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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain progess - speed | 130 | 2 | 609 |
| Junctions - observation | 115 | 27 | 219 |
| Junctions - turning right | 110 | 2 | 297 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 94 | 3 | 41 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 70 | 8 | 132 |
| Move off - safely | 68 | 2 | 413 |
| Use of speed | 68 | 1 | 272 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 63 | 3 | 64 |
| Control - steering | 58 | 25 | 457 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 58 | 4 | 306 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 45 | 0 | 563 |
| Awareness/planning | 42 | 7 | 236 |
| Move off - control | 42 | 3 | 339 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 42 | 1 | 35 |
| Reverse park - Control | 38 | 3 | 219 |
| Signals - correctly | 37 | 0 | 263 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 34 | 3 | 221 |
| Judgement - meeting | 32 | 3 | 110 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 32 | 1 | 86 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 19 | 0 | 36 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 18 | 6 | 137 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 18 | 1 | 27 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 16 | 8 | 233 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 15 | 9 | 28 |
| Control - gears | 15 | 1 | 227 |
| Following distance | 14 | 4 | 111 |
| Vehicle checks | 14 | 1 | 158 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 13 | 0 | 452 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 12 | 1 | 65 |
| Signals - timed | 12 | 0 | 312 |
| Junctions - turning left | 10 | 0 | 98 |
| Reverse right - Control | 9 | 0 | 42 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| Position - normal stops | 7 | 0 | 83 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 6 | 0 | 29 |
| Signals - necessary | 6 | 0 | 125 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 5 | 1 | 82 |
| Ancillary controls | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| Control - Footbrake | 3 | 6 | 69 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 2 | 0 | 42 |
| Precautions | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Judgement - crossing | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 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.