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Bishopbriggs driving test centre

Scotland

Bishopbriggs at a glance

Pass rate
49.8%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
15.1 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
6,186
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
2.4%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Bishopbriggs compares

Bishopbriggs passes 49.8% of car tests, which is 0.3 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 15.1 weeks, 3 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 6,186 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 47.2% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Bishopbriggs

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 47.2%

46%50%55%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Bishopbriggs driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
47.2%
52.4%
52.5%
48.4%
48.9%
48%
51.1%
49%
45.6%
52.2%
51.4%
50.5%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 15.1w

5w12w20wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Bishopbriggs, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
15.1 weeks
14.1 weeks
13.3 weeks
12.6 weeks
13.2 weeks
10 weeks
10.4 weeks
13.9 weeks
16.8 weeks
19.9 weeks
13.1 weeks
13.6 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 706

294502709Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Bishopbriggs, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
706
552
609
494
487
481
370
463
452
527
552
493

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Bishopbriggs driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 6,186 3,080 49.8%
2024-25 5,661 2,857 50.5%
2023-24 7,812 3,996 51.2%
2022-23 4,019 2,073 51.6%
2021-22 3,752 1,899 50.6%
2020-21 1,248 549 44%
2019-20 5,637 2,566 45.5%
2018-19 5,802 2,798 48.2%
2017-18 5,964 2,929 49.1%
2016-17 7,032 3,514 50%

Where it is

Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

Everything on this page describes Bishopbriggs driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .

Practice makes perfect

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