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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positioning - normal driving | 122 | 8 | 476 |
| Use of speed | 104 | 1 | 343 |
| Junctions - observation | 94 | 33 | 306 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 92 | 5 | 114 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 83 | 12 | 231 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 81 | 0 | 768 |
| Move off - safely | 76 | 18 | 753 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 74 | 9 | 83 |
| Junctions - turning right | 72 | 5 | 195 |
| Control - steering | 66 | 45 | 827 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 62 | 2 | 162 |
| Reverse park - Control | 55 | 5 | 363 |
| Move off - control | 51 | 17 | 559 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 51 | 2 | 111 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 49 | 14 | 515 |
| Judgement - crossing | 38 | 18 | 38 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 36 | 0 | 536 |
| Judgement - meeting | 33 | 2 | 143 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 28 | 4 | 367 |
| Awareness/planning | 27 | 2 | 162 |
| Following distance | 20 | 4 | 166 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 20 | 1 | 83 |
| Signals - correctly | 20 | 0 | 301 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 19 | 0 | 699 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| Position - normal stops | 16 | 0 | 242 |
| Control - gears | 15 | 4 | 269 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| Reverse right - Control | 13 | 0 | 80 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 11 | 0 | 152 |
| Junctions - turning left | 9 | 0 | 54 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 8 | 0 | 54 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Vehicle checks | 6 | 5 | 265 |
| Control - parking brake | 6 | 0 | 50 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 6 | 0 | 59 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 5 | 1 | 37 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 4 | 1 | 113 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 193 |
| Control - Footbrake | 3 | 3 | 126 |
| Signals - necessary | 3 | 0 | 124 |
| Control - clutch | 2 | 0 | 90 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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.