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Isle of Mull driving test centre

Post Office, Salen, Isle of Mull, PA72 6JD

Tests here: car.

Waiting times to September 2026 and pass rates for 2025–26, from DVSA statistics published .

Limited data for this centre. Waiting times were published for only 6 of the last 12 months. Only 42 tests were recorded in 2025-26, too few for a steady pass rate. No waiting time for 2026-09; the last one published is for 2026-08.

Median wait, September 2026

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No figure a year ago

Pass rate, 2025–26

73.8%

+23.8 pts vs GB 50.0%

Wait rank in Great Britain

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Weeks to 10% of slots free

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GB 19.7 weeks

DVSA didn't publish a waiting time for Isle of Mull for September 2026. The last one, for August 2026, was 21.6 weeks.

Waiting time over the last two years

Median weeks between booking a test and taking it, for tests taken each month.

  • Isle of Mull
  • Scotland
  • Great Britain
Median weeks between booking and taking a test at Isle of Mull, October 2024 to September 2026Isle of Mull: – in September 2026, against 11.6 weeks for Great Britain.0102030Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 2621.6Weeks0102030Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 2621.6Weeks
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Median weeks between booking and taking a test at Isle of Mull, October 2024 to September 2026
MonthIsle of MullScotlandGreat Britain
September 2026–15.111.6
August 202621.616.011.1
July 202621.615.611.1
June 2026–14.410.7
May 202620.513.69.7
April 2026–13.09.1
March 2026–14.79.0
February 2026–14.910.4
January 202610.615.010.1
December 202514.713.310.1
November 202520.113.710.4
October 2025–14.411.6
September 2025–15.012.4
August 20256.413.711.7
July 20258.413.612.0
June 202510.612.911.0
May 2025–13.111.3
April 2025–11.910.6
March 202523.711.310.4
February 202517.512.011.4
January 2025–11.111.0
December 202418.610.010.4
November 2024–9.69.9
October 2024–8.99.7

If your test is booked here

Since 9 June 2026 a car test can only be moved to one of the three centres DVSA lists as nearest by road (or back to the centre where you first booked), and you get two changes in total. For a test booked at Isle of Mull, those three are below. DVSA lists these as the centres a test booked here can be moved to.

Centres a test booked at Isle of Mull can be moved to
CentreDriving distance (DVSA)Median waitvs Isle of MullPass rate 2025–26
Obanabout 22 miles by roadabout 22 mi18 weeks–66.1%
Fort Williamabout 49 miles by roadabout 49 mi15 weeks–65.5%
Inverarayabout 59 miles by roadabout 59 mi23.3 weeks–69.4%

From DVSA's list of centres you can move your test to, which it says may change. The change service shows your actual options.

Pass rates

In 2025–26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 42 car tests were taken here and 73.8% passed, 23.8 points above the Great Britain rate (50.0%). The year before it was 71.4%, so the rate rose by 2.4 points. First attempts did worse: 72.7% of 22 first-time candidates passed, and 4.5% did it with no faults at all.

  • Isle of Mull
  • Great Britain average
  • All tests
    73.8%23.8 points above Great Britain (50.0%)
  • First attempts
    72.7%22.2 points above Great Britain (50.5%)
  • First attempt with zero faults
    4.5%1.6 points above Great Britain (2.9%)
  • Men
    73.9%23.1 points above Great Britain (50.8%)
  • Women
    73.7%24.6 points above Great Britain (49.1%)
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Pass rates at Isle of Mull compared with Great Britain, 2025–26
MeasureIsle of MullGreat Britain
All tests73.8%50.0%
First attempts72.7%50.5%
First attempt with zero faults4.5%2.9%
Men73.9%50.8%
Women73.7%49.1%

