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Stornoway driving test centre

Scotland

Stornoway at a glance

Pass rate
66.6%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
7.1 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
344
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
15.8%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Stornoway compares

Stornoway passes 66.6% of car tests, which is 16.5 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 7.1 weeks, 5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 344 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 56.5% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Stornoway conducts fewer than 500 tests a year, so its pass rate moves sharply on a small number of results. It is excluded from the site's rankings for that reason, though the figures above are exactly as DVSA published them.

The map below shows the Stornoway area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

Trends at Stornoway

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 56.5%

45%61%77%GB averageMar 24Jul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Stornoway driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
56.5%
67.7%
72.7%
70.6%
78.1%
74.3%
56%
64.5%
70%
50%
65.4%
48.6%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 7.1w

6w12w17wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Dec 25Apr 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Stornoway, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
7.1 weeks
8.6 weeks
10.1 weeks
16.6 weeks
15.4 weeks
12 weeks
9.6 weeks
17.1 weeks
17.7 weeks
16.6 weeks
10.3 weeks
7.9 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Feb 2026: 31

263747Mar 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Jul 25Dec 25Feb 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Stornoway, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
31
33
34
32
35
31
40
34
26
35
33
27

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Stornoway driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 344 229 66.6%
2024-25 374 210 56.1%
2023-24 356 207 58.1%
2022-23 341 201 58.9%
2021-22 393 235 59.8%
2020-21 93 61 65.6%
2019-20 347 196 56.5%
2018-19 378 209 55.3%
2017-18 454 245 54%
2016-17 347 227 65.4%

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 Stornoway 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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