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 | 240 | 47 | 504 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 238 | 17 | 335 |
| Junctions - observation | 211 | 47 | 534 |
| Control - steering | 187 | 48 | 1,388 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 161 | 0 | 1,714 |
| Judgement - meeting | 136 | 17 | 503 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 132 | 15 | 482 |
| Reverse park - Control | 111 | 11 | 605 |
| Junctions - turning right | 110 | 8 | 214 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 103 | 1 | 179 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 102 | 0 | 1,217 |
| Awareness/planning | 100 | 7 | 738 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 83 | 16 | 557 |
| Move off - safely | 82 | 12 | 927 |
| Judgement - crossing | 73 | 18 | 77 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 69 | 5 | 595 |
| Following distance | 68 | 8 | 516 |
| Use of speed | 65 | 7 | 373 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 62 | 1 | 249 |
| Move off - control | 50 | 8 | 535 |
| Signals - correctly | 46 | 0 | 365 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 41 | 10 | 76 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 36 | 3 | 241 |
| Position - normal stops | 30 | 0 | 500 |
| Reverse right - Control | 28 | 0 | 136 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 26 | 6 | 55 |
| Control - gears | 23 | 1 | 396 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 20 | 1 | 156 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 20 | 0 | 79 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 19 | 3 | 62 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 19 | 1 | 94 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 18 | 0 | 226 |
| Control - Footbrake | 13 | 0 | 280 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 12 | 2 | 252 |
| Junctions - turning left | 12 | 1 | 150 |
| Vehicle checks | 11 | 11 | 378 |
| Signals - timed | 10 | 3 | 297 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 9 | 0 | 43 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 8 | 0 | 355 |
| Signals - necessary | 5 | 0 | 221 |
| Eyesight | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 4 | 0 | 503 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 35 |
| Control - clutch | 2 | 1 | 71 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 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.