Dorchester driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
66 Peverell Avenue West, DT1 3SU
Dorchester had a car driving test pass rate of 69% from April 2025 to March 2026 (4,353 tests), 18.9 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 4 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 19.7 km, mostly on country lanes (45%) and B roads (26%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes45%
- B roads26%
- A roads16%
- Town and residential roads12%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 6 roundabouts and 7 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Monkey's Jump Roundabout · Large roundabout4 of 4 routes
- Bridport Road · Roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Peverell Avenue East · Roundabout3 of 4 routes
- B3150 Bridport Road / Peverell Avenue West · Roundabout2 of 4 routes
- Peverell Avenue West / B3150 Bridport Road · Roundabout2 of 4 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A353 of 4 routes
- B3144 Damers Road3 of 4 routes
- Tilly Whim Lane3 of 4 routes
- A352 North Street2 of 4 routes
- A372 of 4 routes
- B3150 Bridport Road2 of 4 routes
- Herrison Road2 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 4,353 car tests were taken at Dorchester and 3,002 passed: a pass rate of 69%.
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 Dorchester 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 1 November 2026.