Duns driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Scottish Borders Council, 8 Newton Street, TD11 3AU
Duns had a car driving test pass rate of 70.2% from April 2025 to March 2026 (171 tests), 20.1 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 14 km and takes around 18 minutes, mostly on country lanes (50%) and A roads (33%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes50%
- A roads33%
- B roads16%
- Town and residential roads2%
On a typical route you'll go through 1 roundabouts and 0 sets of traffic lights.
Roads the routes use most
- A61053 of 3 routes
- A6105 Newtown Street3 of 3 routes
- A61123 of 3 routes
- A6105 Bridgend2 of 3 routes
- A6105 Currie Street2 of 3 routes
- A6105 New Road2 of 3 routes
- A6112 Preston Road2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 171 car tests were taken at Duns and 120 passed: a pass rate of 70.2%.
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 3 Duns 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 11 October 2026.