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 | 231 | 28 | 549 |
| Junctions - observation | 184 | 28 | 577 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 159 | 2 | 331 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 103 | 11 | 864 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 103 | 0 | 63 |
| Junctions - turning right | 87 | 0 | 270 |
| Move off - safely | 84 | 4 | 1,098 |
| Judgement - crossing | 82 | 9 | 89 |
| Judgement - meeting | 79 | 9 | 347 |
| Reverse park - Control | 74 | 3 | 417 |
| Control - steering | 72 | 19 | 816 |
| Use of speed | 72 | 0 | 470 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 63 | 2 | 146 |
| Move off - control | 51 | 5 | 715 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 44 | 0 | 973 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 43 | 0 | 450 |
| Signals - correctly | 39 | 0 | 284 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 38 | 0 | 195 |
| Awareness/planning | 37 | 5 | 371 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 37 | 0 | 705 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 33 | 1 | 530 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 30 | 0 | 133 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 29 | 2 | 62 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 16 | 1 | 80 |
| Following distance | 13 | 0 | 222 |
| Vehicle checks | 13 | 0 | 380 |
| Control - gears | 11 | 0 | 248 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 10 | 0 | 204 |
| Reverse right - Control | 10 | 0 | 88 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 10 | 0 | 71 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 9 | 2 | 200 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 8 | 0 | 40 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 8 | 0 | 983 |
| Signals - necessary | 8 | 0 | 149 |
| Position - normal stops | 7 | 0 | 378 |
| Junctions - turning left | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 232 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 32 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 1 | 122 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 2 | 0 | 128 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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.