Fire service vehicles damaged by potholes - Find a freedom of information request

Request

Please supply the following information under the Freedom of Information Act/EIR in relation to Fire Service vehicles.

For each of the last three calendar years (1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021, 1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022 and 1st January 2023 - 31st December 2023) and also the first half of this year (1st January 2024 - 31st June 2024):

1) How many of your vehicles were damaged by potholes/roads in poor condition? If you can break this down by vehicle type then please do so.

 2) What was the cost of repairing these vehicles and were any of the costs recovered?

Decision

1. For the years requested - there is one recorded incident in June 2024 for a car with damage to alloy wheel.

2. £535.52 + VAT to repair. Costs were not recovered.

Reference number
10423393
Date request received
30 August 2024
Date of decision
10 September 2024