Sunderland driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
River Bank Road, North Hylton Road Industrial Estate, SR5 3JJ
Sunderland had a car driving test pass rate of 51.1% from April 2025 to March 2026 (10,436 tests), 1 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 5 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 11 km and takes around 19 minutes, mostly on A roads (30%) and country lanes (19%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads30%
- Country lanes19%
- Dual carriageways17%
- Town and residential roads16%
- B roads16%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 12 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- B1405 / B1405 European Way · Roundabout2 of 5 routes
- The Broadway · Roundabout2 of 5 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A12312 of 5 routes
- A1231 Cowies Way2 of 5 routes
- A1231 Northern Spire2 of 5 routes
- B1405 Front Road2 of 5 routes
- B1405 Holborn Road2 of 5 routes
- B1405 Paul Watson Way2 of 5 routes
- Hylton Lane2 of 5 routes
- Washington Road2 of 5 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 10,436 car tests were taken at Sunderland and 5,338 passed: a pass rate of 51.1%.
Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Practise these routes
Open the 5 Sunderland 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 24 August 2026.