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 | 213 | 27 | 610 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 149 | 28 | 480 |
| Control - steering | 149 | 23 | 937 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 139 | 1 | 190 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 134 | 5 | 41 |
| Junctions - turning right | 115 | 0 | 173 |
| Judgement - meeting | 93 | 20 | 376 |
| Reverse park - Control | 89 | 4 | 442 |
| Use of speed | 78 | 0 | 263 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 74 | 2 | 427 |
| Move off - control | 73 | 6 | 789 |
| Move off - safely | 63 | 6 | 643 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 57 | 0 | 116 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 50 | 7 | 559 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 46 | 0 | 979 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 45 | 2 | 52 |
| Judgement - crossing | 41 | 9 | 65 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 39 | 4 | 475 |
| Awareness/planning | 29 | 6 | 369 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 20 | 1 | 143 |
| Control - gears | 19 | 0 | 231 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 18 | 1 | 272 |
| Reverse right - Control | 17 | 1 | 66 |
| Junctions - turning left | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 15 | 2 | 199 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 13 | 0 | 627 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 13 | 0 | 77 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 10 | 1 | 45 |
| Position - normal stops | 10 | 0 | 254 |
| Vehicle checks | 10 | 0 | 328 |
| Signals - correctly | 9 | 1 | 426 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 8 | 2 | 68 |
| Signals - necessary | 8 | 0 | 217 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 5 | 0 | 37 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Following distance | 3 | 0 | 94 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 0 | 74 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 0 | 0 | 234 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reverse left - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reverse left - Observation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Signals - timed | 0 | 0 | 185 |
| 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.