Newton Abbot driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

Vander House, TQ12 4YQ

Newton Abbot had a car driving test pass rate of 53.8% from April 2025 to March 2026 (6,591 tests), 3.7 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 12.5 km and takes around 28 minutes, mostly on country lanes (44%) and town and residential roads (40%).

What the practice routes cover

  • Country lanes44%
  • Town and residential roads40%
  • A roads9%
  • Dual carriageways4%
  • B roads3%

On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 6 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

  • Kingskerswell Road · Mini-roundabout2 of 3 routes
  • Ogwell Cross · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
  • Penn Inn Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes

Roads the routes use most

  • Kingskerswell Road2 of 3 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 6,591 car tests were taken at Newton Abbot and 3,547 passed: a pass rate of 53.8%.

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 Newton Abbot routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.

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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.