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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrors - change direction | 212 | 46 | 445 |
| Junctions - observation | 160 | 54 | 520 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 83 | 9 | 398 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 74 | 3 | 134 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 68 | 4 | 194 |
| Control - steering | 67 | 21 | 774 |
| Junctions - turning right | 66 | 9 | 96 |
| Use of speed | 59 | 0 | 373 |
| Reverse park - Control | 55 | 2 | 357 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 49 | 1 | 83 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 45 | 1 | 170 |
| Move off - control | 44 | 2 | 564 |
| Judgement - meeting | 42 | 10 | 219 |
| Awareness/planning | 38 | 6 | 256 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 38 | 6 | 271 |
| Move off - safely | 36 | 1 | 494 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 30 | 0 | 678 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 28 | 0 | 868 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 21 | 5 | 35 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 21 | 2 | 283 |
| Following distance | 21 | 0 | 184 |
| Signals - correctly | 18 | 0 | 239 |
| Judgement - crossing | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 16 | 1 | 72 |
| Control - gears | 14 | 1 | 219 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 14 | 1 | 157 |
| Junctions - turning left | 14 | 0 | 44 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 13 | 2 | 16 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 13 | 1 | 282 |
| Control - Footbrake | 12 | 1 | 145 |
| Reverse right - Control | 10 | 0 | 57 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 9 | 0 | 42 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 7 | 1 | 49 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 6 | 0 | 520 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 0 | 147 |
| Vehicle checks | 5 | 0 | 171 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 4 | 2 | 135 |
| Position - normal stops | 4 | 0 | 208 |
| Signals - necessary | 4 | 0 | 209 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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.