Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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%.

Centres
7
6 with 500+ tests
Aberdeenshire avg
62.4%
+13.7 pp vs UK
UK average
48.7%
for comparison
Total tests
50.3K
lifetime DVSA

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

  1. 1
    Ballater
    Ballater, 2.5K tests (2024-25)
    70.8%
  2. 2
    Fraserburgh
    Fraserburgh, 1.5K tests (2024-25)
    62.5%
  3. 3
    Huntly
    Huntly, 762 tests (2024-25)
    62.1%
  4. 4
    Peterhead
    Peterhead, 1.4K tests (2024-25)
    57.8%
  5. 5
    Inverurie
    Inverurie, 1.1K tests (2024-25)
    54.3%

Top 5 lowest pass rates in Aberdeenshire

  1. 1
    Banff
    Banff, 726 tests (2024-25)
    53.9%
  2. 2
    Inverurie
    Inverurie, 1.1K tests (2024-25)
    54.3%
  3. 3
    Peterhead
    Peterhead, 1.4K tests (2024-25)
    57.8%
  4. 4
    Huntly
    Huntly, 762 tests (2024-25)
    62.1%
  5. 5
    Fraserburgh
    Fraserburgh, 1.5K tests (2024-25)
    62.5%

All test centres in Aberdeenshire

Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.

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