Driving Test Pass Rates in Dundee
Dundee has 3 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 60.3% 11.6 pp above the UK national average of 48.7%. The full ranking, gender split, first-time pass rate and centre-by-centre data is below.
About Dundee
Dundee is a Scottish city served by a small group of 3 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 75.3K tests on record, every result tracked here is sourced from the DVSA's quarterly statistical release and aggregated to give a like-for-like view of how each centre performs.
As a whole, Dundee runs notably ahead of the UK average. The volume-weighted city car pass rate of 60.3% is 11.6 percentage points above the 48.7% UK figure, which often correlates with quieter routes, fewer multi-lane roundabouts, and easier urban junctions.
Within the city the spread between the easiest and hardest centre is 16.9 percentage points: Dundee leads at 77.2% (2024-25), while Dundee sits at 60.3%. That gap matters when you book, the same candidate can have a meaningfully different experience depending on which routes they drive on test day. Most learners pick the centre closest to where they take their lessons, but it's worth a few mock runs at your shortlisted centre's actual routes before the real thing.
Dundee vs the UK average
Dundee above the UK average pass rate by 11.6 percentage points. Candidates here pass at notably higher rates than the UK average, though this often reflects quieter routes rather than easier examiners.
Easiest & hardest centres in Dundee
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Pass rate by gender across Dundee
Across Dundee's test centres, men pass at 61.7% and women at 54.8% a gender gap of 6.9 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
By test category
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About these statistics
Pass rates shown above are aggregated across all available years of DVSA quarterly statistical data 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. The best-performing centre in Dundee is Dundee at 77.2% (2024-25), and the toughest is Dundee at 60.3% (2024-25). Always factor in your own preparation, instructor recommendations, and route familiarity, pass rates are a useful signal, not a guarantee.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government License v3.0. 44.1K passes recorded across 3 Dundee centres.