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 | 158 | 1 | 125 |
| Junctions - observation | 143 | 45 | 364 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 127 | 16 | 208 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 109 | 1 | 89 |
| Use of speed | 84 | 0 | 270 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 82 | 0 | 676 |
| Following distance | 59 | 0 | 261 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 57 | 2 | 632 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 55 | 4 | 199 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 53 | 0 | 70 |
| Control - steering | 52 | 18 | 643 |
| Move off - safely | 46 | 15 | 632 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 44 | 18 | 378 |
| Reverse park - Control | 42 | 9 | 240 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 38 | 0 | 29 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 35 | 4 | 165 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 32 | 3 | 363 |
| Move off - control | 31 | 5 | 318 |
| Awareness/planning | 27 | 3 | 248 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 23 | 0 | 16 |
| Signals - correctly | 22 | 2 | 201 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 17 | 0 | 47 |
| Judgement - meeting | 14 | 14 | 105 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 13 | 0 | 66 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 12 | 2 | 233 |
| Position - normal stops | 12 | 0 | 214 |
| Control - gears | 9 | 0 | 216 |
| Judgement - crossing | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 8 | 3 | 50 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| Junctions - turning left | 8 | 0 | 43 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 6 | 1 | 49 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 6 | 1 | 86 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 6 | 0 | 288 |
| Signals - necessary | 6 | 0 | 118 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 4 | 0 | 40 |
| Reverse right - Control | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Signals - timed | 3 | 0 | 236 |
| Vehicle checks | 3 | 0 | 218 |
| Ancillary controls | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| Control - Footbrake | 1 | 2 | 124 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyesight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 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.