Bury St Edmunds driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Tritron House, St Andrews Street North, IP33 1TJ
Bury St Edmunds had a car driving test pass rate of 46.2% from April 2025 to March 2026 (8,702 tests), 3.9 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 14 km and takes around 24 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (38%) and A roads (26%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads38%
- A roads26%
- Country lanes25%
- Dual carriageways4%
- B roads4%
- Other roads2%
On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 4 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- A143 Parkway North / A1302 Risbygate Street · Roundabout4 of 9 routes
- A1302 Risbygate Street / A143 Parkway North · Roundabout3 of 9 routes
- A143 Tayfen Road · Mini-roundabout3 of 9 routes
- A143 Tayfen Road / Station Hill · Mini-roundabout3 of 9 routes
- A1302 Cullum Road / Wilks Road · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
- A134 / Edmundsgate Road · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
- A143 / Northgate Street · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
- A143 Compiegne Way · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A1101 Fornham Road4 of 9 routes
- Hardwick Lane4 of 9 routes
- Westley Road4 of 9 routes
- A1433 of 9 routes
- A143 Tayfen Road3 of 9 routes
- Mount Road3 of 9 routes
- Northgate Street3 of 9 routes
- West Road3 of 9 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 8,702 car tests were taken at Bury St Edmunds and 4,019 passed: a pass rate of 46.2%.
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 Bury St Edmunds 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 11 October 2026.