Montrose Driving Test Centre
Montrose in Montrose, Scotland has a current pass rate of 68.1%, 19.4 points above the UK average of 48.7%. This page breaks down the multi-year trend, the first-time and gender pass rates, the waiting time and how it compares with the rest of the UK, all from the DVSA quarterly data.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Montrose sits in the top 10% of UK car pass rates nationally (Top 4%, rank #12 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Arbroath, about 11.4 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 4.2K passed, 2.6K failed, 6.8K total
How Montrose compares
The 19.4-point gap in candidates' favour at Montrose (ranked 12 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 Montrose ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Montrose has climbed 10.4 points across the series, 56.3% in 2012-13 to 66.7% now; the weakest year on record was 55.8% in 2013-14.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Montrose
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Montrose in May 2026 had waited 19 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 Montrose
- 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 DD10 8EE, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Montrose is in Montrose, Angus (DD10 8JD) and runs DVSA car tests for learners across the local area. Your examiner picks the route on the day without telling you which, and the DVSA does not publish them. Over 2012-13-2024-25, 6.8K candidates sat tests here. The figures are statistically usable for centre-to-centre comparisons, which is most of what people land on this page wanting to do.
Out of 323 UK car test centres, Montrose ranks 12, which lands it in the top ten percent nationally. The 68.1% pass rate is 19.4 points clear of the UK figure of 48.7%. First-attempt pass rate at Montrose: 68.8%, against 49% nationally. That's a 19.8-point lead. Well-prepared candidates with no prior test attempts pass here at a noticeably higher rate than the UK average.
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 Montrose
- Above-average pass rate at Montrose 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 68.8% at Montrose 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.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Montrose will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Montrose. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Montrose
Ten minutes early is the right target at Montrose. Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder (postcode DD10 8JD) the day before. Demand sits at low with a modelled wait of about 5 to 9 weeks, which generally leaves more room to choose a date. 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. If Arbroath is fully booked, Montrose is the next closest centre, roughly 11 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.
The result is given immediately when you get back. Whatever the outcome, the examiner reads through the marked faults and prints your DL25 feedback form; pass and they take the provisional licence to trigger your full one by post. The threshold is the national one, 15 driving faults at most and zero serious or dangerous, which 68.1% of Montrose's candidates reach right now.
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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.