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Montrose driving test centre

Scotland

Montrose at a glance

Pass rate
70%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
15.5 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
621
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0.5%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Montrose compares

Montrose passes 70% of car tests, which is 19.9 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 15.5 weeks, 3.4 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 621 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 69.2% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Montrose

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 69.2%

51%67%84%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Montrose driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
69.2%
75%
63.6%
63.5%
68.5%
74.5%
65.7%
84.4%
64.8%
69.8%
68.2%
71.7%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 15.5w

12w18w23wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Montrose, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
15.5 weeks
19 weeks
22.2 weeks
22.9 weeks
20.3 weeks
20.7 weeks
19.8 weeks
22.9 weeks
21.7 weeks
19.7 weeks
21.1 weeks
20.6 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 65

355269Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Feb 26Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Montrose, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
65
52
54
51
70
45
54
63
44
60
57
55

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Montrose driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 621 435 70%
2024-25 633 422 66.7%
2023-24 642 434 67.6%
2022-23 332 239 72%
2021-22 602 471 78.2%
2019-20 486 334 68.7%
2013-14 561 313 55.8%
2012-13 547 308 56.3%
2011-12 591 356 60.2%
2010-11 604 343 56.8%

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 Montrose 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 Montrose test routes before you go

Driving Test Routes App UK maps the roads examiners actually use, across driving test centres in England, Scotland and Wales — so your practice hours go on the roundabouts and junctions that show up on the day.

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