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Car practical driving test pass rates at Castle Douglas: each year since 2007/08, by month, for men and women, and at the first attempt, compared with Great Britain as a whole. From DVSA’s published statistics.

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549 car tests at Castle Douglas in 2025/26
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  • Pass rate, 2025/26 53.4% Great Britain 50.0%
  • Tests taken 549 293 passes
  • First-attempt pass rate 60.4% Great Britain 50.5%
  • Women’s pass rate 56.7% GB 49.1%
  • Men’s pass rate 51.0% GB 50.8%

Few tests. Castle Douglas ran 549 car tests in 2025/26. DVSA warns that pass rates from small numbers of tests are not a sound basis for comparison, so treat differences of a few points with caution.

What is the pass rate at Castle Douglas?

In April 2025 to March 2026, 53.4% of car practical tests at Castle Douglas were passes (293 of 549), against 50.0% across Great Britain: 3.3 points higher. The year before it was 50.2%.

Pass rate at Castle Douglas and in Great Britain

Highest 58.9% in 2020/21, lowest 46.9% in 2019/20. −5.5 points since 2020/21.

Car practical test pass rate at Castle Douglas and in Great Britain by financial year
Year Castle DouglasGreat Britain
2007/08 49.6%44.2%
2008/09 50.9%45.3%
2009/10 49.9%45.9%
2010/11 –46.3%
2011/12 51.3%46.9%
2012/13 51.7%47.2%
2013/14 58.1%47.1%
2014/15 51.5%46.9%
2015/16 53.9%47.1%
2016/17 53.9%47.1%
2017/18 55.4%46.3%
2018/19 48.3%45.8%
2019/20 46.9%45.9%
2020/21 58.9%49.8%
2021/22 50.6%48.9%
2022/23 52.3%48.4%
2023/24 54.1%47.9%
2024/25 50.2%48.7%
2025/26 53.4%50.0%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Pass rates for men and women

In 2025/26, women passed 56.7% of tests at Castle Douglas and men 51.0%. Across Great Britain the figures were 49.1% and 50.8%.

Pass rate by gender

Pass rate by gender at Castle Douglas and in Great Britain, 2025/26
Candidates Castle DouglasGreat Britain
Women 56.7%49.1%
Men 51.0%50.8%
All 53.4%50.0%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Passing first time at Castle Douglas

303 people took their first practical test at Castle Douglas in 2025/26 and 60.4% passed, against 50.5% of first attempts across Great Britain. 18 of them passed without a single driving fault.

First-attempt pass rate

First-attempt pass rate at Castle Douglas and in Great Britain by financial year
Year Castle DouglasGreat Britain
2007/08 48.3%43.3%
2008/09 51.5%45.3%
2009/10 44.4%45.7%
2010/11 44.5%46.2%
2011/12 47.1%47.5%
2012/13 51.0%47.7%
2013/14 56.8%47.9%
2014/15 53.8%47.6%
2015/16 51.8%47.5%
2016/17 54.0%47.1%
2017/18 51.5%46.7%
2018/19 48.3%46.6%
2019/20 45.0%46.4%
2020/21 60.4%51.1%
2021/22 49.8%49.3%
2022/23 50.3%48.3%
2023/24 61.0%48.1%
2024/25 52.7%48.9%
2025/26 60.4%50.5%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Month by month

Monthly pass rates move more than yearly ones because each month has fewer tests. DVSA withholds some monthly counts to protect candidates’ privacy; the rate is still shown.

Monthly pass rate

Monthly car test pass rate at Castle Douglas
Month Castle Douglas
Apr 2025 62.8%
May 2025 47.7%
Jun 2025 60.0%
Jul 2025 42.6%
Aug 2025 53.9%
Sep 2025 48.3%
Oct 2025 43.1%
Nov 2025 50.0%
Dec 2025 48.4%
Jan 2026 69.6%
Feb 2026 62.0%
Mar 2026 62.2%

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

Tests each month

Car tests each month at Castle Douglas (withheld months show as zero)
Month Tests
Apr 2025 51
May 2025 44
Jun 2025 40
Jul 2025 54
Aug 2025 52
Sep 2025 60
Oct 2025 51
Nov 2025 48
Dec 2025 31
Jan 2026 23
Feb 2026 50
Mar 2026 45

Source:DVSA April 2025 to March 2026 Updated

The most common reasons for failing

DVSA publishes the most common faults for Great Britain as a whole, not for each centre. In April 2025 to March 2026 they were:

  1. Junctions - observation
  2. Mirrors - change direction
  3. Junctions - turning right
  4. Response to signs - traffic lights
  5. Control - steering
  6. Move off - safely
  7. Response to signs - road markings
  8. Response to signs - traffic signs
  9. Positioning - normal driving
  10. Maintain progress - speed

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Driving tests Driving test and theory test data (DRT tables) Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency April 2025 to March 2026 549 car tests at Castle Douglas in 2025/26 15 September 2026
  • Car practical tests (categories B and B1) in financial years, April to March. Great Britain only: DVSA does not test in Northern Ireland.
  • DVSA leaves out of centre figures any centre where only one examiner tested, but counts those tests nationally, and withholds small counts (“..”) where they could identify people.
  • Centres are matched across years by name. Pass rates reflect the candidates who test at a centre as well as the centre itself.
  • DVSA’s tables give centre names only, with no address, so we do not place centres in council areas.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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