Forfar driving test centre
ASDA supercentre, Unit 1, New Road, Forfar, DD8 2AE
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Key facts
- Forfar's pass rate was 60.3% in 2025/26 from 667 tests, 10.3 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 24 of 67 centres in Scotland (Scotland average 49.3%), a mid-table pass rates in the region, 11 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has fallen by 8.5 points, from 68.8% to 60.3%.
- Male candidates passed at 62.7% and female candidates at 58.1%, a gap of 4.6 points.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 24.1 weeks since booking (longer than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 13 weeks ahead.
- A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 15.4 weeks, so waits have grown by about 8.7 weeks.
Forfar passes 60.3 per cent, 42nd of the 302 centres ranked and 11 points above the Scottish average, though that is down 8.5 points on 2021/22. The wait is the problem: 24.1 weeks, up 9.1 in a single year, one of the longest in Scotland. Dundee is 19.7 kilometres away and was waiting 8.8 weeks, which is a comparison worth making before you commit. The driving itself is turns rather than roundabouts — no conventional roundabout is named anywhere on the practice loops on this page, and one 9 kilometre loop asks for fourteen right turns and thirteen left. Fifty-nine per cent of the distance is at 30 mph and 16 per cent at 20.
Drive the Forfar test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 48 km in all, with 1 roundabouts and 120 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Forfar; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Forfar from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 48 km · 120 marked turns
- Examiner-style marking on signalling and observation
- Street View tour of each route
- Every roundabout and junction, in the order you'll meet them
- The four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios, included
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- Route 1 · via Kirriemuir Road11.8 km loop with 1 roundabout, 10 right turns, 14 left turns and a stretch of St. James Road.11.8 km · 25 turns · 1 roundabout
- Route 2 · via South Street8.6 km loop with 11 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of St. James Road.8.6 km · 24 turns
- Route 3 · via Dundee Road9.0 km loop with 14 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of Arbroath Road.9.0 km · 27 turns
- Route 4 · via Lour Road8.4 km loop with 11 right turns, 12 left turns and a stretch of St. James Road.8.4 km · 23 turns
- Route 5 · via North Street10.4 km loop with 12 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Brechin Road.10.4 km · 21 turns
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
This is a test of turning. No conventional roundabout is named anywhere on the practice loops on this page, and four of the five loops carry none at all — what they carry instead is junctions, one after another. A 9 kilometre loop asks for fourteen right turns and thirteen left; an 8.6 kilometre loop asks for eleven and thirteen; an 11.8 kilometre loop for ten and fourteen. Across 48.2 kilometres there is barely a stretch where you are not approaching one.
Five mini-roundabouts and seven sets of traffic signals do what joining there is, with four give-way junctions and five signalled crossings. The mini-roundabouts are worth a lesson on their own: the give-way rule applies, and at a town junction with cars waiting on three arms it is the looking rather than the steering that gets marked.
The speeds are slow and they change often. Fifty-nine per cent of the distance is at 30 mph, 16 per cent at 20 and 4 per cent at 15, with 17 per cent at 60 on the roads out towards Brechin and Dundee. There is no dual carriageway on the set.
St. James Road, New Road, Academy Street, South Street, Market Street, Castle Street, Brechin Road, Dundee Road, Lour Road and Victoria Street carry nearly all of it, with the A926 and A932 and the B9113, B9128 and B9134 beyond the town. Nine pieces of traffic calming sit among them, there are 5 schools in the area and no level crossings.
Waiting time for a test at Forfar
Median weeks between booking and taking the test, for tests taken each month. Dashed line: GB median for August 2026.
| Month | Median wait | Weeks to free slots | Slots offered | Still free |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 24.1 | 13 | 23 | 60.4% |
| Jul 2026 | 24.1 | 20.3 | 25 | 61.4% |
| Jun 2026 | 29.7 | 24 | 10 | 80.4% |
| May 2026 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 51.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 22 | 18.8 | 19 | 50% |
| Mar 2026 | 20.1 | 24 | 9 | 47.4% |
Pass rate at Forfar, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Share of car tests passed each April-to-March year. Dashed line: Great Britain average for 2025/26.
Month by month, 2025/26
By year and gender
| Year | Tests | Pass rate | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 667 | 60.3% | 62.7% | 58.1% |
| 2024/25 | 356 | 68.5% | 72.2% | 65.9% |
| 2023/24 | 692 | 70.5% | 75.4% | 66.2% |
| 2022/23 | 352 | 73.6% | 79.5% | 68.9% |
| 2021/22 | 449 | 68.8% | 68.1% | 69.4% |
| 2020/21 | 159 | 69.2% | 71.4% | 68.0% |
| 2019/20 | 579 | 65.6% | 70.1% | 61.4% |
| 2018/19 | 595 | 65.2% | 72.3% | 58.7% |
Scotland average 49.3% · GB 50%
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Test day at Forfar
The centre is at Unit 1 at the Asda supercentre on New Road, DD8 2AE. That surprises people the first time: the test starts from a supermarket site, with the shop's own traffic coming and going around you. Get there early enough to look at the layout before you are driving it under test conditions.
Car tests only are conducted here. DVSA will make arrangements for you at this test centre if you have a disability, which means telling them when you book.
No station is close enough to be practical, so everyone arrives by car or with an instructor. Parking is not published; a supermarket car park usually has a time limit, so read the signs rather than assuming, and leave the car where an overrunning test will not cost you a ticket.
The wait was a median of 24.1 weeks for tests taken in July 2026, double the national 11.9, and it has grown by more than nine weeks in a year — the July 2025 median was 15. The first week with a tenth of its slots still free was 20.3 weeks ahead.
Monthly figures move a lot on small numbers, but the pattern is real: October returned 54.5 per cent from 66 tests and April 78.2 per cent from 87. Dundee is 19.7 kilometres away, passes 57.3 per cent and was waiting 8.8 weeks. Booking and cancelling is on GOV.UK only.
What DVSA publishes about Forfar
Taken from the GOV.UK test centre finder, checked 3 September 2026. Where DVSA says nothing, this site says nothing.
- Tests conducted here
- car
- Wheelchair access
- Not published. DVSA says it will make arrangements for candidates with a disability, which is not the same as step-free access. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.
Learner reports from Forfar
No reports yet for this centre. If you tested here, the first one is yours to write.
What examiners mark most often
DVSA does not publish faults by centre, but it does publish them nationally. These collected the most marks across every car test in Great Britain in 2025/26, and they are the same ones you will be marked on at Forfar.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
ASDA supercentre, Unit 1, New RoadForfar DD8 2AE
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Forfar
- Is Forfar an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 60.3% of car tests were passed there in 2025/26, against 50.0% nationally. Pass rates reflect the local roads and who takes tests there as much as the examiners, so treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
- How long is the wait for a driving test at Forfar?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Forfar was 24.1 weeks, and you had to look about 13 weeks ahead to find a week with at least 10% of slots free. DVSA publishes this monthly; the figure above updates when they do.
- Where is Forfar driving test centre?
- Forfar test centre is at ASDA supercentre, Unit 1, New Road, Forfar, DD8 2AE. Arrive at least 10 minutes early with your provisional licence; parking rules vary by centre, so check the learner reports below.
- How many driving tests does Forfar do a year?
- 667 car tests were conducted at Forfar in 2025/26, of which 402 were passed.
Source: DVSA tables DRT122A (pass rates by centre and month) and DRT122F (waiting times and availability), Open Government Licence v3.0. PassRank adds the comparisons and rankings.
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