Drivers in Huddersfield might want to avoid learners - because about one in five of them get a dangerous fault on their test.

A dangerous fault is the most severe kind of mark you can get on your driving test and results in an automatic fail.

There were 1,426 dangerous faults in Huddersfield last year, according to an exclusive freedom of information response to the Examiner.

Official figures show there were 7,312 tests that began at the centre on Waverley Road last year.

Assuming one dangerous fault and test per driver, this means that 19.5 per cent of Huddersfield learners got a dangerous fault, or nearly one in five on their test - one of the highest proportions in the country.

The driving test centre on Waverley Road
The driving test centre on Waverley Road

The kinds of mistakes that can land you with a dangerous fault include not observing properly at junctions, unsafe steering and not using your mirrors to change direction - or a combination of these as it is possible to get more than one dangerous fault on the same test.

Huddersfield had the worst record of the driving test centres in the area.

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Test instructors marked down 1,337 dangerous faults for learners at Heaton test centre in Bradford - 15.8% of all tests.

Heckmondwike came in at one in nine drivers while Halifax was fewer than one in ten.

Test centre Dangerous
faults 2014
All tests
2014
% dangerous
Luton 2141 10075 21.3
Wood Green (London) 2203 10430 21.1
Blackburn with Darwen 1359 6792 20
Huddersfield 1426 7312 19.5
Hawick 13 71 18.3
Wednesbury 965 5589 17.3
Belvedere (London) 1150 6772 17
Failsworth (Manchester) 1407 8554 16.4
Wanstead (London) 1983 12096 16.4
Hayes (London) 984 6035 16.3

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