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 | 137 | 4 | 325 |
| Control - steering | 124 | 7 | 826 |
| Judgement - meeting | 108 | 7 | 407 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 98 | 0 | 612 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 96 | 4 | 626 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 93 | 0 | 58 |
| Move off - safely | 73 | 1 | 635 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 69 | 0 | 115 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 69 | 0 | 103 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 62 | 0 | 111 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 56 | 2 | 315 |
| Reverse park - Control | 56 | 1 | 406 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 52 | 0 | 265 |
| Awareness/planning | 49 | 2 | 274 |
| Move off - control | 47 | 1 | 578 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 33 | 0 | 311 |
| Use of speed | 33 | 0 | 308 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 32 | 1 | 120 |
| Judgement - crossing | 31 | 2 | 59 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 22 | 0 | 201 |
| Junctions - turning right | 21 | 0 | 107 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 16 | 0 | 69 |
| Following distance | 12 | 0 | 172 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 12 | 0 | 435 |
| Signals - correctly | 12 | 0 | 245 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| Signals - necessary | 11 | 0 | 138 |
| Reverse right - Control | 10 | 0 | 56 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 9 | 0 | 74 |
| Control - gears | 8 | 0 | 252 |
| Vehicle checks | 6 | 1 | 269 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Position - normal stops | 5 | 0 | 181 |
| Control - parking brake | 4 | 0 | 43 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 4 | 0 | 189 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 3 | 0 | 36 |
| Signals - timed | 3 | 0 | 210 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 0 | 140 |
| Junctions - turning left | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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.