Perth (Arran Road) Driving Test Centre
The Perth (Arran Road) driving test centre is located in Perth, Scotland (PH1 5TZ). Below are the official pass-rate statistics, multi-year trend, demographic breakdown, and how this centre compares against the UK average and its neighbours, all drawn from the DVSA quarterly statistical release.
Pass vs fail at a glance
3.3K passed, 1.8K failed, 5.1K total
How Perth (Arran Road) compares
Perth (Arran Road) performs well above the UK average. Learners passing here are more likely to pass than at most other UK centres, though this can also reflect quieter test routes and fewer challenging junctions.
Where Perth (Arran Road) ranks among 152 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Most common faults at this centre
The fault categories most frequently recorded against learners on test. Knowing them lets you target practice on the things examiners are most likely to penalise.
- 1Junctions - observation10
- 2Mirrors - change direction9
- 3Move off - safely8
- 4Junctions - turning right7
- 5Response to signs - traffic lights6
Per-centre fault breakdowns are derived from the DVSA national fault distribution applied to centre-level test outcomes.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Wait times at Perth (Arran Road) have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is comparatively quick: learners booking at Perth (Arran Road) typically wait around 4 weeks from booking to test day.
Wait time is estimated from regional demand patterns reported in the National Audit Office investigation into car driving test waiting times (Dec 2024) and the DVSA Despatch blog updates, combined with this centre's test volume. Real availability fluctuates with examiner staffing and cancellations, always check the official DVSA booking service for live slots.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Perth (Arran Road)
- car
- lorry and bus
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 PH1 3DZ, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
If you've got a test booked at PH1 5TZ, that's Perth (Arran Road) in Perth, Perth and Kinross. Examiners use a small set of fixed routes built around the roads immediately surrounding the centre. 5.1K tests through 2017-18-2024-25 puts Perth (Arran Road) in the comfortable middle of the volume distribution. The pass rate moves with real signal, not noise.
Rank: #54 of 152. Pass rate: 65.5%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a upper half centre by the DVSA's own published figures. First-attempt data for Perth (Arran Road) is missing from the DVSA's DRT122C release. It's not a low number, it's no number, the centre is small enough that DVSA omits it from that particular table.
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 Perth (Arran Road)
- Perth (Arran Road) passes higher than the UK average, but the marking sheet is identical to every other DVSA centre. The bias is in the routes (less traffic, simpler junction geometry); the standard is national.
- Practising the test routes is the single thing that most reliably moves a candidate's pass odds. Most ADI instructors in Perth will have a working knowledge of which routes Perth (Arran Road) uses.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Perth (Arran Road). Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Perth (Arran Road)
Aim to be at Perth (Arran Road) 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 PH1 5TZ) before the day. At low demand and about 4 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 Perth (Arran Road) is fully booked, Perth (Arran Road) is the next closest centre, roughly 2 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 show-me and one tell-me question to you, then accompanies the drive. About 20 minutes is independent driving, sat nav or road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and an emergency stop on roughly one test in three. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across recent DVSA marking, the fault logged most often at this centre 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 65.5% of candidates at Perth (Arran Road) 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.