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 | 179 | 35 | 382 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 76 | 11 | 254 |
| Junctions - turning right | 66 | 7 | 91 |
| Move off - safely | 58 | 3 | 653 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 58 | 1 | 49 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 53 | 3 | 46 |
| Reverse park - Control | 47 | 1 | 309 |
| Use of speed | 46 | 1 | 202 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 44 | 1 | 97 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 42 | 2 | 246 |
| Control - steering | 37 | 7 | 434 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 36 | 0 | 555 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 35 | 1 | 129 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 34 | 0 | 569 |
| Move off - control | 34 | 0 | 473 |
| Judgement - meeting | 31 | 4 | 134 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 23 | 4 | 47 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 22 | 3 | 169 |
| Judgement - crossing | 21 | 5 | 18 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 19 | 0 | 154 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 18 | 2 | 51 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 18 | 0 | 74 |
| Signals - correctly | 18 | 0 | 208 |
| Awareness/planning | 15 | 2 | 159 |
| Control - gears | 14 | 0 | 223 |
| Junctions - turning left | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 13 | 0 | 217 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 10 | 1 | 78 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| Vehicle checks | 8 | 2 | 213 |
| Following distance | 8 | 0 | 120 |
| Reverse right - Control | 8 | 0 | 29 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 7 | 0 | 77 |
| Control - parking brake | 6 | 0 | 38 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 6 | 0 | 294 |
| Signals - necessary | 6 | 0 | 160 |
| Control - Footbrake | 5 | 0 | 92 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Position - normal stops | 4 | 0 | 123 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Signals - timed | 2 | 0 | 226 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 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.