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 | 208 | 7 | 501 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 183 | 13 | 567 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 173 | 0 | 182 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 166 | 1 | 123 |
| Control - steering | 112 | 10 | 935 |
| Move off - safely | 112 | 2 | 1,098 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 98 | 0 | 161 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 93 | 3 | 751 |
| Reverse park - Control | 76 | 0 | 494 |
| Judgement - crossing | 70 | 5 | 74 |
| Judgement - meeting | 59 | 1 | 381 |
| Junctions - turning right | 55 | 0 | 219 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 53 | 0 | 237 |
| Move off - control | 52 | 1 | 640 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 46 | 0 | 1,210 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 46 | 0 | 1,057 |
| Awareness/planning | 42 | 1 | 299 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 41 | 4 | 68 |
| Use of speed | 41 | 1 | 288 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 41 | 0 | 285 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 39 | 0 | 317 |
| Signals - necessary | 34 | 0 | 208 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 32 | 0 | 104 |
| Signals - correctly | 27 | 0 | 303 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 24 | 1 | 237 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 22 | 1 | 83 |
| Control - gears | 20 | 0 | 311 |
| Reverse right - Control | 19 | 0 | 94 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 18 | 0 | 239 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 17 | 0 | 132 |
| Position - normal stops | 15 | 0 | 421 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 14 | 2 | 62 |
| Vehicle checks | 13 | 0 | 263 |
| Signals - timed | 12 | 0 | 323 |
| Junctions - turning left | 10 | 0 | 53 |
| Control - Footbrake | 8 | 1 | 146 |
| Control - parking brake | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 6 | 0 | 28 |
| Following distance | 5 | 1 | 110 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 4 | 0 | 449 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 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.