Wakefield driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Mothers Way, Silkwood Park, Wakefield, WF5 9TR
Wakefield had a car driving test pass rate of 45.4% from April 2025 to March 2026 (11,653 tests), 4.7 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 4 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 8.3 km and takes around 13 minutes, mostly on dual carriageways (36%) and town and residential roads (31%).
What the practice routes cover
- Dual carriageways36%
- Town and residential roads31%
- Country lanes18%
- A roads9%
- B roads5%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 4 roundabouts and 10 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Albert Drive · Roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Flushdyke Interchange · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Albert Drive4 of 4 routes
- Flanshaw Lane4 of 4 routes
- A638 Wakefield Road3 of 4 routes
- Flanshaw Way3 of 4 routes
- Batley Road2 of 4 routes
- The Wilfred2 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 11,653 car tests were taken at Wakefield and 5,291 passed: a pass rate of 45.4%.
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 4 Wakefield 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 19 August 2026.