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Castle Douglas driving test centre

Scotland

Castle Douglas at a glance

Pass rate
53.4%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
18.1 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
549
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Castle Douglas compares

Castle Douglas passes 53.4% of car tests, which is 3.3 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 18.1 weeks, 6 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 549 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 62.2% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Castle Douglas

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 62.2%

42%57%71%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Castle Douglas driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
62.2%
62%
69.6%
48.4%
50%
43.1%
48.3%
53.8%
42.6%
60%
47.7%
62.7%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 18.1w

4w12w19wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Castle Douglas, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
18.1 weeks
13.1 weeks
19.8 weeks
17.7 weeks
17.9 weeks
14.1 weeks
8.3 weeks
11.6 weeks
9.9 weeks
8.4 weeks
12.6 weeks
9 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 45

244259Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Castle Douglas, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
45
50
23
31
48
51
60
52
54
40
44
51

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Castle Douglas driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 549 293 53.4%
2024-25 516 259 50.2%
2023-24 462 250 54.1%
2022-23 363 190 52.3%
2021-22 494 250 50.6%
2020-21 90 53 58.9%
2019-20 354 166 46.9%
2018-19 375 181 48.3%
2017-18 381 211 55.4%
2016-17 369 199 53.9%

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 Castle Douglas 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

Learn the Castle Douglas test routes before you go

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