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 | 35 | 318 |
| Junctions - observation | 162 | 57 | 351 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 148 | 21 | 237 |
| Junctions - turning right | 134 | 2 | 114 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 108 | 9 | 94 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 93 | 6 | 436 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 83 | 12 | 58 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 78 | 2 | 854 |
| Move off - safely | 69 | 3 | 818 |
| Reverse park - Control | 63 | 2 | 484 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 58 | 1 | 93 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 54 | 1 | 190 |
| Control - steering | 44 | 9 | 663 |
| Use of speed | 42 | 0 | 268 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 40 | 7 | 193 |
| Move off - control | 39 | 0 | 596 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 37 | 0 | 834 |
| Judgement - meeting | 35 | 8 | 164 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 31 | 3 | 27 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 26 | 2 | 93 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 20 | 1 | 45 |
| Awareness/planning | 19 | 2 | 191 |
| Signals - correctly | 19 | 0 | 528 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 18 | 2 | 63 |
| Control - gears | 18 | 0 | 246 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 17 | 2 | 276 |
| Reverse right - Control | 16 | 0 | 59 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 13 | 0 | 64 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 12 | 2 | 451 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 10 | 0 | 182 |
| Judgement - crossing | 9 | 4 | 14 |
| Following distance | 9 | 1 | 145 |
| Junctions - turning left | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Vehicle checks | 7 | 0 | 266 |
| Position - normal stops | 6 | 0 | 261 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Control - Footbrake | 3 | 0 | 107 |
| Signals - necessary | 3 | 0 | 244 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 2 | 0 | 219 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reverse left - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reverse left - Observation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Signals - timed | 0 | 0 | 181 |
| 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.