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 | 249 | 40 | 860 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 220 | 39 | 558 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 174 | 7 | 272 |
| Use of speed | 173 | 2 | 624 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 160 | 4 | 104 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 130 | 11 | 811 |
| Junctions - turning right | 107 | 2 | 389 |
| Move off - safely | 102 | 3 | 1,034 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 99 | 3 | 210 |
| Control - steering | 97 | 24 | 1,266 |
| Reverse park - Control | 92 | 13 | 570 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 86 | 5 | 852 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 77 | 0 | 1,722 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 77 | 0 | 1,242 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 75 | 14 | 96 |
| Awareness/planning | 56 | 10 | 545 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 52 | 10 | 568 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 52 | 9 | 413 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 52 | 0 | 281 |
| Judgement - meeting | 46 | 7 | 318 |
| Signals - correctly | 42 | 1 | 636 |
| Move off - control | 40 | 2 | 579 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 37 | 0 | 125 |
| Judgement - crossing | 34 | 16 | 62 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 32 | 1 | 171 |
| Control - gears | 27 | 0 | 405 |
| Signals - necessary | 26 | 0 | 385 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 20 | 2 | 87 |
| Reverse right - Control | 17 | 0 | 103 |
| Position - normal stops | 12 | 0 | 372 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 11 | 5 | 246 |
| Vehicle checks | 11 | 4 | 476 |
| Following distance | 9 | 1 | 293 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| Signals - timed | 8 | 0 | 477 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 7 | 1 | 326 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 7 | 1 | 90 |
| Eyesight | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 2 | 255 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 6 | 1 | 675 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| Junctions - turning left | 6 | 0 | 69 |
| Control - parking brake | 4 | 1 | 70 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Precautions | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 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.