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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain progess - speed | 279 | 1 | 1,321 |
| Use of speed | 276 | 2 | 519 |
| Junctions - observation | 237 | 57 | 500 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 219 | 60 | 223 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 178 | 7 | 121 |
| Junctions - turning right | 175 | 2 | 182 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 141 | 4 | 90 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 135 | 3 | 470 |
| Move off - safely | 126 | 7 | 960 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 125 | 10 | 102 |
| Control - steering | 122 | 12 | 829 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 121 | 0 | 984 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 104 | 17 | 193 |
| Reverse park - Control | 87 | 8 | 535 |
| Judgement - meeting | 86 | 7 | 208 |
| Awareness/planning | 73 | 2 | 322 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 70 | 7 | 325 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 63 | 3 | 197 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 53 | 5 | 363 |
| Move off - control | 51 | 2 | 586 |
| Judgement - crossing | 40 | 9 | 49 |
| Junctions - turning left | 38 | 0 | 87 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 36 | 0 | 78 |
| Following distance | 32 | 0 | 303 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 25 | 0 | 70 |
| Control - gears | 24 | 1 | 285 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 24 | 1 | 257 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 22 | 1 | 26 |
| Signals - necessary | 21 | 0 | 303 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 20 | 6 | 53 |
| Signals - correctly | 20 | 1 | 492 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 18 | 3 | 244 |
| Reverse right - Control | 17 | 1 | 53 |
| Position - normal stops | 16 | 0 | 349 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 15 | 0 | 90 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 15 | 0 | 859 |
| Control - parking brake | 10 | 1 | 94 |
| Vehicle checks | 10 | 1 | 520 |
| Ancillary controls | 8 | 0 | 91 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 0 | 197 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Signals - timed | 6 | 0 | 410 |
| Eyesight | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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.