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 | 209 | 25 | 555 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 126 | 15 | 408 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 96 | 2 | 306 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 79 | 3 | 104 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 78 | 4 | 84 |
| Junctions - turning right | 65 | 1 | 170 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 64 | 0 | 797 |
| Use of speed | 59 | 0 | 291 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 58 | 0 | 327 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 54 | 1 | 566 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 45 | 1 | 100 |
| Control - steering | 44 | 11 | 659 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 44 | 1 | 161 |
| Following distance | 40 | 2 | 272 |
| Move off - safely | 34 | 2 | 536 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 30 | 0 | 238 |
| Reverse park - Control | 28 | 3 | 287 |
| Awareness/planning | 27 | 2 | 188 |
| Judgement - crossing | 26 | 2 | 20 |
| Judgement - meeting | 26 | 2 | 174 |
| Control - gears | 26 | 0 | 244 |
| Move off - control | 26 | 0 | 270 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 24 | 0 | 26 |
| Signals - correctly | 19 | 0 | 244 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 18 | 6 | 177 |
| Position - normal stops | 16 | 0 | 150 |
| Signals - necessary | 16 | 0 | 159 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 16 | 0 | 56 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 14 | 0 | 354 |
| Control - Footbrake | 8 | 1 | 100 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 8 | 1 | 43 |
| Vehicle checks | 8 | 1 | 179 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 8 | 0 | 60 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 7 | 0 | 83 |
| Signals - timed | 7 | 0 | 359 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 7 | 0 | 91 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 5 | 0 | 31 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Reverse right - Control | 4 | 0 | 35 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Junctions - turning left | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Control - parking brake | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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.