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 | 269 | 72 | 775 |
| Control - steering | 146 | 45 | 1,093 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 125 | 18 | 231 |
| Judgement - meeting | 121 | 20 | 588 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 79 | 0 | 1,265 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 78 | 6 | 187 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 70 | 12 | 549 |
| Junctions - turning right | 70 | 0 | 196 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 66 | 0 | 54 |
| Reverse park - Control | 62 | 1 | 403 |
| Move off - control | 61 | 8 | 455 |
| Judgement - crossing | 60 | 22 | 82 |
| Move off - safely | 58 | 12 | 545 |
| Awareness/planning | 55 | 8 | 406 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 51 | 1 | 314 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 49 | 0 | 972 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 45 | 1 | 68 |
| Signals - correctly | 35 | 1 | 296 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 34 | 1 | 108 |
| Use of speed | 23 | 1 | 190 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 21 | 0 | 169 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 20 | 3 | 179 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 19 | 0 | 75 |
| Control - gears | 18 | 0 | 165 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 14 | 1 | 85 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 13 | 7 | 171 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 13 | 1 | 262 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 12 | 0 | 29 |
| Reverse right - Control | 12 | 0 | 58 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 11 | 0 | 58 |
| Vehicle checks | 11 | 0 | 386 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 9 | 2 | 87 |
| Signals - necessary | 9 | 0 | 222 |
| Following distance | 7 | 3 | 134 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Control - parking brake | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| Control - Footbrake | 4 | 2 | 99 |
| Junctions - turning left | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 233 |
| Eyesight | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Position - normal stops | 2 | 0 | 148 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 1 | 0 | 229 |
| Ancillary controls | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 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 | 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.