Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Driving Test Centres in Argyll and Bute: 10 DVSA Centres Ranked

10 DVSA driving test centres across Argyll and Bute, part of Scotland. Average pass rate 65.3% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.

Centres
10
7 with 500+ tests
Argyll and Bute avg
65.3%
+16.6 pp vs UK
UK average
48.7%
for comparison
Total tests
14.4K
lifetime DVSA

About Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute hosts 10 DVSA practical test centres in total. Catchment runs through Inveraray, Campbeltown and Lochgilphead, with the network handling 14.4K car tests on record in the published DVSA dataset. Volume-weighted across every centre that has cleared a 500-test sample, the county averages 65.3%, against 48.7% for the UK as a whole.

That places Argyll and Bute 16.6 percentage points above the UK average (2024-25 DVSA data). Centres within a single county can still differ widely, urban routes packed with traffic-light junctions, bus lanes and complex roundabouts tend to push pass rates down, while quieter market-town centres lift them. Treat the county figure as the network average, not a guarantee for any single centre.

The headline spread within Argyll and Bute sits between Inveraray (69.3%) at the top of the league and Dunoon (57.8%) at the bottom, a gap of 11.5 percentage points. Rural Scottish and Welsh routes typically include fewer junction-controlled signals than English urban centres, which feeds through to higher pass rates.

Top 5 highest pass rates in Argyll and Bute

  1. 1
    Inveraray
    Inveraray, 969 tests (2024-25)
    69.3%
  2. 2
    Campbeltown
    Campbeltown, 1.3K tests (2024-25)
    68.1%
  3. 3
    Lochgilphead
    Lochgilphead, 2.0K tests (2024-25)
    67.7%
  4. 4
    Islay Island
    Islay, 535 tests (2024-25)
    66.7%
  5. 5
    Oban
    Oban, 882 tests (2024-25)
    61.8%

Top 5 lowest pass rates in Argyll and Bute

  1. 1
    Dunoon
    Dunoon, 614 tests (2024-25)
    57.8%
  2. 2
    Rothesay
    Rothesay, 1.4K tests (2024-25)
    61.6%
  3. 3
    Oban
    Oban, 882 tests (2024-25)
    61.8%
  4. 4
    Islay Island
    Islay, 535 tests (2024-25)
    66.7%
  5. 5
    Lochgilphead
    Lochgilphead, 2.0K tests (2024-25)
    67.7%

All test centres in Argyll and Bute

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

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