Bristol (Avonmouth) driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Unit M6, Cabot Park, Merebank Road, BS11 8AQ
Bristol (Avonmouth) had a car driving test pass rate of 55.5% from April 2025 to March 2026 (9,400 tests), 5.4 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 14.8 km, mostly on town and residential roads (34%) and country lanes (20%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads34%
- Country lanes20%
- B roads19%
- A roads18%
- Dual carriageways7%
- Other roads3%
On a typical route you'll go through 4 roundabouts and 9 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- McLaren Road / A403 Saint Andrews Road · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A403 Saint Andrews Road3 of 3 routes
- A4 Portway2 of 3 routes
- B4054 Shirehampton Road2 of 3 routes
- B4057 Kings Weston Road2 of 3 routes
- Kings Weston Lane2 of 3 routes
- Merebank Road2 of 3 routes
- Portview Road2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 9,400 car tests were taken at Bristol (Avonmouth) and 5,214 passed: a pass rate of 55.5%.
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 3 Bristol (Avonmouth) 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 31 October 2026.