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 | 243 | 38 | 593 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 127 | 1 | 253 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 117 | 22 | 375 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 82 | 1 | 88 |
| Control - steering | 81 | 11 | 798 |
| Move off - safely | 64 | 2 | 647 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 62 | 5 | 272 |
| Junctions - turning right | 62 | 0 | 211 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 58 | 6 | 109 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 56 | 0 | 782 |
| Move off - control | 53 | 1 | 583 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 52 | 1 | 369 |
| Reverse park - Control | 47 | 4 | 251 |
| Use of speed | 47 | 0 | 309 |
| Judgement - crossing | 45 | 6 | 60 |
| Judgement - meeting | 36 | 4 | 277 |
| Signals - correctly | 30 | 0 | 247 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 28 | 0 | 336 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 27 | 0 | 41 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 24 | 0 | 683 |
| Awareness/planning | 19 | 4 | 380 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 17 | 0 | 129 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 15 | 1 | 78 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 12 | 1 | 223 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 12 | 0 | 56 |
| Signals - necessary | 12 | 0 | 230 |
| Control - gears | 11 | 0 | 263 |
| Position - normal stops | 10 | 0 | 199 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 9 | 0 | 98 |
| Following distance | 8 | 2 | 204 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 8 | 0 | 56 |
| Junctions - turning left | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 7 | 0 | 546 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 7 | 0 | 39 |
| Vehicle checks | 7 | 0 | 309 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 0 | 244 |
| Reverse right - Control | 4 | 0 | 43 |
| Control - Footbrake | 3 | 2 | 82 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.