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 | 159 | 18 | 171 |
| Junctions - observation | 122 | 19 | 258 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 97 | 6 | 138 |
| Junctions - turning right | 60 | 1 | 114 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 54 | 14 | 355 |
| Judgement - meeting | 50 | 12 | 227 |
| Reverse park - Control | 48 | 7 | 247 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 45 | 0 | 69 |
| Move off - control | 41 | 3 | 462 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 40 | 0 | 67 |
| Control - steering | 39 | 16 | 515 |
| Judgement - crossing | 32 | 11 | 32 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 31 | 3 | 131 |
| Move off - safely | 24 | 2 | 435 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 22 | 1 | 604 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 20 | 1 | 481 |
| Signals - correctly | 20 | 1 | 203 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 20 | 0 | 229 |
| Awareness/planning | 19 | 2 | 269 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 19 | 0 | 94 |
| Control - gears | 15 | 0 | 190 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 13 | 1 | 157 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 12 | 0 | 71 |
| Reverse right - Control | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| Signals - necessary | 10 | 0 | 67 |
| Junctions - turning left | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 9 | 0 | 51 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 9 | 0 | 63 |
| Use of speed | 9 | 0 | 110 |
| Position - normal stops | 8 | 0 | 125 |
| Signals - timed | 7 | 0 | 142 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 6 | 1 | 70 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 6 | 0 | 345 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Following distance | 4 | 0 | 84 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| Eyesight | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vehicle checks | 3 | 0 | 146 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 2 | 90 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Control - parking brake | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 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.