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 | 413 | 108 | 698 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 260 | 2 | 285 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 241 | 44 | 348 |
| Control - steering | 217 | 147 | 1,331 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 204 | 2 | 221 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 160 | 49 | 841 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 143 | 26 | 191 |
| Reverse park - Control | 118 | 31 | 708 |
| Move off - safely | 116 | 44 | 873 |
| Judgement - meeting | 115 | 55 | 464 |
| Junctions - turning right | 106 | 3 | 278 |
| Judgement - crossing | 99 | 31 | 132 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 98 | 0 | 1,415 |
| Awareness/planning | 91 | 26 | 442 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 83 | 0 | 1,222 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 79 | 9 | 355 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 63 | 2 | 246 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 58 | 8 | 384 |
| Use of speed | 57 | 0 | 208 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 56 | 1 | 75 |
| Reverse right - Control | 54 | 1 | 118 |
| Move off - control | 48 | 15 | 660 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 48 | 2 | 53 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 39 | 23 | 360 |
| Position - normal stops | 34 | 1 | 587 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 31 | 2 | 183 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 25 | 2 | 110 |
| Signals - correctly | 23 | 0 | 296 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 21 | 8 | 308 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 19 | 2 | 95 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 16 | 5 | 77 |
| Control - gears | 16 | 0 | 239 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 14 | 0 | 39 |
| Control - Footbrake | 12 | 15 | 183 |
| Following distance | 12 | 4 | 185 |
| Junctions - turning left | 11 | 0 | 41 |
| Vehicle checks | 10 | 6 | 542 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| Signals - necessary | 4 | 0 | 156 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 220 |
| Eyesight | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 3 | 45 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 2 | 0 | 233 |
| Precautions | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.