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UK hit by ‘pothole pandemic’
- 04/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The pothole crisis in the UK has reached pandemic levels with more than a million potholes reported last year alone. According to Confused.com, more than 2,700 potholes were identified on UK roads every single day during 2023. The South East is the UK region most impacted, with more than 200,000 potholes [...] -
Drivers hit with £14bn bill due to poor roads
- 19/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Data from the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance has revealed that councils face a shortfall of £16.3bn to repair damaged British roads. It says that only 47% of roads in England and Wales are in good structural condition with the remaining 53% unlikely to last another 10 years. The government pledged [...] -
Pothole damage costs soar
- 18/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Road safety and breakdown recovery specialist GEM Motoring Assist has warned drivers to be even more careful of potholes after council budgets for compensation has fallen by more than half. According to the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance report, 18% of local roads, or 37,000 miles, are judged to be [...] -
RAC attends record-high pothole-related breakdowns
- 10/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The RAC has attended the highest number of pothole-related breakdowns in any third quarter since it began recording this data in 2006. RAC patrols went to 5,978 breakdowns caused by damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs or distorted wheels from July to September. This was 580 more than the previous [...] -
Pothole damage at five-year high
- 22/08/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Pothole-related breakdowns are at a five-year high with new data showing that spending on road maintenance has almost halved in a little over a decade. Data shows that the worst area for potholes in the UK is Northumberland with over 180,000 reported over four years, followed by Cornwall and Kirklees in West [...] -
Pothole crisis deepens
- 25/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Pothole-related breakdowns are at their highest level in five years, according to the RAC. It attended more pothole breakdowns in the second quarter of this year than at any time since before the pandemic. The 8,100 pothole-related breakdowns recorded in the second quarter is the highest the RAC has since the [...] -
Potholes blamed for nearly half of windscreen chips
- 20/04/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research from Autoglass has found that 44% of drivers in the UK who have found a chip or a crack in their windscreen in the past 12 months believe potholes are to blame. Autoglass found that a third of UK drivers (33%) have had windscreen damage in the past year. In addition to those blaming potholes, 35% of [...] -
Pothole problem deepens
- 24/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Pothole damage has forced nearly 2.7 million cars off UK roads in the last year. According to the annual PIT Report for Kwik Fit, 13.1 million drivers suffered damage to their car after hitting a pothole, and of these, one in five had to do without their vehicle for more than a week while it was undergoing [...] -
Councils not paying out for pothole damage
- 16/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has revealed that councils in the UK are paying less than a third of pothole damage claims. Motoring experts LeaseCar has analysed the latest data to uncover which councils received the most pothole damage claims and how many of those claims were compensated. A total of 43,947 damage claims were [...] -
Potholes blamed for breakdown spike
- 27/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Potholes have been blamed for a 23% rise in breakdowns attended by RAC patrols in the last three months of 2022. It went to an average of 20 breakdowns a day in the final quarter, for faults such as damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs and distorted wheels, which was up from 16 a day over the previous [...]
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