Inverness (Seafield Road) Driving Test Centre
Inverness (Seafield Road) in Inverness currently passes 48.1% of tests, 0.6 points below the UK average of 48.7%. The sections below cover the year-by-year trend, who passes most often, how long learners wait, and how it stacks up against neighbouring centres.
DVSA data last updated August 2026
Inverness (Seafield Road) sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 33%, rank #217 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Golspie, about 34.7 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 4.8K passed, 5.3K failed, 10.1K total
How Inverness (Seafield Road) compares
Statistically Inverness (Seafield Road) is about as neutral as a venue gets, under a point from the national average and ranked 217 of 323 in its category. Preparation, not postcode, decides the outcome here.
Where Inverness (Seafield Road) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Since 2018-19 the rate at Inverness (Seafield Road) has risen from 42.5% to 48.1%, a 5.6-point gain, peaking at 49.8% in 2022-23.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Inverness (Seafield Road)
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 13.2 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Inverness (Seafield Road) in May 2026 had waited 5.2 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 Inverness (Seafield Road)
- lorry and bus
- 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 IV1 1SG, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Inverness (Seafield Road): a DVSA car test centre in Inverness, Highland. Local routes, local traffic patterns, no national standard for what "harder" or "easier" looks like beyond what the numbers below show. Inverness (Seafield Road) sees moderate volume: 10.1K practical tests through 2018-19-2023-24. Year-on-year percentages here are meaningful, but watch the trend line rather than fixating on any single period.
The lower half of the UK by pass rate: Inverness (Seafield Road) ranks #217 of 323 car centres at 48.1%, within a point of the national figure of 48.7%. First-attempt pass rate: 48.1%, against the UK figure of 49%. Effectively level, the gap between candidates who pass first time at Inverness (Seafield Road) 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 Inverness (Seafield Road)
- Centre difficulty is roughly average at Inverness (Seafield Road). The same fault categories that fail candidates nationally (junctions, mirrors, observation) are what fail candidates here, in similar proportions.
- Ask any instructor working Inverness (Seafield Road) 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 Inverness (Seafield Road)
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to Inverness (Seafield Road), and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder (postcode IV1 1AN) 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 Inverness (Longman Drive) is fully booked, Inverness (Seafield Road) is the next closest centre, roughly 1 mile away.
Once underway the test takes around 40 minutes and is the same wherever you sit it. The examiner verifies your eyesight at 20 metres, puts one tell-me question to you, then accompanies the drive and asks one show-me question while you are driving. About 20 minutes is independent driving, sat nav or road signs to a named destination, with one of the set manoeuvres and an emergency stop on roughly one test in seven. 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.
There is no wait for the verdict, the examiner delivers it at the centre. They go over each fault recorded, hand you the DL25 feedback form, and on a pass retain your provisional licence so the full version arrives by post. To pass you need no more than 15 driving faults and not a single serious or dangerous one; 48.1% of candidates at Inverness (Seafield Road) currently clear that.
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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: 2023-24.