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 | 250 | 40 | 585 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 218 | 33 | 532 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 177 | 5 | 101 |
| Junctions - turning right | 162 | 2 | 214 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 123 | 3 | 199 |
| Following distance | 119 | 2 | 371 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 88 | 1 | 405 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 75 | 0 | 871 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 73 | 0 | 733 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 73 | 0 | 192 |
| Control - steering | 67 | 9 | 687 |
| Use of speed | 67 | 0 | 299 |
| Reverse park - Control | 65 | 0 | 362 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 61 | 5 | 206 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 60 | 0 | 102 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 58 | 5 | 314 |
| Move off - safely | 58 | 5 | 707 |
| Judgement - meeting | 56 | 2 | 196 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 54 | 4 | 111 |
| Awareness/planning | 47 | 4 | 232 |
| Move off - control | 46 | 2 | 510 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 40 | 0 | 520 |
| Control - gears | 29 | 0 | 350 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 24 | 4 | 44 |
| Judgement - crossing | 23 | 3 | 27 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 21 | 0 | 145 |
| Junctions - turning left | 17 | 0 | 75 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 16 | 1 | 348 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 16 | 0 | 57 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 13 | 0 | 58 |
| Signals - correctly | 13 | 0 | 267 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 11 | 1 | 68 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Position - normal stops | 6 | 0 | 260 |
| Reverse right - Control | 6 | 0 | 80 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 5 | 0 | 378 |
| Signals - necessary | 5 | 0 | 191 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 0 | 329 |
| Vehicle checks | 5 | 0 | 185 |
| Control - Footbrake | 4 | 0 | 91 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 1 | 80 |
| Control - clutch | 2 | 0 | 124 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 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.