Claims made by drivers regarding pothole damage 2021-2025

1) Could you please provide me with the total number of claims made by drivers regarding pothole damage across the following years 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. Could you please break these down by year.

2) Could you provide me with the total number of these claims that resulted in a pay out by the council to a driver across those years? Could you please break these down

3) Could you provide me with the total sum the council has paid out in pothole damage claims to drivers across the following years 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. Could you please break these down by year.

4) Could you provide me with the highest pothole damage claim pay out you have paid in each of the last four years?

1.

• 2021 - 2022 Total number of claims – 1,647
• 2022 - 2023 Total number of claims – 1,414
• 2023 - 2024 Total number of claims - 1,958
• 2024 - 2025 Total number of claims - 1,009
• 2024 - 2026 Total number of claims to date - 87

2.

• 2021 - 2022 Total number of claims settled - 368
• 2022 - 2023 Total number of claims settled - 322
• 2023 - 2024 Total number of claims settled - 302
• 2024 - 2025 Total number of claims settled - 146
• 2024 - 2026 Total number of claims settled to date - 10

3.

• 2021 - 2022 Total sum of claims settled - £84,532.23
• 2022 - 2023 Total sum of claims settled - £77,105.19
• 2023 - 2024 Total sum of claims settled - £64,192.56
• 2024 - 2025 Total sum of claims settled - £53,485.00
• 2024 - 2026 Total sum of claims settled - £5037.00 to date

4.

• 2021 - 2022 highest settlement - £1,967.00
• 2022 - 2023 highest settlement - £3,914.74
• 2023 - 2024 highest settlement - £5,559.02
• 2024 - 2025 highest settlement - £16,200.00
• 2024 - 2026 highest settlement - £2,625.00 to date