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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 174 | 9 | 221 |
| Junctions - observation | 121 | 86 | 457 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 117 | 53 | 326 |
| Judgement - meeting | 89 | 61 | 659 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 85 | 6 | 147 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 72 | 0 | 1,174 |
| Control - steering | 70 | 74 | 720 |
| Reverse park - Control | 50 | 14 | 378 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 46 | 0 | 810 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 44 | 60 | 382 |
| Move off - safely | 39 | 27 | 525 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 38 | 1 | 53 |
| Judgement - crossing | 35 | 33 | 87 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 31 | 18 | 128 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 30 | 7 | 162 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 30 | 4 | 245 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 29 | 2 | 614 |
| Use of speed | 29 | 0 | 283 |
| Awareness/planning | 28 | 8 | 311 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 26 | 37 | 82 |
| Move off - control | 23 | 7 | 402 |
| Reverse right - Control | 23 | 1 | 78 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 22 | 2 | 90 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| Vehicle checks | 17 | 11 | 184 |
| Junctions - turning right | 17 | 4 | 92 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 12 | 8 | 166 |
| Signals - correctly | 12 | 0 | 259 |
| Signals - necessary | 12 | 0 | 202 |
| Following distance | 11 | 1 | 118 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 11 | 0 | 67 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 9 | 0 | 423 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 7 | 6 | 69 |
| Position - normal stops | 7 | 0 | 157 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 6 | 0 | 151 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 5 | 4 | 38 |
| Control - gears | 5 | 1 | 189 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 0 | 31 |
| Junctions - turning left | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Control - Footbrake | 0 | 1 | 76 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Control - parking brake | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Reverse left - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reverse left - Observation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Signals - timed | 0 | 0 | 192 |
| 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.