Driving Test Pass Rates in Cove
Cove has 1 DVSA driving test centre with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 51.4% 2.7 pp above the UK national average of 48.7%.Below you will find every centre ranked, the gender split and the first-time pass rate.
DVSA data last updated September 2026
About Cove
Aberdeen South (Cove) is the only DVSA driving test centre tracked in Cove, with a current pass rate of 51.4% (2024-25 DVSA data).
The city's volume-weighted car pass rate is 51.4%, 2.7 percentage points above the 48.7% UK average. The figures come from 73.8K tests recorded across the city's centres; the full per-centre ranking is below.
Cove vs the UK average
Cove above the UK average pass rate by 2.7 percentage points. Pass rates in Cove run slightly ahead of the UK norm, suggesting modestly favourable test conditions.
Easiest & hardest centres in Cove
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Pass rate by gender across Cove
Across Cove's test centres, men pass at 59.3% and women at 52.9% a gender gap of 6.4 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 2 percentage points on average.
By test category
All test centres in Cove
Every centre in Cove marks the same sheet, so the choice between them counts for less than whether response, traffic lights is solid. There are 15 categories on that sheet.
DVSA publishes all 21 vehicle safety questions in advance, 14 tell me and 7 show me. You get 2 of them on the day, one at the roadside and one while you are driving. Get one wrong or both wrong and it counts as one driving fault, not two.
Amber-light decision practice: at every amber, the instructor calls "stop or go" so you build the muscle for the right call. Practise multi-stage junctions. Free to use, no sign up. Everything for the day itself is on the practical test hub.
About these statistics
Pass rates shown above use the latest DVSA reporting period for each centre. Rates are volume-weighted across the city, larger centres carry proportionally more weight than smaller ones. Centres with fewer than 1,000 tests in the current period are flagged as low-sample to avoid statistically noisy comparisons. Always factor in your own preparation, instructor recommendations, and route familiarity, pass rates are a useful signal, not a guarantee.
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Every centre in Cove needs a valid theory pass before you can book, and the certificate lasts two years from the day you sit it. Nationally 44.8% pass the theory.
Licence, insurance, MOT, vehicle tax and what the law requires you to hold. All 14 DVSA topics are free to practise, with no sign up. See the theory pass rate by centre or the full practice hub.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 42.1K passes recorded across 1 Cove centre.