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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use of speed | 152 | 0 | 597 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 150 | 27 | 350 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 132 | 4 | 242 |
| Junctions - turning right | 115 | 2 | 112 |
| Move off - safely | 110 | 0 | 1,011 |
| Junctions - observation | 103 | 19 | 235 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 92 | 6 | 115 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 87 | 1 | 161 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 49 | 0 | 591 |
| Judgement - meeting | 47 | 6 | 156 |
| Reverse park - Control | 47 | 1 | 327 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 45 | 2 | 291 |
| Control - steering | 40 | 15 | 544 |
| Move off - control | 37 | 2 | 505 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 36 | 8 | 121 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 32 | 0 | 161 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 25 | 0 | 93 |
| Awareness/planning | 22 | 0 | 94 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 22 | 0 | 370 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 21 | 2 | 328 |
| Judgement - crossing | 19 | 5 | 20 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 18 | 3 | 192 |
| Signals - correctly | 18 | 1 | 575 |
| Reverse right - Control | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| Control - gears | 13 | 0 | 232 |
| Position - normal stops | 12 | 0 | 159 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Signals - necessary | 8 | 0 | 222 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 8 | 0 | 51 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 5 | 0 | 151 |
| Following distance | 4 | 0 | 134 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 48 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 3 | 0 | 54 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 1 | 76 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - turning left | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| Vehicle checks | 2 | 0 | 232 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| Signals - timed | 1 | 0 | 150 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 0 | 0 | 184 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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.