Choose a test centre to explore recorded fault categories. These counts can help structure a conversation about observation, control and planning alongside your own lesson feedback.
A single test can record several faults, including more than one type. Counts are not numbers of failed tests or your chance of committing a fault. The attachment does not supply matching test denominators for a fault-rate calculation.
We use explicitly labelled January and February 2026 rows in DVSA’s July 2026 response. Later and unlabelled repeated blocks are excluded. A centre may have only one of these months; missing observations are not zero.
Use the figures alongside feedback from a qualified instructor. A recorded category does not identify a test route, exact junction or guaranteed manoeuvre. Historical category names are retained, including legacy labels.
313 unambiguously matched statistical centres. The source contains 314 named centre records; unmatched names remain in the downloadable data.
Sorted by serious-fault count, then dangerous-fault count. The driving-fault column is a separate severity category.
| Published fault category | Serious | Dangerous | Driving faults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junctions - observation | 271 | 21 | 476 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 212 | 1 | 157 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 209 | 2 | 180 |
| Control - steering | 160 | 20 | 825 |
| Junctions - turning right | 160 | 0 | 276 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 136 | 12 | 258 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 107 | 7 | 620 |
| Move off - safely | 94 | 1 | 858 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 93 | 1 | 47 |
| Judgement - meeting | 90 | 5 | 316 |
| Reverse park - Control | 80 | 3 | 509 |
| Awareness/planning | 77 | 1 | 345 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 74 | 0 | 830 |
| Use of speed | 64 | 0 | 416 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 61 | 0 | 861 |
| Move off - control | 54 | 3 | 625 |
| Judgement - crossing | 50 | 10 | 68 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 38 | 0 | 152 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 31 | 3 | 164 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 31 | 0 | 30 |
| Position - normal stops | 31 | 0 | 357 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 27 | 0 | 74 |
| Following distance | 26 | 0 | 207 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 20 | 0 | 247 |
| Signals - correctly | 20 | 0 | 334 |
| Junctions - turning left | 15 | 0 | 66 |
| Reverse right - Control | 15 | 0 | 76 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 13 | 0 | 64 |
| Control - gears | 12 | 0 | 247 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 10 | 0 | 50 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 9 | 0 | 163 |
| Vehicle checks | 9 | 0 | 420 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 8 | 0 | 38 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 7 | 0 | 53 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 7 | 0 | 512 |
| Signals - timed | 7 | 0 | 191 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 0 | 185 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 6 | 0 | 200 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 0 | 34 |
| Signals - necessary | 5 | 0 | 98 |
| Eyesight | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reverse left - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reverse left - Observation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turn in road - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turn in road - Observations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DVSA FOI response 2606-112694 and Annex H, published 1 July 2026. Our download preserves the source categories, per-month counts, original-file checksum and exclusions. Crown copyright information is reused under the default Open Government Licence; no individual test or candidate records are included.