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 | 204 | 6 | 414 |
| Control - steering | 94 | 8 | 705 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 82 | 0 | 82 |
| Reverse park - Control | 76 | 0 | 363 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 68 | 0 | 44 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 64 | 1 | 300 |
| Move off - control | 63 | 0 | 571 |
| Move off - safely | 59 | 1 | 624 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 56 | 6 | 206 |
| Junctions - turning right | 54 | 1 | 203 |
| Use of speed | 50 | 0 | 294 |
| Signals - correctly | 49 | 1 | 367 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 49 | 0 | 743 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 47 | 0 | 284 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 46 | 0 | 632 |
| Judgement - meeting | 43 | 3 | 278 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 41 | 1 | 13 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 41 | 0 | 111 |
| Judgement - crossing | 34 | 3 | 48 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 32 | 5 | 230 |
| Control - gears | 24 | 0 | 204 |
| Signals - necessary | 23 | 0 | 210 |
| Awareness/planning | 22 | 2 | 276 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 18 | 0 | 56 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 17 | 0 | 185 |
| Reverse right - Control | 16 | 0 | 81 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 15 | 0 | 39 |
| Position - normal stops | 13 | 0 | 280 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 11 | 0 | 66 |
| Vehicle checks | 11 | 0 | 344 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 10 | 0 | 71 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 9 | 1 | 200 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Signals - timed | 8 | 0 | 226 |
| Control - parking brake | 6 | 0 | 33 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 6 | 0 | 66 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 6 | 0 | 38 |
| Junctions - turning left | 5 | 0 | 63 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 3 | 0 | 303 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Eyesight | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Following distance | 2 | 0 | 82 |
| Control - accelerator | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Control - Footbrake | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 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.