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 | 563 | 65 | 1,210 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 260 | 3 | 158 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 252 | 26 | 664 |
| Control - steering | 202 | 41 | 1,427 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 196 | 0 | 2,575 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 193 | 5 | 214 |
| Junctions - turning right | 190 | 3 | 506 |
| Move off - safely | 187 | 7 | 1,762 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 173 | 0 | 2,147 |
| Move off - control | 166 | 7 | 1,229 |
| Judgement - meeting | 165 | 16 | 599 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 152 | 14 | 794 |
| Reverse park - Control | 152 | 11 | 753 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 149 | 14 | 1,084 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 142 | 0 | 479 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 134 | 2 | 65 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 129 | 2 | 940 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 113 | 17 | 134 |
| Use of speed | 94 | 0 | 353 |
| Judgement - crossing | 87 | 8 | 126 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 77 | 1 | 215 |
| Awareness/planning | 59 | 13 | 629 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 49 | 0 | 1,748 |
| Signals - correctly | 44 | 2 | 736 |
| Control - gears | 40 | 1 | 458 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 35 | 0 | 130 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 32 | 2 | 155 |
| Reverse right - Control | 32 | 0 | 113 |
| Position - normal stops | 27 | 0 | 537 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 26 | 0 | 296 |
| Signals - necessary | 18 | 0 | 503 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 15 | 2 | 450 |
| Vehicle checks | 15 | 1 | 807 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 14 | 0 | 46 |
| Junctions - turning left | 13 | 0 | 72 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 12 | 0 | 111 |
| Signals - timed | 12 | 0 | 485 |
| Eyesight | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Following distance | 10 | 0 | 305 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 9 | 1 | 106 |
| Control - Footbrake | 8 | 1 | 230 |
| Control - parking brake | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| Ancillary controls | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 111 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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.