Damage to properties owned by Lincolnshire County Council - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. How many vehicles collided with property owned by your local authority - such as buildings, railings, lampposts, street furniture etc. - in each of the calendar years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017? Please provide the data broken down by year.

2. How much money did your local authority spend in each of the calendar years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 repairing council-owned property that was damaged by vehicles? 

3. Please also state how much, if any, of each annual amount, in pounds, was recovered through insurance policies. Please also state how much, if any, of each annual amount, in pounds, was recovered through uninsured loss recovery (ULR) programmes. Please provide the data broken down by year.

Decision

Over the time period requested Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) have had 14 vehicle impact claims listed in the repudiated/settled columns two of which are still in progress.

LCC do not cover vehicle impact so any costs listed represent recovered costs.

Relevant to FIO? Yes    
Repudiated claims - no payment at all. Not covered by insurance and no recovery’s made  
Count of Claim Reference Column Labels   Settled claims only  
Row Labels In Progress Repudiated Settled Paid Recovered ULR Recovered Insurer
2017   4 2 £ 1,674.00   £ 1,674.00 
2018   1 1 £551.84   £ 551.84 
2019   1        
2020   1        
2021 2 1 3 £12,419.41  £1,669.41   £10,750.00 
Grand Total 2 8 6      

 

Reference number
4629769
Date request received
19 July 2022
Date of decision
3 August 2022