Haddington Driving Test Centre
Haddington in Haddington records a 62.2% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 19.6 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
Haddington sits in the top quarter of car pass rates nationally (Top 12%, rank #40 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Peebles, about 26.3 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 11.6K passed, 8.2K failed, 19.9K total
How Haddington compares
The 13.5-point gap in candidates' favour at Haddington (ranked 40 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 Haddington ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Haddington has given up 3.2 points since 2017-18 (65.4% then, 62.2% now); the low water mark was 54.6% in 2022-23.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Haddington
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Haddington in May 2026 had waited 19.6 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 Haddington
- 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 EH41 3NG, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Haddington sits in Haddington, East Lothian, just inside the EH41 3JA 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 Haddington tend to know already. Sample size: 19.9K tests over 2017-18-2024-25. Enough that comparisons hold up; small enough that a quiet month or a route being temporarily diverted can show in the data.
62.2% at Haddington, against a UK car average of 48.7%. That puts the centre 13.5 points clear of the national figure and ranks it #40 of 323 car centres in the DVSA's network. Across 1.1K first-attempt tests, Haddington passes 63.5% 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 Haddington
- Haddington passes higher than the UK average, but the marking sheet is identical to every other DVSA centre. The bias is in the local road mix (less traffic, simpler junction geometry); the standard is national.
- 63.5% of first-timers pass at Haddington, so the centre is on the forgiving side. If your instructor is signing you off as test-ready, your own preparation matters far more than the venue.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Haddington will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- 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 Haddington
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to Haddington, and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder (postcode EH41 3JA) shows the exact location. Modelled waits here sit around 6 to 10 weeks at low demand, which tends to mean less competition for a date that suits you. You must have your provisional photocard licence on you, plus a car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner. If Galashiels is fully booked, Haddington is the next closest centre, roughly 24 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 62.2% of candidates at Haddington 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.