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 | 243 | 68 | 575 |
| Junctions - observation | 243 | 67 | 487 |
| Junctions - turning right | 194 | 4 | 186 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 160 | 12 | 484 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 141 | 2 | 121 |
| Move off - safely | 120 | 6 | 833 |
| Control - steering | 105 | 18 | 953 |
| Judgement - meeting | 99 | 11 | 313 |
| Reverse park - Control | 98 | 5 | 351 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 92 | 10 | 122 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 81 | 1 | 123 |
| Use of speed | 81 | 1 | 485 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 78 | 6 | 462 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 72 | 1 | 1,015 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 64 | 3 | 226 |
| Signals - necessary | 58 | 0 | 352 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 50 | 6 | 392 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 49 | 0 | 992 |
| Move off - control | 43 | 2 | 473 |
| Judgement - crossing | 42 | 27 | 43 |
| Signals - correctly | 41 | 0 | 541 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 40 | 7 | 139 |
| Following distance | 37 | 5 | 302 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 34 | 1 | 28 |
| Awareness/planning | 32 | 3 | 370 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 26 | 0 | 92 |
| Control - gears | 24 | 3 | 300 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 22 | 1 | 27 |
| Signals - timed | 22 | 0 | 534 |
| Reverse right - Control | 15 | 0 | 56 |
| Vehicle checks | 12 | 2 | 378 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 12 | 0 | 46 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 10 | 0 | 42 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 10 | 0 | 71 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 8 | 0 | 88 |
| Control - Footbrake | 7 | 0 | 171 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 7 | 0 | 435 |
| Junctions - turning left | 6 | 0 | 80 |
| Position - normal stops | 6 | 0 | 272 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 4 | 1 | 245 |
| Control - parking brake | 4 | 0 | 76 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| 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.