Dunoon Driving Test Centre

· Argyll and Bute

55.4%
final pass rate 222 tests/year · 13 years of data · DVSA data: 2023-24

Key Statistics

55.4% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -0.6pp
55.6% Male Pass Rate
55.3% Female Pass Rate
2,700 Total Tests (13 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Dunoon pass rate over 13 years

50% 54% 58% 62% 66% 70% 2007 2009 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2007: 54.5% 2008: 60.6% 2009: 50.2% 2012: 62.5% 2015: 62.6% 2016: 66.5% 2017: 59.5% 2018: 58.2% 2019: 61.2% 2020: 62.7% 2021: 58.6% 2022: 56.0% 2023: 55.4%

Monthly Breakdown (2023-24)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 19 11 57.9% 81.8% 25.0%
May 18 8 44.4% 57.1% 36.4%
Jun 19 10 52.6% 58.3% 42.9%
Jul 36 17 47.2% 38.5% 52.2%
Oct 27 16 59.3% 50.0% 72.7%
Nov 27 16 59.3% 42.9% 76.9%
Dec 13 7 53.8% 33.3% 71.4%
Jan 23 13 56.5% 71.4% 33.3%
Feb 9 6 66.7% 0.0% 62.5%
Mar 12 8 66.7% 60.0% 71.4%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 0.3pp higher rate than female candidates at Dunoon.

45% 51% 57% 63% 69% 75% 2007 2009 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2007: 50.0% 2008: 58.4% 2009: 49.6% 2012: 59.1% 2015: 58.8% 2016: 63.5% 2017: 58.9% 2018: 57.6% 2019: 59.3% 2020: 65.0% 2021: 58.6% 2022: 54.9% 2023: 55.3% 2007: 60.0% 2008: 62.5% 2009: 50.9% 2012: 66.7% 2015: 67.5% 2016: 71.4% 2017: 60.2% 2018: 58.9% 2019: 64.0% 2020: 61.3% 2021: 58.6% 2022: 57.0% 2023: 55.6%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Dunoon? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 41 of the tests conducted here.

17: 75.6% 18: 60.9% 19: 50.0% 20: 77.8% 21: 75.0% 22: 0.0% 23: 80.0% 24: 83.3% 25: 63.6% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Dunoon with 75.6% from 41 tests, while 17-year-olds have the lowest at 75.6%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
174175.6%76.9%73.3%
18060.9%44.4%71.4%
19050.0%37.5%0.0%
20077.8%83.3%66.7%
21075.0%75.0%75.0%
2200.0%0.0%0.0%
23080.0%66.7%0.0%
24083.3%0.0%75.0%
25063.6%50.0%71.4%

Automatic vs Manual

41.4%Automatic Pass Rate
55.4%Overall Pass Rate
29Auto Tests/Year

At Dunoon, the automatic test pass rate is 41.4%, which is 14.0 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 55.4%. 29 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

The lower automatic pass rate compared to overall is unusual. This could reflect a smaller sample size or a particular candidate demographic. Check the trend over time to see if this is consistent.

Male automatic candidates pass at 54.5% compared to 33.3% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2019: 61.2% 2020: 62.7% 2021: 58.6% 2022: 56.0% 2023: 55.4% 2018: 85.7% 2019: 57.9% 2021: 48.6% 2022: 50.0% 2023: 41.4%
Automatic Overall

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