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 | 304 | 9 | 562 |
| Control - steering | 197 | 1 | 1,374 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 189 | 0 | 1,432 |
| Judgement - meeting | 122 | 2 | 421 |
| Reverse park - Control | 108 | 0 | 503 |
| Move off - safely | 104 | 0 | 957 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 89 | 0 | 151 |
| Move off - control | 82 | 0 | 597 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 79 | 0 | 1,202 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 78 | 0 | 400 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 78 | 0 | 93 |
| Awareness/planning | 72 | 1 | 494 |
| Junctions - turning right | 72 | 1 | 189 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 69 | 0 | 452 |
| Use of speed | 63 | 0 | 380 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 57 | 0 | 188 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 49 | 0 | 466 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 46 | 0 | 81 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 44 | 0 | 297 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 42 | 2 | 172 |
| Control - gears | 37 | 0 | 419 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 35 | 0 | 110 |
| Judgement - crossing | 34 | 0 | 41 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 31 | 0 | 194 |
| Following distance | 29 | 0 | 197 |
| Position - normal stops | 29 | 0 | 424 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 26 | 0 | 37 |
| Signals - correctly | 25 | 0 | 321 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 24 | 0 | 64 |
| Reverse right - Control | 21 | 0 | 65 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 18 | 0 | 47 |
| Control - Footbrake | 17 | 0 | 436 |
| Signals - timed | 17 | 0 | 358 |
| Signals - necessary | 14 | 0 | 184 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 12 | 0 | 635 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| Vehicle checks | 9 | 0 | 545 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 6 | 0 | 81 |
| Control - parking brake | 4 | 1 | 77 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Junctions - turning left | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Ancillary controls | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 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.