Colchester driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Grange Way, CO2 8HF
Colchester had a car driving test pass rate of 50.6% from April 2025 to March 2026 (7,756 tests), about the same as the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 11 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 12.6 km and takes around 27 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (52%) and country lanes (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads52%
- Country lanes24%
- B roads14%
- A roads10%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 9 roundabouts and 4 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- St Botolph's Circus · Large roundabout4 of 11 routes
- Roberts Road · Mini-roundabout3 of 11 routes
- St Andrew's Avenue · Large roundabout3 of 11 routes
- A134 Eastern Approach / A134 Elmstead Road · Large roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Berechurch Hall Road · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Southway · Large roundabout2 of 11 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B1025 Mersea Road6 of 11 routes
- Fingringhoe Road5 of 11 routes
- Old Heath Road5 of 11 routes
- A137 Harwich Road3 of 11 routes
- Abberton Road3 of 11 routes
- B1026 Layer Road3 of 11 routes
- Berechurch Hall Road3 of 11 routes
- Brook Street3 of 11 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 7,756 car tests were taken at Colchester and 3,925 passed: a pass rate of 50.6%.
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 11 Colchester 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 20 October 2026.