Fraserburgh Driving Test Centre
Fraserburgh posts a 62.5% pass rate, with Peterhead the nearest alternative about 15 miles away. Read on for its full DVSA history, first-time pass rate, waiting time and demographic breakdown.
DVSA data last updated September 2026
Fraserburgh sits in the top quarter of car pass rates nationally (Top 11%, rank #36 of 323). No nearby car centre currently posts a higher pass rate.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 4.5K passed, 2.9K failed, 7.5K total
How Fraserburgh compares
The 13.8-point gap in candidates' favour at Fraserburgh (ranked 36 of 323 in its category) is among the wider spreads in the network, consistent with quieter local roads rather than any difference in how examiners mark.
Where Fraserburgh ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Fraserburgh ends the series about where it started, yet the spread between 2020-21 (82.5%) and 2018-19 (60.3%) runs to 22.2 points; read a single year here with caution.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Fraserburgh
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Fraserburgh in August 2026 had waited 18.1 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 Fraserburgh
- 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 AB43 9TN, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
If you've got a test booked at AB43 9DA, that's Fraserburgh in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Examiners drive a mix of the roads immediately surrounding the centre; the DVSA does not publish its test routes. 7.5K tests through 2017-18-2024-25 puts Fraserburgh in the comfortable middle of the volume distribution. The pass rate moves with real signal, not noise.
Rank: #36 of 323. Pass rate: 62.5%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a top quartile centre by the DVSA's own published figures. Across 886 first-attempt tests, Fraserburgh passes 63% 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 Fraserburgh
- Above-average pass rate at Fraserburgh doesn't mean above-average ease. The fundamentals examiners mark are the same nationally: junctions, mirrors, observation, signal timing. A 65%+ pass rate means more candidates clear those, not that the bar is lower.
- First-time pass rate of 63% at Fraserburgh is on the forgiving side. A well-prepared first booking has a reasonable shot; don't over-correct by booking a "practice" test you don't actually need.
- Ask any instructor working Fraserburgh 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 Fraserburgh. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
Whether you pass at Fraserburgh is not decided by the centre. It is decided by the 15 things an examiner can mark you on, and response, traffic lights 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, response, traffic lights being a common one. Working through it as a list beats remembering it in the car park.
Amber-light decision practice: at every amber, the instructor calls "stop or go" so you build the muscle for the right call. Practise multi-stage junctions. 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 Fraserburgh 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.
Stopping distances, the two-second rule and driving in rain, ice and fog. 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 Fraserburgh
Aim to be at Fraserburgh ten minutes early. Because parking and waiting facilities are not the same at every DVSA centre, check the approach on the DVSA centre finder (postcode AB43 9DA) before the day. At low demand and about 4 to 8 weeks' wait, securing a convenient date here is usually less of a scramble. The examiner needs to see your provisional photocard licence to begin, and the car you bring must be roadworthy, fitted with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Peterhead is fully booked, Fraserburgh is the next closest centre, roughly 15 miles away.
The practical lasts about 40 minutes and uses the standard DVSA format nationwide. After an eyesight check at 20 metres and one show-me and one tell-me question, the examiner sits in for the drive. Roughly 20 minutes of that is independent driving, either following a sat nav set by the examiner or following road signs, and you will complete one of four set manoeuvres; about one in seven tests includes an emergency stop, a frequency the DVSA reduced in late 2025. 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.
You will know the result before you leave Fraserburgh. The examiner explains the faults marked on your DL25 feedback form and, if you have passed, takes the provisional licence so a full one can be posted out. The pass standard is fixed nationally, 15 driving faults maximum and zero serious or dangerous faults, and 62.5% of candidates here meet it 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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.