Northampton driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

What the practice routes cover

• Town and residential roads38%
• A roads36%
• Dual carriageways15%
• Country lanes10%
• Other roads1%

On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 15 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

• Gladstone Road · Roundabout9 of 13 routes
• A428 St Peters Way / A5123 Towcester Road · Large roundabout7 of 13 routes
• A5076 Upton Way · Large roundabout3 of 13 routes
• Tollgate Way · Roundabout3 of 13 routes
• A5076 Danes Camp Way · Large roundabout2 of 13 routes
• A508 Horse Shoe Street / A5123 Towcester Road · Large roundabout2 of 13 routes
• A5095 Kingsthorpe Grove / A5095 Kingsley Road · Mini-roundabout2 of 13 routes
• A5123 Towcester Road · Roundabout2 of 13 routes

Roads the routes use most

• Gladstone Road11 of 13 routes
• Mill Lane11 of 13 routes
• A5080 Saint Andrew's Road8 of 13 routes
• A428 St Peters Way4 of 13 routes
• A508 Harborough Road4 of 13 routes
• A5199 Welford Road4 of 13 routes
• A428 Harlestone Road3 of 13 routes
• A4500 Spencer Bridge Road3 of 13 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 13,539 car tests were taken at Northampton and 7,050 passed: a pass rate of 52.1%.

Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.