St Helens – Liverpool Centre

Located on the outskirts of Liverpool, St Helens the driving test centre will involve a combination of both urban town driving and rural country lanes. High-speed roads such as the A580 dual carriageway is also likely to appear in the driving test.

St Helens – Reversing

The test will start at the car park of St Helens Practical Test Centre. As part of the driving test will have to carry out one reversing manoeuvre. The driving examiner will have a choice out of four. Two of these manoeuvres will be the forward bay park and the reverse bay park. Either of these may be requested in the driving test centre car park. They are usually requested at the very beginning, if not at the very end of the driving test. The other two manoeuvers will have to be done on a public road.

In order for you to pass your driving test at St Helens, the driving examiner will expect you to demonstrate knowledge and the ability to safely deal with various road systems such as crossroads, roundabouts and various junctions. These junctions can be both closed junctions and open junctions.

St Helens – Independent Drive

A large amount of the driving test St Helens will involve independent driving. During this section of the test, by the examiner will place a satnav on the dashboard of your vehicle. It will be a preprogrammed satnav which you are required to follow. You are not permitted to use your own equipment even if you wanted to do so. However, 20% of all test candidates required to follow road signs rather than a satnav. Whichever method the driving examiner requests is not important. What is important is that you drive safely. If you’re not sure as to where you’re going, you may ask the examiner for confirmation. They will help you. You will not be marked down for this.

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Address of St Helens Practical Driving Test Centre 

St Helens DTC,
1 Navigation Road, off Pocket Nook Street
St Helens
Liverpool
Merseyside
WA9 1NS.

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There is a ramp access to St Helens Driving Test Centre. Male, female and disabled toilets are also available. Furthermore, car parking facilities are available. Test Centre Provides Tests For Car, ADI, Taxi and Motorcycle.

Car driving test centres closest to St Helens DTC;

Warrington Practical Test Centre – Distance: 6.74 miles
Liverpool Widnes Practical Test Centre – Distance: 6.79 miles
Liverpool Norris Green Practical Test Centre – Distance: 8.64 miles
Liverpool Garston Practical Test Centre – Distance: 10.01 miles
Garston Speke Practical Test Centre  – Distance: 10.06 miles

Pass Rate at St Helens Driving Test Centre

St Helens driving test centre has a pass rate which is slightly higher than the average, it’s pass rate averages to be at 49%. This is calculated from half a year’s worth of statistics showing the number of attempted driving tests compared to the number of passes. The data shows that 2714 driving tests were conducted by the test centre, out of which 1337 of candidates passed.

Thinking of taking an Intensive Driving Course soon?

If you cannot afford to wait months to pass your driving test, then our last-minute intensive driving courses are just perfect for you. If you are up to test standard, we will book your driving test before starting the intensive course. These courses are also known as fast track driving courses, driving crash courses, and pass in one-week courses.

DTC Intensive Driving Courses only use driving instructors who are fully qualified with a grade A or B with the DVSA (UK Governments Driver and Vehicle Standard Agency). You’re driving instructor would have had Police clearance and is regularly tested to ensure a high standard of teaching. Your instructor will also abide by the DVSA code of conduct. For your added safety, the driving school cars that they use, are fully dual controlled.