Birmingham (Kingstanding) driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

205 Birdbrook Road, Kingstanding, B44 9UL

Birmingham (Kingstanding) had a car driving test pass rate of 48.5% from April 2025 to March 2026 (16,133 tests), 1.6 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 9 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 10.9 km and takes around 23 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (63%) and dual carriageways (18%).

What the practice routes cover

Town and residential roads63%
Dual carriageways18%
B roads11%
A roads5%
Other roads1%
Country lanes1%

On a typical route you'll go through 4 roundabouts and 5 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

Birdbrook Road / Dyas Road · Roundabout6 of 9 routes
Dyas Road · Roundabout3 of 9 routes
A4041 Queslett Road / Aldridge Road · Large roundabout2 of 9 routes
B4154 Beacon Road / Aldridge Road · Large roundabout2 of 9 routes
Rough Road / B4138 Kingstanding Road · Large roundabout2 of 9 routes

Roads the routes use most

Dyas Road8 of 9 routes
A453 College Road4 of 9 routes
Aldridge Road4 of 9 routes
Birdbrook Road3 of 9 routes
A34 Walsall Road2 of 9 routes
A4041 Queslett Road2 of 9 routes
A452 Chester Road North2 of 9 routes
B4138 Kingstanding Road2 of 9 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 16,133 car tests were taken at Birmingham (Kingstanding) and 7,829 passed: a pass rate of 48.5%.

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 9 Birmingham (Kingstanding) 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 27 October 2026.