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 | 132 | 26 | 193 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 100 | 1 | 262 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 91 | 2 | 880 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 87 | 5 | 105 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 86 | 9 | 300 |
| Use of speed | 69 | 2 | 325 |
| Reverse park - Control | 59 | 0 | 202 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 57 | 5 | 45 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 55 | 0 | 59 |
| Control - steering | 50 | 12 | 573 |
| Move off - safely | 50 | 2 | 445 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 42 | 1 | 462 |
| Junctions - turning right | 33 | 0 | 65 |
| Following distance | 31 | 1 | 186 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 29 | 0 | 112 |
| Judgement - meeting | 26 | 1 | 67 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 26 | 0 | 76 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 24 | 6 | 152 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 24 | 0 | 209 |
| Move off - control | 21 | 1 | 215 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 15 | 0 | 16 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 15 | 0 | 48 |
| Signals - correctly | 15 | 0 | 154 |
| Awareness/planning | 14 | 3 | 135 |
| Control - gears | 11 | 0 | 162 |
| Position - normal stops | 10 | 0 | 167 |
| Reverse right - Control | 9 | 0 | 63 |
| Judgement - crossing | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Junctions - turning left | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Signals - timed | 6 | 0 | 216 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 4 | 3 | 163 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 4 | 0 | 67 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Vehicle checks | 3 | 2 | 141 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 3 | 1 | 47 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 3 | 0 | 125 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 2 | 62 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Signals - necessary | 2 | 0 | 73 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 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.