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 | 184 | 0 | 154 |
| Junctions - observation | 159 | 16 | 335 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 149 | 14 | 223 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 123 | 0 | 158 |
| Use of speed | 98 | 0 | 514 |
| Control - steering | 73 | 8 | 678 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 72 | 0 | 892 |
| Move off - safely | 62 | 3 | 739 |
| Move off - control | 56 | 0 | 531 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 54 | 6 | 240 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 53 | 11 | 420 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 42 | 0 | 81 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 40 | 6 | 36 |
| Reverse park - Control | 40 | 2 | 356 |
| Judgement - meeting | 39 | 3 | 217 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 36 | 0 | 57 |
| Judgement - crossing | 34 | 1 | 38 |
| Awareness/planning | 30 | 1 | 171 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 26 | 1 | 210 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 24 | 0 | 701 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 22 | 0 | 114 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 20 | 0 | 252 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 19 | 1 | 68 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 17 | 0 | 73 |
| Following distance | 15 | 0 | 193 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 14 | 1 | 94 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 13 | 1 | 129 |
| Control - gears | 12 | 0 | 173 |
| Signals - correctly | 11 | 1 | 315 |
| Vehicle checks | 9 | 2 | 383 |
| Reverse right - Control | 9 | 0 | 48 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 8 | 0 | 88 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Control - parking brake | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| Junctions - turning left | 4 | 0 | 33 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 4 | 0 | 550 |
| Signals - necessary | 4 | 0 | 297 |
| Signals - timed | 4 | 0 | 431 |
| Ancillary controls | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Control - Footbrake | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| Eyesight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Position - normal stops | 1 | 0 | 167 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 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.