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 | 104 | 14 | 283 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 89 | 3 | 92 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 81 | 16 | 330 |
| Junctions - turning right | 74 | 5 | 194 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 58 | 4 | 98 |
| Control - steering | 51 | 11 | 409 |
| Reverse park - Control | 50 | 4 | 286 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 49 | 1 | 220 |
| Judgement - crossing | 46 | 13 | 45 |
| Move off - safely | 44 | 5 | 441 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 44 | 0 | 25 |
| Move off - control | 39 | 10 | 462 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 37 | 0 | 663 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 36 | 0 | 311 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 32 | 0 | 99 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 31 | 12 | 286 |
| Judgement - meeting | 31 | 3 | 154 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 31 | 0 | 157 |
| Signals - correctly | 28 | 1 | 228 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 26 | 0 | 413 |
| Awareness/planning | 16 | 2 | 184 |
| Control - gears | 16 | 0 | 273 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 15 | 1 | 66 |
| Position - normal stops | 14 | 0 | 144 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 13 | 1 | 335 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 11 | 1 | 153 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 11 | 0 | 132 |
| Signals - necessary | 10 | 1 | 138 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 8 | 0 | 36 |
| Vehicle checks | 8 | 0 | 269 |
| Use of speed | 7 | 0 | 121 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 0 | 205 |
| Following distance | 4 | 1 | 158 |
| Eyesight | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - turning left | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 1 | 55 |
| Control - clutch | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 0 | 93 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 2 | 0 | 228 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 2 | 0 | 37 |
| Reverse right - Control | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.