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 | 215 | 48 | 395 |
| Junctions - observation | 193 | 73 | 565 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 146 | 3 | 119 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 131 | 2 | 118 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 115 | 2 | 692 |
| Move off - safely | 107 | 1 | 904 |
| Junctions - turning right | 105 | 1 | 116 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 101 | 6 | 129 |
| Reverse park - Control | 67 | 4 | 447 |
| Judgement - meeting | 65 | 7 | 326 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 57 | 0 | 1,320 |
| Control - steering | 50 | 7 | 965 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 49 | 1 | 928 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 45 | 1 | 353 |
| Move off - control | 44 | 5 | 594 |
| Awareness/planning | 42 | 8 | 544 |
| Use of speed | 29 | 3 | 424 |
| Following distance | 28 | 0 | 222 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 24 | 3 | 40 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 24 | 2 | 44 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 23 | 1 | 149 |
| Judgement - crossing | 21 | 10 | 35 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 20 | 6 | 388 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 19 | 3 | 441 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 18 | 1 | 100 |
| Reverse right - Control | 15 | 1 | 66 |
| Control - gears | 13 | 1 | 359 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 12 | 4 | 124 |
| Signals - correctly | 11 | 1 | 714 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 9 | 3 | 125 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 9 | 2 | 183 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 7 | 0 | 66 |
| Position - normal stops | 7 | 0 | 336 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| Vehicle checks | 5 | 3 | 248 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 5 | 1 | 39 |
| Junctions - turning left | 5 | 0 | 93 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 3 | 0 | 143 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Signals - necessary | 1 | 0 | 163 |
| Signals - timed | 1 | 0 | 422 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Control - Footbrake | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 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.