Details on Pothole Numbers and Compensation

RE: Please may you provide me with the following details on pothole numbers and compensation in your area, specifically;

 

1. The total number of reported potholes for your authority area for the years 2023/24 and 2024/25 (or most recent 12 months if 2024/25 not available)?

 

2. How many people claimed for pothole related compensation in your area? And the overall / total amount of money claimed? (in the most recent 12 month period) 
 

1. The following table shows:

The number of public fault reports received - these won't all have resulted in a confirmed pothole.

The number of pothole repair instructions issued - inspected and confirmed as a pothole requiring repair. These result from fault reports made by the public and routine highway inspections.

Please note that these are the number of pothole repairs captured within our Asset Management System for potholes reported and delivered in response to an enquiry from a member of the public or from an inspection by an LCC officer on a one to one basis. The actual number of potholes repaired will be higher than this figure as surfacing patches and larger surfacing schemes will also deal with pothole repairs but this data is not captured on a one to one basis.

2. 2024-2025 there were 1013 claims with a total sum of £60,209.95 paid out in damages.