Barry driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Unit 16, Business Support Centre, Hood Road, Innovation Quarter, CF62 5QN
Barry had a car driving test pass rate of 57% from April 2025 to March 2026 (2,244 tests), 6.9 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 13 km, mostly on A roads (44%) and town and residential roads (29%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads44%
- Town and residential roads29%
- Country lanes13%
- Dual carriageways8%
- B roads5%
On a typical route you'll go through 9 roundabouts and 5 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Ffordd y Mileniwm · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Waycock Cross · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A4050 Port Road East3 of 3 routes
- Hood Road3 of 3 routes
- A4055 Cardiff Road2 of 3 routes
- A4226 Port Road West2 of 3 routes
- A4231 Barry Docks Link Road2 of 3 routes
- B4266 Pontypridd Road2 of 3 routes
- Ffordd y Mileniwm2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 2,244 car tests were taken at Barry and 1,280 passed: a pass rate of 57%.
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 Barry 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 1 November 2026.