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 | 233 | 5 | 253 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 164 | 8 | 203 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 114 | 0 | 265 |
| Junctions - turning right | 109 | 1 | 133 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 82 | 0 | 73 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 53 | 0 | 39 |
| Reverse park - Control | 51 | 0 | 237 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 50 | 0 | 715 |
| Control - steering | 48 | 0 | 310 |
| Use of speed | 47 | 0 | 329 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 43 | 2 | 62 |
| Awareness/planning | 39 | 1 | 257 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 38 | 0 | 160 |
| Move off - safely | 37 | 0 | 405 |
| Move off - control | 33 | 0 | 377 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 29 | 0 | 125 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 27 | 0 | 679 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 26 | 0 | 19 |
| Judgement - crossing | 23 | 0 | 17 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 22 | 2 | 151 |
| Judgement - meeting | 22 | 1 | 79 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 20 | 0 | 60 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 19 | 0 | 10 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 17 | 0 | 62 |
| Junctions - turning left | 16 | 0 | 69 |
| Signals - correctly | 13 | 0 | 263 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 12 | 0 | 73 |
| Reverse right - Control | 11 | 0 | 42 |
| Position - normal stops | 10 | 0 | 156 |
| Control - gears | 9 | 0 | 182 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 9 | 0 | 45 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 7 | 0 | 220 |
| Vehicle checks | 7 | 0 | 135 |
| Following distance | 5 | 0 | 113 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Control - clutch | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 0 | 114 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 1 | 0 | 95 |
| Signals - necessary | 1 | 0 | 178 |
| Signals - timed | 1 | 0 | 148 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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.