Edinburgh (Musselburgh) driving test centre
Scotland · Bryce Road, Currie, City of Edinburgh · EH14 5LT
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) at a glance
- Pass rate
- 49.4%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 16.1 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 6,850
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 6.9%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Edinburgh (Musselburgh) compares
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) passes 49.4% of car tests, which is 0.7 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 16.1 weeks, 4 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 6,850 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 48.9% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
Trends at Edinburgh (Musselburgh)
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 48.9%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 48.9% | |
| 51.3% | |
| 50.8% | |
| 48.4% | |
| 49.8% | |
| 51.4% | |
| 48.4% | |
| 49.1% | |
| 49.7% | |
| 48.4% | |
| 45.9% | |
| 51.3% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 16.1w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 16.1 weeks | |
| 19.1 weeks | |
| 17.3 weeks | |
| 16.3 weeks | |
| 20 weeks | |
| 19.4 weeks | |
| 15.3 weeks | |
| 17.6 weeks | |
| 15.2 weeks | |
| 19.4 weeks | |
| 15.6 weeks | |
| 15.3 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 700
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 700 | |
| 517 | |
| 561 | |
| 550 | |
| 609 | |
| 702 | |
| 546 | |
| 587 | |
| 515 | |
| 486 | |
| 558 | |
| 519 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 6,850 | 3,387 | 49.4% |
| 2024-25 | 7,800 | 3,663 | 47% |
| 2023-24 | 8,573 | 3,778 | 44.1% |
| 2022-23 | 8,007 | 3,748 | 46.8% |
| 2021-22 | 6,685 | 3,155 | 47.2% |
| 2020-21 | 2,311 | 1,015 | 43.9% |
| 2019-20 | 7,754 | 3,194 | 41.2% |
| 2018-19 | 7,307 | 3,137 | 42.9% |
| 2017-18 | 7,376 | 3,461 | 46.9% |
| 2016-17 | 7,307 | 3,726 | 51% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Edinburgh (Currie)
0 km away
41.6% pass · 23 weeks wait
- Livingston
13 km away
55.7% pass · 23.1 weeks wait
- Dunfermline (Vine)
21 km away
36.4% pass · 14.9 weeks wait
- Peebles
29 km away
58.8% pass · 18.6 weeks wait
- Kirkcaldy
29 km away
50.9% pass · 12.4 weeks wait
- Grangemouth
29 km away
50.7% pass · 18.4 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Edinburgh (Musselburgh) 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 .
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