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 - turning right | 165 | 4 | 158 |
| Junctions - observation | 130 | 50 | 190 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 129 | 3 | 86 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 119 | 31 | 180 |
| Use of speed | 100 | 0 | 367 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 97 | 10 | 296 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 93 | 0 | 1,032 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 82 | 18 | 506 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 64 | 1 | 38 |
| Reverse park - Control | 60 | 3 | 242 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 60 | 0 | 71 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 57 | 1 | 595 |
| Move off - safely | 54 | 1 | 408 |
| Control - steering | 40 | 23 | 400 |
| Move off - control | 39 | 3 | 333 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 30 | 0 | 817 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 24 | 0 | 102 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 22 | 0 | 108 |
| Judgement - crossing | 21 | 6 | 13 |
| Junctions - turning left | 19 | 0 | 28 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 17 | 2 | 89 |
| Signals - correctly | 16 | 1 | 291 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 14 | 1 | 101 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 14 | 0 | 180 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 14 | 0 | 53 |
| Ancillary controls | 13 | 0 | 68 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| Judgement - meeting | 12 | 3 | 79 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 10 | 0 | 82 |
| Reverse right - Control | 10 | 0 | 44 |
| Following distance | 9 | 0 | 170 |
| Awareness/planning | 8 | 1 | 226 |
| Control - gears | 8 | 0 | 196 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 7 | 2 | 147 |
| Position - normal stops | 6 | 0 | 261 |
| Signals - timed | 6 | 0 | 304 |
| Eyesight | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Vehicle checks | 2 | 2 | 279 |
| Control - Footbrake | 2 | 0 | 74 |
| Signals - necessary | 2 | 0 | 278 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Control - parking brake | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.