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 | 179 | 13 | 422 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 99 | 0 | 879 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 91 | 6 | 179 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 88 | 0 | 264 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 78 | 1 | 75 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 61 | 2 | 79 |
| Control - steering | 54 | 9 | 548 |
| Junctions - turning right | 50 | 0 | 75 |
| Move off - safely | 46 | 2 | 400 |
| Reverse park - Control | 44 | 1 | 356 |
| Judgement - meeting | 42 | 4 | 194 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| Awareness/planning | 39 | 3 | 273 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 32 | 4 | 194 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 32 | 0 | 582 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 31 | 0 | 123 |
| Judgement - crossing | 26 | 1 | 45 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 26 | 1 | 286 |
| Move off - control | 25 | 1 | 322 |
| Signals - correctly | 25 | 0 | 239 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 24 | 1 | 31 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 24 | 0 | 103 |
| Use of speed | 21 | 0 | 217 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 18 | 1 | 87 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 16 | 3 | 67 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 14 | 1 | 148 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 12 | 1 | 150 |
| Junctions - turning left | 11 | 0 | 35 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 10 | 0 | 44 |
| Control - Footbrake | 9 | 2 | 90 |
| Reverse right - Control | 9 | 0 | 49 |
| Following distance | 8 | 0 | 144 |
| Vehicle checks | 7 | 1 | 252 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 7 | 0 | 247 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Control - gears | 6 | 0 | 136 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 6 | 0 | 41 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 139 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Signals - necessary | 2 | 0 | 161 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Control - parking brake | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Position - normal stops | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 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.