Darlington driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
DVSA, High Point Business Park, DL1 4PW
Darlington had a car driving test pass rate of 47.1% from April 2025 to March 2026 (12,183 tests), 3 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 4 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 20.2 km, mostly on A roads (40%) and country lanes (20%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads40%
- Country lanes20%
- B roads19%
- Town and residential roads13%
- Dual carriageways5%
- Other roads3%
On a typical route you'll go through 10 roundabouts and 11 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- B6280 Yarm Road · Large roundabout4 of 4 routes
- Blands Corner · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Yarm Road · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- B6280 Yarm Road / A66 · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
- Feethams Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
- Grange Road Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B6280 Yarm Road4 of 4 routes
- A663 of 4 routes
- A1150 Whinfield Road2 of 4 routes
- A1672 of 4 routes
- A167 Croft Road2 of 4 routes
- A67 Carmel Road South2 of 4 routes
- B6280 Coniscliffe Road2 of 4 routes
- Hurworth Road2 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 12,183 car tests were taken at Darlington and 5,740 passed: a pass rate of 47.1%.
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 4 Darlington 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 2 November 2026.