Blackburn With Darwen driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Blackburn Interchange, Commercial Road, Off Junction 4 M65, BB3 0DB
Blackburn With Darwen had a car driving test pass rate of 46.6% from April 2025 to March 2026 (12,205 tests), 3.5 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 13.8 km and takes around 32 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (39%) and country lanes (26%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads39%
- Country lanes26%
- B roads17%
- A roads11%
- Dual carriageways5%
- Other roads3%
On a typical route you'll go through 9 roundabouts and 7 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Commercial Road · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- Commercial Road / Mary Leaver Way · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- Earcroft Interchange · Large roundabout3 of 3 routes
- B6231 Issa Way · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Greenbank Terrace / Paul Rink Way · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Commercial Road3 of 3 routes
- Paul Rink Way3 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 12,205 car tests were taken at Blackburn With Darwen and 5,688 passed: a pass rate of 46.6%.
Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Practise these routes
Open the 3 Blackburn With Darwen 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.