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 | 260 | 24 | 196 |
| Junctions - observation | 259 | 21 | 326 |
| Response to signs - traffic lights | 150 | 1 | 146 |
| Junctions - turning right | 146 | 2 | 220 |
| Control - steering | 113 | 18 | 667 |
| Positioning - lane discipline | 99 | 0 | 73 |
| Judgement - crossing | 82 | 17 | 58 |
| Response to signs - road markings | 82 | 1 | 58 |
| Maintain progess - speed | 76 | 0 | 997 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 64 | 2 | 221 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 63 | 3 | 423 |
| Move off - safely | 58 | 1 | 551 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 55 | 1 | 699 |
| Reverse park - Control | 49 | 2 | 332 |
| Move off - control | 49 | 1 | 467 |
| Awareness/planning | 43 | 5 | 204 |
| Judgement - meeting | 43 | 5 | 161 |
| Signals - correctly | 41 | 1 | 334 |
| Reverse park - Observatons | 30 | 1 | 96 |
| Control - gears | 23 | 0 | 190 |
| Use of speed | 22 | 0 | 133 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 20 | 0 | 207 |
| Signals - necessary | 20 | 0 | 206 |
| Following distance | 19 | 1 | 201 |
| Response to signs - traffic signs | 18 | 1 | 38 |
| Reverse right - Observation | 18 | 1 | 60 |
| Position - normal stops | 17 | 0 | 206 |
| Mirrors - signalling | 15 | 0 | 817 |
| Taxi/Forward Park cont | 15 | 0 | 122 |
| Junctions - approach speed | 12 | 1 | 126 |
| Reverse right - Control | 12 | 1 | 64 |
| Vehicle checks | 12 | 1 | 311 |
| Signals - timed | 12 | 0 | 394 |
| Taxi/Forward Park obs | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| Pedestrian crossing | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Response to signs - other road users | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| Control Stop - Promptness | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Eyesight | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ancillary controls | 3 | 0 | 35 |
| Junctions - cutting corners | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Junctions - turning left | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Control - parking brake | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Control - Footbrake | 1 | 0 | 133 |
| Judgement - overtaking | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Control - accelerator | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Control - balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control - clutch | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Controlled stop - Control | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECO Driving | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway Code | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precautions | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Response to signs - traffic controllers | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 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.