Dudley driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Newton House, The Pensnett Estate, DY6 7YE
Dudley had a car driving test pass rate of 45.2% from April 2025 to March 2026 (13,721 tests), 4.9 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 16 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 15.2 km and takes around 30 minutes, mostly on A roads (31%) and town and residential roads (25%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads31%
- Town and residential roads25%
- Country lanes23%
- B roads15%
- Dual carriageways6%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 11 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Russels Hall Island · Large roundabout4 of 16 routes
- Flood Street Island · Large roundabout3 of 16 routes
- A449 / A463 Wodehouse Lane · Large roundabout2 of 16 routes
- A449 Wolverhampton Road / A491 Wolverhampton Road · Large roundabout2 of 16 routes
- A491 Wolverhampton Road / A449 Wolverhampton Road · Large roundabout2 of 16 routes
- Castle Gate Island · Large roundabout2 of 16 routes
- Dudley Road · Large roundabout2 of 16 routes
- Stallings Lane / B4175 Stallings Lane · Roundabout2 of 16 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A4101 Dudley Road10 of 16 routes
- A4101 High Street7 of 16 routes
- A449 Wolverhampton Road4 of 16 routes
- Himley Lane4 of 16 routes
- Standhills Road4 of 16 routes
- A463 Gospel End Road3 of 16 routes
- A463 Wodehouse Lane3 of 16 routes
- B4176 Himley Road3 of 16 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 13,721 car tests were taken at Dudley and 6,200 passed: a pass rate of 45.2%.
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 16 Dudley 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 26 October 2026.