Driving Test Centres in Aberdeenshire: 7 DVSA Centres Ranked
7 DVSA driving test centres across Aberdeenshire, part of Scotland. Average pass rate 62.4% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.
About Aberdeenshire
Across Aberdeenshire, 7 DVSA test centres serve learners between Peterhead, Ballater and Fraserburgh. The county's 50.3K recorded car tests put it among the larger sub-regional networks in Scotland, and the volume-weighted current pass rate sits at 62.4% (UK average 48.7%).
On the 13.7 pp above the UK comparison (2024-25 DVSA data), Aberdeenshire looks kinder than the UK average on paper. Pass rates within the county aren't uniform though, and the spread between the easiest and hardest centre tells the real story. Plenty of candidates travel to a neighbouring centre to find a route that suits them better.
The headline spread within Aberdeenshire sits between Ballater (70.8%) at the top of the league and Banff (53.9%) at the bottom, a gap of 16.9 percentage points. That spread is typical of Scotland, where rural routes with quieter junctions pull the headline figure higher than urban-heavy English counties.
Top 5 highest pass rates in Aberdeenshire
All test centres in Aberdeenshire
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.