Durham driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
1st Floor Enna House, Whitfield Court Industrial Estate, St Johns Rd, DH7 8XL
Durham had a car driving test pass rate of 53.2% from April 2025 to March 2026 (9,451 tests), 3.1 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 14.2 km and takes around 20 minutes, mostly on country lanes (48%) and A roads (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes48%
- A roads24%
- Town and residential roads23%
- B roads4%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 0 roundabouts and 2 sets of traffic lights.
Roads the routes use most
- A690 High Street3 of 3 routes
- Sleetburn Lane3 of 3 routes
- St. John's Road3 of 3 routes
- A6902 of 3 routes
- A690 Durham Road2 of 3 routes
- B6300 Browney Lane2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 9,451 car tests were taken at Durham and 5,027 passed: a pass rate of 53.2%.
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 Durham 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.