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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Response to signs - road markings | 195 | 0 | 110 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 139 | 48 | 264 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 130 | 3 | 78 |
| Junctions - observation | 125 | 38 | 274 |
| Use of speed | 114 | 0 | 360 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 111 | 1 | 117 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 92 | 3 | 406 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 83 | 4 | 748 |
| Junctions - turning right | 82 | 6 | 85 |
| Reverse park - Control | 71 | 4 | 433 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 69 | 0 | 821 |
| Move off - safely | 68 | 1 | 743 |
| Control - steering | 65 | 15 | 641 |
| Judgement - meeting | 42 | 9 | 151 |
| Move off - control | 38 | 4 | 453 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 38 | 1 | 91 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 37 | 2 | 154 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 32 | 3 | 51 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 32 | 2 | 241 |
| Signals - correctly | 26 | 0 | 354 |
| Judgement - crossing | 17 | 11 | 21 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 17 | 0 | 47 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 16 | 0 | 168 |
| Awareness/planning | 13 | 1 | 168 |
| Control - gears | 13 | 1 | 203 |
| Control - Footbrake | 10 | 7 | 181 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 10 | 6 | 159 |
| Position - normal stops | 10 | 1 | 250 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 10 | 0 | 44 |
| Vehicle checks | 9 | 4 | 366 |
| Reverse right - Control | 9 | 0 | 54 |
| Control - parking brake | 8 | 0 | 52 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Signals - necessary | 7 | 0 | 166 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 6 | 6 | 158 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 6 | 0 | 119 |
| Signals - timed | 6 | 0 | 308 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Following distance | 4 | 0 | 76 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 4 | 0 | 39 |
| Ancillary controls | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| Eyesight | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - turning left | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 1 | 0 | 239 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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.