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 | 241 | 31 | 441 |
| Junctions - turning right | 235 | 4 | 381 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 211 | 26 | 642 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 189 | 2 | 562 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 129 | 1 | 200 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 124 | 3 | 759 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 116 | 0 | 910 |
| Use of speed | 101 | 0 | 286 |
| Control - steering | 98 | 11 | 664 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 98 | 2 | 160 |
| Reverse park - Control | 91 | 1 | 418 |
| Move off - safely | 89 | 2 | 767 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 67 | 0 | 785 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 62 | 1 | 192 |
| Judgement - crossing | 61 | 11 | 57 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 61 | 0 | 93 |
| Move off - control | 57 | 0 | 437 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 53 | 7 | 56 |
| Signals - correctly | 45 | 0 | 359 |
| Awareness/planning | 41 | 1 | 489 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 36 | 1 | 391 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 31 | 0 | 91 |
| Junctions - turning left | 29 | 0 | 74 |
| Reverse right - Control | 25 | 0 | 109 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 24 | 1 | 207 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 24 | 0 | 147 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 23 | 3 | 262 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 22 | 0 | 130 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 21 | 0 | 184 |
| Judgement - meeting | 20 | 3 | 142 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 19 | 0 | 57 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 17 | 0 | 798 |
| Control - gears | 16 | 1 | 279 |
| Vehicle checks | 15 | 1 | 469 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| Position - normal stops | 14 | 0 | 343 |
| Signals - necessary | 13 | 0 | 182 |
| Following distance | 10 | 0 | 161 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 0 | 113 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 0 | 252 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Precautions | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.