Reading driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Suite A, 1st Floor, Pacific House, Imperial Way, Reading, RG2 0TD
Reading had a car driving test pass rate of 55.4% from April 2025 to March 2026 (9,237 tests), 5.3 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 13.2 km, mostly on town and residential roads (62%) and B roads (28%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads62%
- B roads28%
- A roads7%
- Dual carriageways2%
- Country lanes1%
On a typical route you'll go through 11 roundabouts and 14 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Black Boy Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 3 routes
- Worton Drive / Imperial Way · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- Beeston Way · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Imperial Way / Whitley Wood Lane · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Rose Kiln Lane · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Whitley Wood Lane · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B3031 Basingstoke Road3 of 3 routes
- B3270 Whitley Wood Lane3 of 3 routes
- Imperial Way3 of 3 routes
- Whitley Wood Lane3 of 3 routes
- B3270 Lower Earley Way (West)2 of 3 routes
- Rushey Way2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 9,237 car tests were taken at Reading and 5,118 passed: a pass rate of 55.4%.
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 Reading 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 1 November 2026.