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 | 152 | 31 | 265 |
| Junctions - observation | 132 | 18 | 234 |
| Use of speed | 121 | 0 | 383 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 101 | 3 | 109 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 83 | 5 | 226 |
| Move off - safely | 55 | 5 | 553 |
| Move off - control | 53 | 12 | 536 |
| Control - steering | 51 | 18 | 635 |
| Junctions - turning right | 51 | 1 | 91 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 41 | 0 | 61 |
| Reverse park - Control | 40 | 6 | 270 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 37 | 4 | 208 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 37 | 1 | 82 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 36 | 0 | 521 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 31 | 1 | 400 |
| Judgement - meeting | 25 | 7 | 127 |
| Signals - correctly | 25 | 0 | 349 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 23 | 0 | 101 |
| Awareness/planning | 22 | 4 | 162 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 18 | 12 | 161 |
| Judgement - crossing | 18 | 4 | 20 |
| Reverse right - Control | 16 | 0 | 52 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 15 | 0 | 128 |
| Following distance | 14 | 0 | 146 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 14 | 0 | 422 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| Control - gears | 12 | 1 | 206 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 12 | 0 | 83 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 11 | 0 | 88 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 9 | 0 | 52 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Vehicle checks | 8 | 1 | 211 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 6 | 3 | 55 |
| Junctions - turning left | 5 | 0 | 48 |
| Position - normal stops | 5 | 0 | 129 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Control - Footbrake | 4 | 2 | 84 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 4 | 2 | 91 |
| Signals - timed | 3 | 1 | 254 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Signals - necessary | 2 | 0 | 291 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 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.