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 | 316 | 87 | 325 |
| Junctions - observation | 224 | 56 | 440 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 196 | 8 | 218 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 163 | 18 | 241 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 122 | 5 | 77 |
| Move off - safely | 117 | 11 | 847 |
| Use of speed | 103 | 1 | 327 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 75 | 0 | 199 |
| Junctions - turning right | 73 | 2 | 112 |
| Reverse park - Control | 71 | 4 | 410 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 69 | 2 | 94 |
| Control - steering | 63 | 13 | 670 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 55 | 5 | 306 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 55 | 0 | 830 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 53 | 1 | 651 |
| Following distance | 42 | 1 | 351 |
| Judgement - crossing | 39 | 24 | 45 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 39 | 6 | 411 |
| Move off - control | 38 | 7 | 575 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 32 | 3 | 216 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 27 | 0 | 48 |
| Judgement - meeting | 26 | 8 | 171 |
| Awareness/planning | 25 | 4 | 157 |
| Signals - correctly | 25 | 1 | 299 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 23 | 2 | 30 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 20 | 0 | 296 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 19 | 3 | 77 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 14 | 2 | 190 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 11 | 3 | 123 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| Reverse right - Control | 9 | 0 | 65 |
| Vehicle checks | 8 | 2 | 362 |
| Control - gears | 8 | 1 | 174 |
| Junctions - turning left | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 8 | 0 | 64 |
| Position - normal stops | 8 | 0 | 233 |
| Signals - necessary | 7 | 1 | 105 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 1 | 136 |
| Eyesight | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Control - clutch | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Signals - timed | 2 | 0 | 89 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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.