Edinburgh (Musselburgh) driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Newhailes Industrial Estate, Newhailes Road, Olivebank, Musselburgh, City Of, EH21 6SJ
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) had a car driving test pass rate of 49.4% from April 2025 to March 2026 (6,850 tests), about the same as 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 26 minutes, mostly on A roads (49%) and B roads (29%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads49%
- B roads29%
- Town and residential roads10%
- Country lanes8%
- Dual carriageways3%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 6 roundabouts and 9 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- B6415 · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- Newhailes Road · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- Duddingston Park South · Mini-roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Millerhill Road · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B64153 of 3 routes
- B6415 Old Craighall Road3 of 3 routes
- A199 Edinburgh Road2 of 3 routes
- A6106 Duddingston Park South2 of 3 routes
- A6106 Millerhill Road2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 6,850 car tests were taken at Edinburgh (Musselburgh) and 3,387 passed: a pass rate of 49.4%.
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 Edinburgh (Musselburgh) 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 29 October 2026.