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 | 240 | 77 | 412 |
| Junctions - turning right | 146 | 0 | 105 |
| Move off - safely | 118 | 26 | 828 |
| Control - steering | 106 | 42 | 878 |
| Awareness/planning | 65 | 13 | 295 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 65 | 1 | 806 |
| Reverse park - Control | 63 | 5 | 361 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 59 | 1 | 722 |
| Judgement - meeting | 52 | 13 | 315 |
| Use of speed | 51 | 1 | 277 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 49 | 13 | 115 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 49 | 3 | 165 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 43 | 17 | 122 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 41 | 3 | 37 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 41 | 2 | 272 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 39 | 0 | 120 |
| Judgement - crossing | 38 | 18 | 35 |
| Move off - control | 38 | 4 | 400 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 38 | 0 | 78 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 35 | 3 | 394 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 18 | 0 | 52 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 17 | 5 | 145 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 17 | 0 | 148 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 17 | 0 | 73 |
| Following distance | 16 | 1 | 117 |
| Reverse right - Control | 15 | 0 | 64 |
| Vehicle checks | 14 | 1 | 358 |
| Junctions - turning left | 10 | 2 | 47 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 9 | 3 | 148 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 9 | 0 | 48 |
| Control - gears | 8 | 2 | 178 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 7 | 0 | 503 |
| Signals - correctly | 7 | 0 | 186 |
| Signals - necessary | 7 | 0 | 181 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| Position - normal stops | 5 | 1 | 294 |
| Control - Footbrake | 4 | 3 | 85 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Signals - timed | 2 | 0 | 209 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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.