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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrors - change direction | 199 | 28 | 629 |
| Junctions - observation | 198 | 36 | 515 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 137 | 0 | 99 |
| Junctions - turning right | 126 | 6 | 122 |
| Use of speed | 113 | 2 | 371 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 98 | 4 | 543 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 96 | 6 | 71 |
| Control - steering | 87 | 3 | 921 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 83 | 1 | 1,329 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 75 | 9 | 86 |
| Reverse park - Control | 63 | 0 | 415 |
| Move off - safely | 52 | 7 | 747 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 44 | 1 | 20 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 41 | 3 | 790 |
| Move off - control | 39 | 2 | 648 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 34 | 1 | 190 |
| Following distance | 32 | 1 | 241 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 32 | 0 | 508 |
| Judgement - crossing | 28 | 7 | 38 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 26 | 5 | 243 |
| Awareness/planning | 24 | 1 | 253 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 24 | 0 | 120 |
| Judgement - meeting | 22 | 3 | 123 |
| Reverse right - Control | 18 | 0 | 62 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 16 | 0 | 220 |
| Signals - correctly | 14 | 1 | 438 |
| Control - gears | 12 | 1 | 294 |
| Position - normal stops | 12 | 1 | 214 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 9 | 0 | 151 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 9 | 0 | 45 |
| Signals - necessary | 8 | 0 | 224 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 7 | 3 | 52 |
| Junctions - turning left | 7 | 0 | 63 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 0 | 107 |
| Vehicle checks | 5 | 1 | 296 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 4 | 0 | 43 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 4 | 0 | 526 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 4 | 0 | 118 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 409 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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.