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 | 262 | 81 | 303 |
| Junctions - observation | 181 | 41 | 344 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 166 | 4 | 144 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 158 | 11 | 245 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 150 | 4 | 416 |
| Use of speed | 119 | 1 | 322 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 94 | 0 | 1,400 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 86 | 15 | 142 |
| Control - steering | 81 | 30 | 891 |
| Reverse park - Control | 81 | 1 | 511 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 74 | 30 | 483 |
| Junctions - turning right | 74 | 3 | 115 |
| Move off - safely | 61 | 7 | 823 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 58 | 0 | 869 |
| Following distance | 55 | 4 | 374 |
| Awareness/planning | 40 | 3 | 230 |
| Move off - control | 38 | 3 | 627 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 36 | 0 | 119 |
| Judgement - meeting | 35 | 8 | 181 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 34 | 10 | 182 |
| Signals - correctly | 31 | 0 | 398 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 23 | 4 | 277 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 21 | 5 | 37 |
| Judgement - crossing | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| Reverse right - Control | 15 | 1 | 80 |
| Control - gears | 14 | 3 | 297 |
| Position - normal stops | 14 | 0 | 296 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 13 | 4 | 93 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 13 | 1 | 163 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Signals - necessary | 9 | 1 | 223 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 8 | 0 | 64 |
| Vehicle checks | 6 | 2 | 300 |
| Junctions - turning left | 6 | 0 | 36 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 6 | 0 | 40 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 4 | 0 | 259 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 2 | 1 | 132 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 0 | 104 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Signals - timed | 2 | 0 | 155 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Control - parking brake | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 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 | 2 |
| 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.