Aberdeen City · Scotland
Aberdeen North driving test centre
48.2% of car practical tests taken at Aberdeen North passed in 2025-26, from 3,906 tests. Pass rates, local road types and how we prepare you for this centre.
Aberdeen North pass rates
Pass rate 2025-26
48.2%
1,881 passes
National average
50%
-1.8 points here
Tests conducted
3,906
about 326 a month
Best published year
55.7%
2021-22
3,906 car practical tests were taken at Aberdeen North in 2025-26. 48.2% passed, 1.8 percentage points below the national average of 50%. That is down from 50.9% in 2019-20.
Over the published years the rate has moved between 43.1% in 2024-25 and 55.7% in 2021-22, so a single year's figure is a weak guide on its own. That works out at roughly 326 tests a month, which is what waiting times at Aberdeen North depend on more than the pass rate does.
- Aberdeen North
- National average
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate | National | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 3,906 | 1,881 | 48.2% | 50% | 47.4% | 48.9% |
| 2024-25 | 1,724 | 743 | 43.1% | 48.7% | 42% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 4,337 | 1,884 | 43.4% | 47.9% | 44.2% | 42.6% |
| 2022-23 | 4,307 | 2,057 | 47.8% | 48.4% | 48.4% | 47% |
| 2021-22 | 3,976 | 2,213 | 55.7% | 48.9% | 58% | 53.7% |
| 2019-20 | 3,962 | 2,016 | 50.9% | 45.9% | 54.4% | 47.9% |
Source: DVSA table DRT122A, car practical driving test pass rates by test centre, published on GOV.UK. Figures are financial years running April to March.
Where Aberdeen North test centre is
Arrive ten minutes early and park where you can pull out easily. The waiting room is small at most centres, so your instructor will normally wait in the car park while you take the test.
Driving out of Aberdeen North
Tests from Aberdeen North run mostly on dense residential streets, bus lanes and multi-lane junctions. Those road types sit close together, so several of them can appear in the first ten minutes.
Hesitation at busy junctions is the most common fault here — commit once the gap is genuinely there. At least one manoeuvre is usually set on a narrow residential street with traffic passing. Learners across Scotland often book here without practising locally first — the road types above are the gap to close.
Aberdeen North takes candidates from across Aberdeen City, so plenty arrive having learned on a different road mix. That usually shows in the first five minutes of the drive.
The aim is simple: nothing on the drive should be new on the day.
Roads you are likely to meet
Dense residential streets
Bus lanes
Multi-lane junctions
- Hesitation at busy junctions is the most common fault here — commit once the gap is genuinely there.
- At least one manoeuvre is usually set on a narrow residential street with traffic passing.
- Learners across Scotland often book here without practising locally first — the road types above are the gap to close.
Test routes are no longer published by the DVSA, and examiners vary them. Treat this as a guide to the local road types rather than a route list. Book your test and check availability on GOV.UK.
Where marks are lost at Aberdeen North
Parked cars and passing gaps
Leave a door's width past parked cars, and give way early enough that the oncoming driver can see you have decided.
Restricted lanes and signage
Read the operating times on the plate before committing. Straying into a live bus, cycle or tram lane is marked as a serious fault.
How we prepare you for this centre
Time on the real roads
We plan the final sessions around Aberdeen North itself, so the dense residential streets you meet on test day are ones you have already driven.
A full mock test
A full-length mock from the Aberdeen North area, scored on the DVSA sheet so you see exactly where the marks went.
Manoeuvres in real locations
All four test manoeuvres, practised in the kind of streets examiners around Aberdeen North actually use.
The paperwork and the routine
We walk the whole sequence — arrival, documents, eyesight check, independent drive — so nothing on the day is new.
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Aberdeen North test centre FAQs
What are the test routes like at Aberdeen North?
The DVSA stopped publishing official routes, and examiners vary them. In practice, routes from Aberdeen North draw on dense residential streets, bus lanes, multi-lane junctions, so those are the conditions to rehearse rather than a fixed sequence of streets.
What do learners most often fail on at Aberdeen North?
parked cars and passing gaps, restricted lanes and signage — all of which come directly from the road types on the local network.
Can I take an intensive course and test at Aberdeen North?
Yes. We match you with a DVSA approved instructor who teaches on these roads day to day, and we look for the earliest practical slot at Aberdeen North.
How do I book a practical test at Aberdeen North?
Practical tests are booked through GOV.UK with your provisional licence and theory certificate numbers. We can check cancellations for you once your course dates are set.
How early should I arrive at Aberdeen North?
Ten minutes early is enough. Bring your provisional licence; the eyesight check happens outside before you get in the car, so know which plate you can read.
Should I travel to a different centre instead?
We will not sell you a pass rate. Published DVSA figures reflect who books there as much as the roads, and a centre an hour away that you cannot practise around is a worse bet than the one your instructor drives every week.
Not sure how many hours you need?
Answer four quick questions and we will recommend a course based on your experience, not a sales target.