Chelmsford driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

What the practice routes cover

• Town and residential roads40%
• A roads23%
• B roads16%
• Country lanes16%
• Dual carriageways5%

On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 14 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

• Army & Navy Roundabout · Large roundabout6 of 12 routes
• Miami Roundabout · Large roundabout6 of 12 routes
• Market Roundabout · Large roundabout5 of 12 routes
• Writtle Road · Roundabout5 of 12 routes
• Lawn Lane Roundabout · Large roundabout4 of 12 routes
• Margaretting Road Roundabout · Roundabout4 of 12 routes
• New Street Roundabout · Roundabout4 of 12 routes
• Patching Hall Lane · Roundabout4 of 12 routes

Roads the routes use most

• A1016 Waterhouse Lane7 of 12 routes
• A1016 Chelmer Valley Road5 of 12 routes
• B1007 Wood Street4 of 12 routes
• Lawn Lane4 of 12 routes
• Writtle Road4 of 12 routes
• A1016 Rainsford Lane3 of 12 routes
• A1060 Rainsford Road3 of 12 routes
• A1099 Victoria Road3 of 12 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 9,107 car tests were taken at Chelmsford and 5,044 passed: a pass rate of 55.4%.

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