Location Overview – Swindon is a vibrant town in Wiltshire and is the largest town in the county. Located in Southwest England, Swindon was a small market town until the mid-19th century, when it was designated as the primary site for the Great Western Railway, leading to a marked increase in its population. Situated at the junction of two Roman roads, Swindon has developed into a transport hub over the centuries, being central to Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, and the Cotswolds, and ideally situated to reach Bristol and Reading. The M4 runs past Swindon at junctions 15 and 16 and will link London and Wales, and is an ideal area to live in with easy access to the south of England. According to a Times survey, Swindon boasts many fantastic retail outlets and has developed the Regent Circus entertainment area, naming it one of the best localities in which to buy a property.

Our Range of Courses:

Our tailored driving courses include a variety of formats, including:

* Company driver training – for van and car drivers in your fleet
* Young drivers – Confidence-building sessions for younger or newly qualified drivers
* Pre-court driving courses – speeding and other pending convictions. 
* High-powered vehicle training
* Confidence driving courses
* Motorhome confidence courses  – Focused training to build confidence driving larger leisure vehicles
* Advanced and defensive courses – bespoke to your needs
* Motorway confidence training – Helping drivers feel safer and more in control on motorways
* UK Familiarisation – for drivers new to the UK

We provide full UK coverage and come directly to you. All training is delivered in your own vehicle and is fully tailored to your individual needs, whether you’re a business or a private customer.

During our advanced/defensive training, we try and cover a wide range of things, including:

* Creating increased powers of anticipation and planning
* Manoeuvres
* Educating drivers about the rules of the road
* How to anticipate the actions of other motorists
* Risks linked to urban driving and being aware of at-risk road users
* A better understanding of the reasons for road rage
* Being aware of speed limits and controlling your speed
* Improving a driver’s overall attitude to driving on UK roads
* Safer driving on motorways, rural roads and in the town
* Driving in dangerous weather
* Learning the difference between different skids
* Learning to drive in a more economical way

After training, you will be sent a full driving report so that you can see the standard of driving at the start and end of the training and see improvements made and in what areas.

Each client’s unique driving report will provide some beneficial and insightful information. Each report is fully documented and has a unique verification number so that you can check back for an original copy with us. This is sometimes useful if an employer has asked an employee to take driver training.

Key learning points of our driver training:

* Become a safer, more skilful driver
* Address any issues which could be impacting you as a driver
* Demonstrate your intention to become a safer, improved driver
* Finally, deal with and address issues which may have been holding you back

Training is a little different for commercial clients – the end client, the person receiving the training, is often not the person who decides to do the training.

While we help the driver to improve, from a commercial perspective, your business will benefit from the following:

* Demonstrating your businesses Duty of Care
* Potentially lower your fleet insurance costs
* Providing the opportunity for an employee to develop
* Showing you care
* Lower fuel costs

Swindon contains a large roundabout called Magic Roundabout, which is five mini-roundabouts in one, and it is the junction of five roads. This has been a controversial roundabout since it was built, and many drivers still need to be confident in using it. At Drivers Domain UK, we have trained many drivers, both individual clients and fleet company or delivery drivers, in and around Swindon, especially helping with the Magic Roundabout! The nearby towns of Blunsdon, Lydiard Millicent, Broad Hinton, Chiseldon and Hook are just a few areas where we have carried out driver training. Our courses are tailored to your needs and are door-to-door; the tutor comes to you, and you will use your own car or van.

Half or Full Day?

The half-day is ideal for those with many drivers to train and want to take advantage of the time and cost savings associated with such. The full day is perfect for drivers who wish to experience an intensive advanced driving course and want to iron out any bad habits.

We tend to find many clients opt for the full-day session – and book one driver for the morning session and one in the afternoon – there is no additional charge for this, and it works well.

When we train drivers, we look at building the course around their specific needs. We initially let them drive for a short period. Then after a friendly debrief, we introduce several advanced driving techniques such as forward planning, car control, advanced observation, and much more.

The central part of the course is designed to improve the driver – and we find the best approach here is to work on their specific driving style and requirements and adjust the training to fit their needs.

Talk to us:

Our trained team are here to help you. Don’t hesitate to contact us with your requirements, and we will be able to help. For online enquiries, we aim to get back to you within 2 hours during workdays. We offer a non-judgmental approach for those who wish to open up and discuss specific issues. For some, this could be the first step in reaching out on their journey to confident driving.

High Risk Roads in Swindon:

Marlborough Road – is identified frequently in Wiltshire Police reports as one of the most common sites for serious accidents.
Drove Road & Cirencester Way Roundabout – Also highlighted in the same police dataset as a recurring location for significant collisions.
Bath Road – Devizes Road (Old Town) – A persistent accident cluster in Swindon’s Old Town area.
Cricklade Road (Penhill) – Frequently appears in collision cluster mappings.
A419 (Northern Swindon) – Trunk road stretches north of town show increased accident rates.
Magic Roundabout (County Road / Drove Road, Fleming Way junction) – A complex multi-mini‑roundabout junction with numerous minor accidents and several serious collisions noted.
A420 (to Oxford) – Known locally as the “Road to Hell,” this rural route has a poor accident record and is considered one of the most dangerous A-roads in the South East.