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 | 312 | 144 | 707 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 305 | 14 | 316 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 285 | 82 | 613 |
| Use of speed | 258 | 0 | 935 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 200 | 10 | 217 |
| Junctions - turning right | 173 | 8 | 452 |
| Move off - safely | 147 | 20 | 1,385 |
| Reverse park - Control | 139 | 10 | 735 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 130 | 21 | 518 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 121 | 0 | 1,821 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 115 | 2 | 71 |
| Control - steering | 103 | 52 | 1,352 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 101 | 24 | 194 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 92 | 4 | 784 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 90 | 1 | 1,552 |
| Move off - control | 89 | 36 | 1,031 |
| Awareness/planning | 61 | 5 | 382 |
| Judgement - crossing | 57 | 60 | 79 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 55 | 6 | 259 |
| Judgement - meeting | 52 | 24 | 477 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 52 | 1 | 213 |
| Reverse right - Control | 42 | 2 | 127 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 38 | 22 | 468 |
| Control - gears | 38 | 4 | 348 |
| Position - normal stops | 35 | 0 | 600 |
| Signals - correctly | 31 | 3 | 602 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 30 | 12 | 287 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 29 | 2 | 122 |
| Junctions - turning left | 23 | 2 | 66 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 21 | 2 | 61 |
| Vehicle checks | 17 | 5 | 701 |
| Signals - necessary | 17 | 0 | 394 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 15 | 1 | 455 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 11 | 0 | 66 |
| Following distance | 10 | 4 | 304 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 10 | 0 | 1,143 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 1 | 380 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Control - parking brake | 4 | 1 | 41 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 4 | 1 | 84 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 3 | 159 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 77 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 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.