Sunderland – Various Roads

The location of driving test centres is carefully chosen by the DVSA so that driving examiners have access to a wide range of road systems. Sunderland practical test centre is no exception. It is located on the edge of Sunderland itself. Therefore, the driving examiners will have access to both town driving and rural country roads which will usually be leading to villages within easy reach to Sunderland. Frequently high-speed dual carriageways such as the A19 are taken as part of the driving test.

Sunderland – Town Driving

In town driving of Sunderland itself will involve many road systems. It will include mini roundabouts ranging from small mini-roundabouts to large multilane busy roundabouts. Also, the drive will include crossroads and junctions both open and closed. The residential roads of Sunderland may be used to assess your ability at reversing. The driving examiner will request you to carry out one out of possible four manoeuvers. On the residential roads, the examiner can only request one of two manoeuvers. The first is a parallel Park exercise and the second is a stopping on the right side of the road exercise. The other two manoeuvers, if requested, be carried out at the driving test centre car park or at a supermarket car park. It is irrelevant which manoeuvre is asked. What is relevant is that you make all-around observations prior to and during the exercise. Most candidates who fail on the reversing, actually fail on the observation itself.

Sunderland – Independent Driving

A large amount of the driving test will be spent on the independent driving section. During this portion of the test, the examiner will place a satnav on the dashboard of your vehicle. The satnav will preprogram satnav and you will simply be asked to follow directions. You will not have to make any adjustments to the satnav whatever so. Furthermore, you are not permitted to use your own sat nav. Not all driving test candidates will be asked to follow directions from satnav. Instead, they may be required to follow set road signs. Whichever method that the examiner chooses, it is important to remember that you may ask for confirmation. The driving examiners will help you. Furthermore, you will not be marked down for this, provided knew can drive safely.

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Address of Sunderland Practical Driving Test Centre 

Sunderland DTC,
River Bank Road
North Hylton Road Industrial Estate
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR5 3JJ.

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Ramp access to Sunderland Driving Test Centre is available for wheelchair users. Male, female and disabled toilets are also available. Furthermore, car parking facilities are available. This Test Centre Provides Testing service For Car and ADI.

Car driving test centres closest to Sunderland DTC:

South Shields Practical Test Centre – Distance: 3.97 miles
Elswick Practical Test Centre – Distance: 8.99 miles
Gateshead Practical Test Centre – Distance: 9.35 miles
Gosforth Practical Test Centre – Distance: 10.95 miles
Durham Practical Test Centre – Distance: 14.05 miles

Pass Rate at Sunderland Driving Test Centre

With over 600 driving tests being conducted here monthly, Sunderland driving test centre is quite a busy centre. Its pass rate is averaged to be at 45.3%, which is roughly in line with a majority of other driving test centres in the country. Over a 6 month period where data was collected, 3736 driving tests were attempted by candidates during the months of April to September. However, only 1705 people passed.

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