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 | 248 | 19 | 437 |
| Junctions - turning right | 130 | 1 | 161 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 82 | 1 | 75 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 70 | 0 | 24 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 69 | 1 | 21 |
| Move off - safely | 65 | 2 | 611 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 56 | 4 | 296 |
| Control - steering | 51 | 19 | 760 |
| Move off - control | 47 | 3 | 586 |
| Judgement - crossing | 44 | 4 | 46 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 44 | 2 | 286 |
| Reverse park - Control | 43 | 1 | 352 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 42 | 0 | 600 |
| Use of speed | 42 | 0 | 269 |
| Awareness/planning | 39 | 3 | 222 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 38 | 11 | 289 |
| Judgement - meeting | 35 | 15 | 292 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 29 | 0 | 35 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 23 | 0 | 130 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 20 | 0 | 472 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 15 | 0 | 151 |
| Signals - correctly | 15 | 0 | 265 |
| Control - gears | 14 | 0 | 292 |
| Junctions - turning left | 10 | 0 | 47 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 8 | 0 | 183 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 6 | 0 | 28 |
| Vehicle checks | 5 | 1 | 155 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Following distance | 4 | 0 | 80 |
| Position - normal stops | 4 | 0 | 114 |
| Signals - necessary | 4 | 0 | 142 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Reverse right - Control | 3 | 0 | 51 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 0 | 68 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 2 | 0 | 37 |
| Signals - timed | 2 | 0 | 105 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 2 | 0 | 112 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 1 | 0 | 376 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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.