Dunfermline Driving Test Centre

· Fife

47.6%
final pass rate 3,040 tests/year · 12 years of data · DVSA data: 2018-19

Key Statistics

47.6% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +2.9pp
49.5% Male Pass Rate
46.0% Female Pass Rate
37,335 Total Tests (12 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Dunfermline pass rate over 12 years

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2007: 50.8% 2008: 52.2% 2009: 51.7% 2010: 45.3% 2011: 48.5% 2012: 43.5% 2013: 44.9% 2014: 47.4% 2015: 43.9% 2016: 48.8% 2017: 44.7% 2018: 47.6%

Monthly Breakdown (2018-19)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 248 109 44.0% 46.4% 41.9%
May 243 113 46.5% 52.0% 42.8%
Jun 267 126 47.2% 42.7% 50.7%
Jul 259 121 46.7% 47.5% 46.1%
Aug 258 123 47.7% 47.5% 47.9%
Sep 276 134 48.6% 47.8% 49.3%
Oct 269 148 55.0% 57.0% 53.0%
Nov 225 109 48.4% 49.1% 47.9%
Dec 319 146 45.8% 53.9% 38.3%
Jan 178 80 44.9% 46.1% 44.1%
Feb 239 114 47.7% 51.4% 44.5%
Mar 259 125 48.3% 50.0% 46.7%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 3.5pp higher rate than female candidates at Dunfermline.

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2007: 48.4% 2008: 50.0% 2009: 48.6% 2010: 42.4% 2011: 47.3% 2012: 42.2% 2013: 43.6% 2014: 47.1% 2015: 41.1% 2016: 47.7% 2017: 42.6% 2018: 46.0% 2007: 53.5% 2008: 54.6% 2009: 54.8% 2010: 48.4% 2011: 49.7% 2012: 45.0% 2013: 46.3% 2014: 47.8% 2015: 47.3% 2016: 50.0% 2017: 47.0% 2018: 49.5%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Dunfermline? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 2,273 of the tests conducted here.

17: 55.6% 18: 46.2% 19: 48.2% 20: 44.8% 21: 49.3% 22: 55.9% 23: 43.6% 24: 44.8% 25: 46.4% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

22-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Dunfermline with 55.9% from 102 tests, while 23-year-olds have the lowest at 43.6%.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1775755.6%55.9%55.2%
1853946.2%40.4%52.5%
1924948.2%52.3%45.0%
2017244.8%46.8%43.2%
2114449.3%56.3%43.8%
2210255.9%61.0%52.5%
2311743.6%35.0%52.6%
249644.8%60.0%36.1%
259746.4%52.5%42.1%

Automatic vs Manual

49.4%Automatic Pass Rate
47.6%Overall Pass Rate
158Auto Tests/Year

At Dunfermline, the automatic test pass rate is 49.4%, which is similar to the overall pass rate of 47.6%. 158 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

Female automatic candidates pass at 51.8% compared to 43.2% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017 2009: 51.7% 2010: 45.3% 2011: 48.5% 2012: 43.5% 2013: 44.9% 2014: 47.4% 2015: 43.9% 2016: 48.8% 2017: 44.7% 2018: 47.6% 2008: 44.4% 2009: 40.2% 2010: 46.3% 2012: 31.7% 2013: 48.6% 2014: 46.3% 2015: 39.3% 2016: 50.4% 2017: 42.0% 2018: 49.4%
Automatic Overall

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