Swindon driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
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Swindon had a car driving test pass rate of 51.1% from April 2025 to March 2026 (12,857 tests), 1 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 6 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 10.1 km and takes around 20 minutes, mostly on B roads (55%) and town and residential roads (26%).
What the practice routes cover
- B roads55%
- Town and residential roads26%
- Country lanes9%
- Dual carriageways8%
- Other roads2%
On a typical route you'll go through 12 roundabouts and 6 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Pepperbox · Large roundabout5 of 6 routes
- Sparcells · Large roundabout5 of 6 routes
- Wild Duck Mead · Roundabout5 of 6 routes
- Woodhall Park · Large roundabout3 of 6 routes
- Akers · Roundabout2 of 6 routes
- Akers Way · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- B4553 Peatmoor Way · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- B4553 Peatmoor Way / B4553 Roughmoor Way · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B4534 Mead Way5 of 6 routes
- B4534 Purton Road4 of 6 routes
- A4198 Thamesdown Drive2 of 6 routes
- B4534 Westfield Way2 of 6 routes
- B4553 Cowleaze2 of 6 routes
- B4553 Peatmoor Way2 of 6 routes
- B4553 Roughmoor Way2 of 6 routes
- B4587 Akers Way2 of 6 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 12,857 car tests were taken at Swindon and 6,567 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 6 Swindon 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.