Kingussie Driving Test Centre
At Kingussie, 57.3% of candidates pass, one of the 323 test centres we rank from the DVSA data. Below you will find the full pass-rate history, the demographic split, the official DVSA waiting time and a comparison with the nearest centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Kingussie sits in the top half of car pass rates nationally (Top 25%, rank #81 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Pitlochry, about 28.8 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 817 passed, 609 failed, 1.4K total
How Kingussie compares
The 8.6-point advantage at Kingussie (ranked 81 of 323 in its category) is worth having but not decisive; a well-prepared candidate passes at either kind of centre.
Where Kingussie ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Year-to-year volatility is the story at Kingussie: 15 points separate 2024-25 (64.1%) from 2019-20 (49.1%), even though the endpoints nearly match.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Kingussie
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Kingussie in May 2026 had waited 21.6 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 Kingussie
- 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 PH21 1EN, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Of the DVSA car centres across Scotland, Kingussie is the one covering Kingussie, Highland and the surrounding PH21 1LG area. The routes are built around the roads the centre's examiners can reach inside the test's time budget. 1.4K tests over 2017-18-2024-25. Kingussie runs at a lower volume than the major metro centres, which means the data on this page rewards looking at the long-run trend rather than any single quarter.
If you've been told Kingussie is "an easy centre" or "a hard one", the data won't fully back that. 57.3% is 8.6 points clear of the UK car average of 48.7%, which is rank #81 out of 323. 57.3% of first-timers pass at Kingussie, 8.3 points above the UK figure of 49%. A prepared first attempt has a real shot here in a way it doesn't at every 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 Kingussie
- Above-average pass rate at Kingussie 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.
- 57.3% of first-timers pass at Kingussie, 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 Kingussie will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Kingussie, cancellations appear on the official DVSA booking service throughout the day. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for the best chance of catching one.
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On the day at Kingussie
Arrive at Kingussie with about ten minutes to spare and know your parking options in advance, they vary site to site across the DVSA network. The DVSA centre finder (postcode PH21 1LG) maps the centre and its surroundings. Waits here run around 4 to 8 weeks at low demand, so you can usually pick a date without a long wait. Don't set off without your provisional photocard licence; the test cannot start without it, and your car needs L plates and a working interior mirror. If Inverness (Longman Drive) is fully booked, Kingussie is the next closest centre, roughly 28 miles 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; 57.3% of candidates at Kingussie 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.
Edited by Vikas. DVSA data period: 2024-25.