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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrors - change direction | 239 | 56 | 769 |
| Junctions - observation | 197 | 61 | 620 |
| Junctions - turning right | 165 | 5 | 141 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 131 | 37 | 1,001 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 126 | 0 | 1,836 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 118 | 4 | 97 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 117 | 12 | 144 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 113 | 4 | 121 |
| Control - steering | 101 | 48 | 842 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 94 | 0 | 1,481 |
| Judgement - meeting | 87 | 31 | 604 |
| Reverse park - Control | 84 | 10 | 449 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 72 | 2 | 456 |
| Move off - safely | 57 | 6 | 875 |
| Move off - control | 55 | 16 | 692 |
| Signals - correctly | 46 | 1 | 436 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 45 | 2 | 445 |
| Use of speed | 44 | 0 | 262 |
| Awareness/planning | 43 | 13 | 504 |
| Judgement - crossing | 38 | 14 | 66 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 34 | 1 | 110 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 27 | 1 | 204 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 22 | 0 | 127 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 21 | 3 | 167 |
| Signals - necessary | 17 | 0 | 355 |
| Signals - timed | 17 | 0 | 505 |
| Reverse right - Control | 14 | 1 | 92 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 13 | 2 | 72 |
| Control - gears | 12 | 3 | 234 |
| Junctions - turning left | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| Control - parking brake | 10 | 0 | 38 |
| Vehicle checks | 9 | 2 | 511 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 9 | 0 | 189 |
| Control - Footbrake | 7 | 2 | 233 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 7 | 0 | 629 |
| Following distance | 6 | 1 | 174 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 5 | 2 | 67 |
| Position - normal stops | 5 | 0 | 308 |
| Eyesight | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 2 | 2 | 56 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 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.