Watford driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

What the practice routes cover

• Town and residential roads32%
• A roads24%
• Dual carriageways17%
• B roads15%
• Country lanes9%
• Motorway2%
• Other roads1%

On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 13 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

• Hartspring Roundabout · Large roundabout14 of 15 routes
• Berrygrove Interchange · Large roundabout8 of 15 routes
• The Dome · Large roundabout6 of 15 routes
• B462 Aldenham Road · Roundabout4 of 15 routes
• Aldenham Road / B462 Aldenham Road · Roundabout3 of 15 routes
• A41 North Western Avenue / A411 Elstree Road · Large roundabout2 of 15 routes
• A4125 Eastbury Road / A411 Chalk Hill · Roundabout2 of 15 routes
• Aldenham Road / Bushey Hall Road · Roundabout2 of 15 routes

Roads the routes use most

• A41 Otterspool Way9 of 15 routes
• Otterspool Way7 of 15 routes
• A41 Colne Way5 of 15 routes
• A412 St Albans Road5 of 15 routes
• B462 Hartspring Lane5 of 15 routes
• Berrygrove Lane5 of 15 routes
• Bushey Mill Lane5 of 15 routes
• B462 Aldenham Road4 of 15 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 12,939 car tests were taken at Watford and 5,983 passed: a pass rate of 46.2%.

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