St Helens driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

What the practice routes cover

• Town and residential roads41%
• Dual carriageways22%
• A roads17%
• B roads16%
• Country lanes3%
• Other roads1%

On a typical route you'll go through 6 roundabouts and 12 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

• Peasley Cross · Large roundabout7 of 12 routes
• The Landings · Roundabout6 of 12 routes
• A58 Westfield Street / A571 King Street · Large roundabout4 of 12 routes
• Cannington · Large roundabout4 of 12 routes
• Sherdley · Large roundabout4 of 12 routes
• A570 James Roby Way · Roundabout3 of 12 routes
• A571 Haresfinch View / A571 Green Leach Lane · Roundabout2 of 12 routes
• A571 King Street / A58 Westfield Street · Large roundabout2 of 12 routes

Roads the routes use most

• Standish Street7 of 12 routes
• A570 James Roby Way5 of 12 routes
• Knowsley Road5 of 12 routes
• A580 East Lancashire Road4 of 12 routes
• Peasley Cross Lane4 of 12 routes
• A58 Prescot Road3 of 12 routes
• B5201 Bleak Hill Road3 of 12 routes
• Islands Brow3 of 12 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 14,174 car tests were taken at St Helens and 5,803 passed: a pass rate of 40.9%.

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