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 | 351 | 44 | 666 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 328 | 36 | 514 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 251 | 1 | 75 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 149 | 0 | 180 |
| Junctions - turning right | 146 | 2 | 240 |
| Move off - safely | 141 | 0 | 1,220 |
| Reverse park - Control | 100 | 1 | 489 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 99 | 0 | 132 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 96 | 8 | 783 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 94 | 1 | 282 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 84 | 0 | 1,381 |
| Control - steering | 82 | 12 | 1,071 |
| Awareness/planning | 79 | 5 | 306 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 76 | 0 | 966 |
| Judgement - meeting | 71 | 10 | 391 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 65 | 2 | 482 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 62 | 1 | 412 |
| Use of speed | 62 | 1 | 344 |
| Move off - control | 59 | 2 | 535 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 55 | 0 | 1,249 |
| Judgement - crossing | 49 | 9 | 44 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 39 | 0 | 121 |
| Signals - correctly | 31 | 0 | 402 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 27 | 1 | 320 |
| Position - normal stops | 25 | 1 | 303 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 24 | 1 | 91 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 20 | 3 | 33 |
| Control - gears | 19 | 1 | 308 |
| Control - Footbrake | 16 | 0 | 253 |
| Reverse right - Control | 16 | 0 | 60 |
| Junctions - turning left | 12 | 0 | 97 |
| Following distance | 11 | 0 | 184 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| Signals - necessary | 11 | 0 | 374 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 11 | 0 | 158 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 11 | 0 | 79 |
| Vehicle checks | 10 | 1 | 521 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 9 | 0 | 37 |
| Signals - timed | 9 | 0 | 268 |
| Eyesight | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 6 | 0 | 52 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Control - parking brake | 3 | 0 | 68 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Control - clutch | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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.