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

What the practice routes cover

• Town and residential roads50%
• Country lanes23%
• B roads15%
• Dual carriageways7%
• A roads5%
• Other roads1%

On a typical route you'll go through 11 roundabouts and 5 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

• Stratford Road · Large roundabout12 of 12 routes
• School Road · Large roundabout7 of 12 routes
• Shakespeare Drive · Roundabout5 of 12 routes
• B4102 Blackford Road / B4102 Tanworth Lane · Large roundabout4 of 12 routes
• B4102 Blackford Road / Tanworth Lane · Large roundabout4 of 12 routes
• B4102 Tanworth Lane · Roundabout4 of 12 routes
• Widney Island · Large roundabout4 of 12 routes
• A34 / Cranmore Boulevard · Large roundabout3 of 12 routes

Roads the routes use most

• A34 Stratford Road11 of 12 routes
• B4025 Streetsbrook Road5 of 12 routes
• Haslucks Green Road5 of 12 routes
• B4102 Tanworth Lane4 of 12 routes
• Monkspath Hall Road3 of 12 routes
• Solihull Road3 of 12 routes
• Widney Lane3 of 12 routes
• Widney Manor Road3 of 12 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 9,385 car tests were taken at Birmingham (Shirley) and 5,309 passed: a pass rate of 56.6%.

Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.