More than half of Helensburgh and Lomond residents taking their driving test last year failed, according to official stats.

Figures from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency [DVSA] have shown that overall, just over half the people taking their test at the Dumbarton centre failed, with a pass rate of 46.1 per cent recorded.

In total 1,344 tests were conducted at the Dumbarton centre but only 619 people passed.

Women and men had similar pass rates, with men narrowly having a higher average of 48.2 per cent while women averaged a 44.1 per cent success rate.

There also weren’t any major differences between the number of tests women and men sat last year.

A total of 689 women sat the test, achieving 304 passes, while men sat 654 tests, passing 315 of them.

Between 2021 and 2022, the number of passes recorded at the Dumbarton centre did not change as 46.1 per cent of people managed to achieve their driver’s licence in 2021.

However, the number of tests conducted has decreased with 2,035 recorded in 2021 – 938 of which were passes - compared to 2022’s number of 1,344.

Men and women’s pass rates were similar in 2021 and 2022 with the male success rate staying the same at 48.2 per cent and the female pass rate slightly increasing from 43.9 per cent to 44.1 per cent.