Peterborough driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

What the practice routes cover

• Town and residential roads41%
• Country lanes27%
• A roads16%
• B roads11%
• Dual carriageways3%
• Other roads2%

On a typical route you'll go through 12 roundabouts and 10 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

• Boongate Roundabout · Large roundabout4 of 10 routes
• Boongate / Fengate · Large roundabout3 of 10 routes
• A47 · Roundabout2 of 10 routes
• Crawthorne Road / Boongate · Large roundabout2 of 10 routes
• Crescent Bridge Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 10 routes
• Eye Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 10 routes
• Padholme Road East · Roundabout2 of 10 routes
• Parnwell Way · Roundabout2 of 10 routes

Roads the routes use most

• Fengate10 of 10 routes
• Bishop's Road5 of 10 routes
• Boongate4 of 10 routes
• Storey's Bar Road4 of 10 routes
• Eastfield Road3 of 10 routes
• Park Road3 of 10 routes
• A472 of 10 routes
• A47 The Causeway2 of 10 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 10,551 car tests were taken at Peterborough and 5,569 passed: a pass rate of 52.8%.

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