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 | 156 | 40 | 604 |
| Use of speed | 122 | 3 | 388 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 114 | 3 | 63 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 99 | 21 | 198 |
| Control - steering | 71 | 32 | 720 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 59 | 0 | 756 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 56 | 1 | 876 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 51 | 3 | 290 |
| Move off - safely | 48 | 9 | 722 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 48 | 2 | 50 |
| Reverse park - Control | 44 | 5 | 391 |
| Judgement - meeting | 43 | 12 | 362 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 41 | 1 | 196 |
| Move off - control | 40 | 6 | 541 |
| Junctions - turning right | 36 | 1 | 147 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 30 | 3 | 154 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 28 | 5 | 263 |
| Judgement - crossing | 24 | 14 | 37 |
| Awareness/planning | 24 | 4 | 152 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 24 | 4 | 71 |
| Control - gears | 23 | 3 | 311 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 23 | 0 | 115 |
| Signals - correctly | 20 | 0 | 232 |
| Following distance | 19 | 3 | 124 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 15 | 0 | 48 |
| Signals - necessary | 14 | 0 | 199 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 11 | 1 | 234 |
| Reverse right - Control | 11 | 0 | 69 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 10 | 2 | 162 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 9 | 1 | 57 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 9 | 1 | 29 |
| Vehicle checks | 7 | 2 | 229 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 7 | 0 | 440 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 5 | 0 | 85 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 0 | 244 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| Eyesight | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 1 | 117 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Position - normal stops | 2 | 0 | 166 |
| Junctions - turning left | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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.