Paisley driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
1 West Avenue, Linwood Industrial Estate, Paisley, PA1 2FB
Paisley had a car driving test pass rate of 48.6% from April 2025 to March 2026 (7,912 tests), 1.5 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 18.7 km, mostly on B roads (33%) and country lanes (30%).
What the practice routes cover
- B roads33%
- Country lanes30%
- A roads30%
- Dual carriageways3%
- Town and residential roads2%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 9 roundabouts and 11 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Bridge of Weir Road · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- Linclive Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 3 routes
- West Avenue / A761 Linwood Road · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- A726 · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- A761 Linwood Road · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Deafhillock Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
- St James' Interchange · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A726 Barnsford Road2 of 3 routes
- A726 Greenock Road2 of 3 routes
- A7612 of 3 routes
- A761 Linwood Road2 of 3 routes
- B789 Barochan Road2 of 3 routes
- B790 Houston Road2 of 3 routes
- Clippens Road2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 7,912 car tests were taken at Paisley and 3,847 passed: a pass rate of 48.6%.
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 Paisley 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 2 November 2026.