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 | 220 | 53 | 430 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 128 | 27 | 211 |
| Junctions - turning right | 117 | 4 | 158 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 106 | 1 | 129 |
| Control - steering | 105 | 22 | 860 |
| Judgement - meeting | 65 | 6 | 241 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 64 | 5 | 217 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 64 | 1 | 819 |
| Reverse park - Control | 61 | 5 | 445 |
| Move off - control | 58 | 11 | 650 |
| Move off - safely | 57 | 6 | 509 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 55 | 0 | 1,066 |
| Awareness/planning | 47 | 8 | 379 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 37 | 1 | 174 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 34 | 4 | 42 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 33 | 8 | 239 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 32 | 1 | 40 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 31 | 2 | 98 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 27 | 4 | 136 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 23 | 5 | 222 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 23 | 0 | 59 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 22 | 4 | 181 |
| Signals - correctly | 22 | 0 | 238 |
| Use of speed | 21 | 0 | 163 |
| Junctions - turning left | 20 | 0 | 64 |
| Judgement - crossing | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| Reverse right - Control | 15 | 0 | 63 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 14 | 2 | 57 |
| Control - gears | 11 | 0 | 227 |
| Position - normal stops | 11 | 0 | 219 |
| Following distance | 10 | 1 | 121 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 8 | 0 | 58 |
| Signals - necessary | 8 | 0 | 182 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 6 | 1 | 67 |
| Signals - timed | 5 | 0 | 257 |
| Control - clutch | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| Control - Footbrake | 3 | 0 | 88 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 2 | 0 | 202 |
| Vehicle checks | 2 | 0 | 218 |
| Control - parking brake | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Precautions | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 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 |
| 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.