Pass rate by year

  • Isle of Mull
  • Great Britain
Car test pass rate at Isle of Mull by financial yearPass rate at Isle of Mull in 2025–26: 73.8%; Great Britain 50.0%.020406080100Great Britain, 2019–20: 45.9%2019–20Great Britain, 2020–21: 49.8%2020–21Great Britain, 2021–22: 48.9%2021–22Isle of Mull, 2022–23: 73.5%74Great Britain, 2022–23: 48.4%2022–23Great Britain, 2023–24: 47.9%2023–24Great Britain, 2024–25: 48.7%2024–25Isle of Mull, 2025–26: 73.8%74Great Britain, 2025–26: 50.0%2025–26Pass rate, %020406080100Great Britain, 2019–20: 45.9%’19Great Britain, 2020–21: 49.8%’20Great Britain, 2021–22: 48.9%’21Isle of Mull, 2022–23: 73.5%74Great Britain, 2022–23: 48.4%’22Great Britain, 2023–24: 47.9%’23Great Britain, 2024–25: 48.7%’24Isle of Mull, 2025–26: 73.8%74Great Britain, 2025–26: 50.0%’25Pass rate, %
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Car test pass rate at Isle of Mull by financial year
YearIsle of MullGreat Britain
2019–20–45.9%
2020–21–49.8%
2021–22–48.9%
2022–2373.5%48.4%
2023–24–47.9%
2024–25–48.7%
2025–2673.8%50.0%

Years run April to March; ’20 is 2020–21.

Tests cancelled by DVSA

In 2025–26 DVSA cancelled 10 tests at Isle of Mull, about 238.1 for every 1,000 tests taken (Great Britain: 50.7). The biggest reason was weather and other acts of nature (10). These are cancellations by DVSA, not by learners; DVSA should rebook you and may owe you expenses.

  • Weather and other acts of nature10

The nearest theory test centre

The closest theory test centre DVSA publishes figures for is Oban (The Oak Room, The Rockfield Centre, Rockfield Brae, PA34 5DQ), 20 mi away. In 2025–26, 49.5% of its 628 car theory tests were passes, 4.7 points above the Great Britain rate (44.8%). You can sit the theory test at any centre.

Nearby centres

No nearby centre had a pass rate more than 2 points higher. You can book a new test at any centre in Great Britain, but once it's booked a car test can only be moved to the three centres DVSA names for that centre. Distances here are straight-line.

Centres near Isle of Mull, with median wait in September 2026 and 2025–26 pass rate
Centre24 months
Oban19 mi18 weeks66.1%
Mallaig34 mi22 weeks64.2%
Fort William38 mi15 weeks65.5%
Lochgilphead39 mi23.1 weeks56.4%
Inveraray39 mi23.3 weeks69.4%
  • This centre
  • Shorter wait
  • Other nearby
Oban: 18 weeksMallaig: 22 weeksFort William: 15 weeksLochgilphead: 23.1 weeksInveraray: 23.3 weeksIsle of MullIsle of Mull

Reading these figures

  • The waiting time is a median for tests taken that month: half of candidates booked closer to their test date, half further ahead. It is not the earliest date you could book today, which can be sooner when tests are cancelled or extra ones are added.
  • DVSA marks figures from April 2025 onwards as provisional; they can be revised at the quarterly update.
  • DVSA left out the median wait for 11 of the last 24 months at this centre (gaps in the chart), usually because too few tests were taken or the centre was closed.
  • With 42 tests in a year, a handful of results moves the pass rate by several points. Treat small differences with caution.
  • Pass rates are published once a year; the latest cover April 2025 to March 2026. Waiting times are monthly, to September 2026.
  • The figures cover DVSA car tests only, not tests run by delegated examiners (such as some fleet and emergency service tests).

To book or move a test, use the official services: book your driving test or change your driving test on GOV.UK. DVSA explains when new tests are released. We have no link with DVSA and no access to its booking system.

Sources

DVSA, Driving test and theory test data: cars: tables DRT122F (waiting times), DRT121G (regional and national), DRT122A to DRT122E (pass rates), DRT122B (cancellations) and DRT112A (theory tests). Address and coordinates from GOV.UK's Find a driving test centre. Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 3 November 2026.