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 | 270 | 21 | 297 |
| Junctions - observation | 180 | 16 | 269 |
| Control - steering | 76 | 18 | 459 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 71 | 3 | 67 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 67 | 1 | 48 |
| Move off - safely | 63 | 4 | 497 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 60 | 8 | 258 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 58 | 0 | 521 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 56 | 1 | 68 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 54 | 4 | 85 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 50 | 1 | 205 |
| Reverse park - Control | 45 | 2 | 291 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 43 | 0 | 373 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 35 | 0 | 473 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 34 | 1 | 122 |
| Junctions - turning right | 31 | 0 | 87 |
| Move off - control | 28 | 2 | 314 |
| Use of speed | 26 | 0 | 200 |
| Junctions - turning left | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| Judgement - meeting | 13 | 1 | 119 |
| Reverse right - Control | 12 | 0 | 58 |
| Judgement - crossing | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 10 | 1 | 138 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 10 | 0 | 62 |
| Control - gears | 9 | 0 | 102 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 9 | 0 | 110 |
| Awareness/planning | 8 | 3 | 137 |
| Vehicle checks | 8 | 0 | 250 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 7 | 1 | 94 |
| Control - Footbrake | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| Signals - correctly | 5 | 0 | 270 |
| Position - normal stops | 4 | 0 | 247 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 4 | 0 | 37 |
| Following distance | 3 | 2 | 61 |
| Signals - necessary | 3 | 0 | 116 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Ancillary controls | 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 | 3 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reverse left - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reverse left - Observation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Signals - timed | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 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.