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 | 346 | 41 | 683 |
| Junctions - observation | 288 | 63 | 505 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 273 | 9 | 296 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 178 | 2 | 219 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 137 | 0 | 1,439 |
| Move off - safely | 115 | 6 | 1,160 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 114 | 8 | 106 |
| Reverse park - Control | 86 | 1 | 443 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 78 | 14 | 729 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 73 | 0 | 966 |
| Use of speed | 62 | 1 | 381 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 55 | 1 | 210 |
| Move off - control | 52 | 5 | 642 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 47 | 3 | 101 |
| Junctions - turning right | 46 | 0 | 130 |
| Control - steering | 45 | 12 | 723 |
| Awareness/planning | 44 | 2 | 434 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 41 | 5 | 282 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 40 | 3 | 355 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 37 | 0 | 96 |
| Position - normal stops | 28 | 0 | 362 |
| Signals - correctly | 26 | 1 | 418 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 22 | 0 | 357 |
| Control - gears | 19 | 3 | 227 |
| Judgement - meeting | 19 | 3 | 95 |
| Following distance | 17 | 1 | 271 |
| Signals - timed | 16 | 0 | 269 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 14 | 2 | 247 |
| Reverse right - Control | 14 | 0 | 63 |
| Judgement - crossing | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 12 | 2 | 51 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 12 | 0 | 573 |
| Vehicle checks | 9 | 1 | 281 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 8 | 1 | 175 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 7 | 2 | 8 |
| Junctions - turning left | 7 | 0 | 41 |
| Signals - necessary | 7 | 0 | 224 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 6 | 2 | 50 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 54 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 1 | 83 |
| Control - clutch | 2 | 0 | 87 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 48 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 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.