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Stranraer driving test centre

Scotland

Stranraer at a glance

Pass rate
71.2%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
20.1 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
215
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
3.7%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Stranraer compares

Stranraer passes 71.2% of car tests, which is 21.1 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 20.1 weeks, 8 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 215 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 77.8% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Stranraer 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 Stranraer area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

Trends at Stranraer

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 77.8%

51%75%99%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Stranraer driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
77.8%
82.4%
78.9%
80%
68.4%
52.6%
60%
87.5%
68.2%
73.3%
78.3%
52.9%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 20.1w

11w16w21wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Stranraer, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
20.1 weeks
17.4 weeks
14.4 weeks
21.4 weeks
19.3 weeks
17 weeks
18.4 weeks
15.4 weeks
16.1 weeks
14.6 weeks
14.6 weeks
13 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Jan 2026: 19

162024May 24Aug 24May 25Jul 25Aug 25Jan 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Stranraer, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
19
16
22
23
24
23
21
16
13
20
31
22

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Stranraer driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 215 153 71.2%
2024-25 214 157 73.4%
2023-24 294 186 63.3%
2022-23 316 214 67.7%
2021-22 225 164 72.9%
2020-21 80 54 67.5%
2019-20 278 176 63.3%
2018-19 290 175 60.3%
2017-18 334 213 63.8%
2016-17 284 182 64.1%

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 Stranraer 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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