ranked 288 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 Edinburgh (Currie) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Edinburgh (Currie) has given up 5.6 points since 2017-18 (48.8% then, 43.2% now); the low water mark was 43.2% in 2024-25.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Edinburgh (Currie)
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 Edinburgh (Currie)
- car
- ADI part 2
- 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 EH14 5LT, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Edinburgh (Currie) is in City of Edinburgh and runs DVSA car tests for learners across the local area. Your examiner picks the route on the day without telling you which, and the DVSA does not publish them. Volume is not the issue at Edinburgh (Currie). 113.7K tests sit on the record across 2017-18-2024-25, so the trend line below reflects real movement, not sample noise.
Out of 323 UK car test centres, Edinburgh (Currie) ranks 288, which lands it in the bottom quarter nationally. The 43.2% pass rate is 5.5 points below the UK figure of 48.7%. Across 3.5K first attempts, the pass rate at Edinburgh (Currie) is 44.9%, 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 Edinburgh (Currie)
- Edinburgh (Currie) runs a tougher-than-average pass rate. If you've trained somewhere quieter, take at least 2-3 lessons on City of Edinburgh test-area roads before your date. The difficulty is in the road mix, not the marking sheet.
- Volume at Edinburgh (Currie) is among the highest in the network. Don't take the first available date on faith, refreshing the DVSA booking page across a few days regularly turns up cancellations.
- Ask any instructor working Edinburgh (Currie) 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.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Edinburgh (Currie). Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Edinburgh (Currie)
Ten minutes early is the right target at Edinburgh (Currie). Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder the day before. This centre sees high demand, modelled at roughly 12 to 16 weeks to a slot; booking well ahead and watching for cancellations both help. Bring the provisional photocard licence, the examiner checks for it first, and make sure your car is roadworthy with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Kirkcaldy is fully booked, Edinburgh (Currie) is the next closest centre, roughly 13 miles away.
The test runs for around 40 minutes and follows the same DVSA format used at every centre. The examiner checks your eyesight at 20 metres, asks you a tell-me safety question, then sits in for the drive, with one show-me question while you are driving. About 20 minutes of it is independent driving, either following a sat nav the examiner sets up or following road signs to a named place. You will do one of four set manoeuvres, and roughly one in seven candidates is asked to perform 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.
You find out there and then, back at Edinburgh (Currie). The examiner runs through the faults on the DL25 feedback form and, on a pass, keeps your provisional licence so a full licence follows in the post. Clearing the test means staying under 16 driving faults, that is 15 or fewer, with no serious or dangerous fault; 43.2% of candidates here manage it on the current 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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.