Whitby driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Unit F11, St Hilda's Business Centre, YO22 4ET
Whitby had a car driving test pass rate of 56.7% from April 2025 to March 2026 (557 tests), 6.6 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 7.9 km, mostly on country lanes (51%) and A roads (32%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes51%
- A roads32%
- Town and residential roads8%
- B roads8%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 0 roundabouts and 2 sets of traffic lights.
Roads the routes use most
- A171 Stainsacre Lane3 of 3 routes
- A1712 of 3 routes
- A171 Helredale Road2 of 3 routes
- A171 Robin Hood's Bay Road2 of 3 routes
- Green Lane2 of 3 routes
- Hawsker Lane2 of 3 routes
- Spital Bridge2 of 3 routes
- The Ropery2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 557 car tests were taken at Whitby and 316 passed: a pass rate of 56.7%.
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 3 Whitby 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 31 October 2026.