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Potholes

Damage ranges from burst tyres to shattered suspension (NationalWorld/Abode Stock)

2.7 million cars forced off the road by pothole damage

The cost of road repairs is outstripping councils’ maintenance budgets (Photo: Adobe Stock)
The cost of road repairs is outstripping councils’ maintenance budgets (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Roads resurfaced ‘once in 116 years’ as pothole funding gap hits £14bn

(Composite: NationalWorld)
(Composite: NationalWorld)

Budget 2023: £200m boost for English pothole repair fund

Drivers face a plague of potholes due to freezing conditions

Utility firms face fines for ‘plague of potholes’

Authorities hit with £13m pothole compensation bill in last four years

How to claim compensation for pothole damage

UK’s roads ‘on the edge’ as bill for pothole repair backlog tops £12bn

UK’s pothole plague drives up breakdowns by a fifth

(Composite: Kim Mogg/JPI Media)
(Composite: Kim Mogg/JPI Media)

UK’s most pothole-plagued councils revealed

English councils spent more than 8m on pothole compensation claims in 2019-20
English councils spent more than 8m on pothole compensation claims in 2019-20

Councils fork out £8m a year in pothole compensation

A record rise in pothole-related breakdowns on UK roads has been recorded.
A record rise in pothole-related breakdowns on UK roads has been recorded.

Roads resemble ‘surface of the moon’ after rise in pothole-related breakdowns