Edinburgh (Currie) Driving Test Centre
The Edinburgh (Currie) driving test centre is located in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Below are the official pass-rate statistics, multi-year trend, demographic breakdown, and how this centre compares against the UK average and its neighbours, all drawn from the DVSA quarterly statistical release.
Pass vs fail at a glance
53.3K passed, 60.4K failed, 113.7K total
How Edinburgh (Currie) compares
Edinburgh (Currie) has a slightly tougher pass rate than the UK average. Routes here may be more demanding than rural centres.
Where Edinburgh (Currie) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The most common driving test faults nationally
These are the fault types DVSA examiners record most often across all car tests in Great Britain, ranked most to least common. They are a national pattern, not a measurement taken at this centre, but they are the faults worth targeting in practice wherever you sit your test.
- 1Junctions - observationNot looking properly before pulling out at junctions.
- 2Mirrors - change directionNot checking mirrors before signalling, changing speed or direction.
- 3Move off - safelyPulling away without safe control or proper observation.
- 4Junctions - turning rightPoor positioning or judgement when turning right at junctions.
- 5Response to signs - traffic lightsMissing or misreading traffic signs, signals or road markings.
This ranking is DVSA national fault data, shown here for context. DVSA does not publish a separate fault breakdown for individual test centres.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Booking is achievable but not immediate: on this estimate, learners booking at Edinburgh (Currie) would typically wait around 12 to 16 weeks from booking to test day.
These figures are an estimate, not live data. We model them from published demand reports and this centre's test volume; the method is on our methodology page. Check the DVSA booking service for current slots.
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. The routes are the same fixed set every day; your examiner picks one without telling you which. 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 on the actual test routes 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 the actual City of Edinburgh test routes before your date. The difficulty is in the routes, 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.
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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.
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 one show-me and one tell-me question, then sits in for the drive. 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 three 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.
Edited by Vikas. DVSA data period: 2024-25.