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 | 324 | 56 | 597 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 184 | 38 | 284 |
| Move off - safely | 106 | 7 | 812 |
| Control - steering | 101 | 24 | 1,063 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 91 | 0 | 1,191 |
| Reverse park - Control | 86 | 8 | 495 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 74 | 0 | 1,279 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 73 | 9 | 333 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 69 | 1 | 263 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 68 | 7 | 76 |
| Junctions - turning right | 65 | 3 | 87 |
| Judgement - meeting | 63 | 16 | 425 |
| Move off - control | 60 | 6 | 650 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 59 | 11 | 108 |
| Use of speed | 57 | 2 | 379 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 56 | 2 | 484 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 54 | 1 | 139 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 53 | 10 | 436 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 35 | 0 | 175 |
| Signals - correctly | 33 | 2 | 459 |
| Signals - necessary | 33 | 0 | 370 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 29 | 4 | 131 |
| Awareness/planning | 28 | 4 | 208 |
| Judgement - crossing | 27 | 7 | 33 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 24 | 0 | 51 |
| Control - gears | 21 | 0 | 234 |
| Vehicle checks | 16 | 1 | 271 |
| Reverse right - Control | 16 | 0 | 79 |
| Position - normal stops | 15 | 0 | 354 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 14 | 0 | 56 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 11 | 1 | 181 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 10 | 1 | 67 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 0 | 173 |
| Following distance | 6 | 0 | 129 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 6 | 0 | 567 |
| Signals - timed | 6 | 0 | 375 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 0 | 40 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 5 | 0 | 178 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 45 |
| Eyesight | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - turning left | 3 | 0 | 32 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 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.