Aberdeen South (Cove) driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Moss Road, Gateway Business Park, AB12 3GQ
Aberdeen South (Cove) had a car driving test pass rate of 52.4% from April 2025 to March 2026 (4,858 tests), 2.3 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 12.3 km and takes around 19 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (35%) and country lanes (29%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads35%
- Country lanes29%
- Dual carriageways17%
- B roads15%
- A roads3%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 10 roundabouts and 4 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Gateway Drive / Wellington Road · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Moss Road · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Moss Road / Gateway Drive · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Wellington Road2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 4,858 car tests were taken at Aberdeen South (Cove) and 2,546 passed: a pass rate of 52.4%.
Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Practise these routes
Open the 3 Aberdeen South (Cove) routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.
These are practice routes built by Drive Round App around the test centre, not official test routes: DVSA doesn't publish its routes, and examiners can use any road in the area. Practise a mix of roads and junctions, not one route. Routes last updated 30 May 2026.