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 | 177 | 13 | 270 |
| Junctions - observation | 142 | 14 | 288 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 78 | 0 | 856 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 70 | 1 | 55 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 62 | 0 | 242 |
| Reverse park - Control | 59 | 2 | 285 |
| Junctions - turning right | 57 | 7 | 70 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 54 | 1 | 49 |
| Control - steering | 51 | 4 | 654 |
| Judgement - meeting | 45 | 4 | 211 |
| Move off - safely | 44 | 0 | 472 |
| Move off - control | 43 | 2 | 339 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 43 | 1 | 63 |
| Use of speed | 42 | 0 | 205 |
| Following distance | 37 | 1 | 216 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 32 | 0 | 138 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 31 | 0 | 220 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 30 | 0 | 458 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 29 | 2 | 221 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 28 | 0 | 62 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| Position - normal stops | 18 | 0 | 182 |
| Awareness/planning | 17 | 1 | 100 |
| Signals - correctly | 16 | 0 | 279 |
| Signals - necessary | 15 | 0 | 169 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 13 | 0 | 47 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 11 | 0 | 355 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 10 | 1 | 64 |
| Reverse right - Control | 9 | 1 | 61 |
| Judgement - crossing | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Vehicle checks | 8 | 2 | 162 |
| Control - gears | 7 | 1 | 164 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 4 | 0 | 132 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 139 |
| Control - Footbrake | 3 | 2 | 96 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 32 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Junctions - turning left | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 2 | 0 | 106 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 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.