Individual Potholes Reported and Spend

Potholes within your local authority area.



To assist with your search and ensure data is easily comparable, please provide data for the last three financial years: 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/2026.



1) What was the total number of individual potholes reported to the council by members of the public during each financial year?



2) How much did the council spend in total on repairing/filling potholes during each financial year?

2a) Of the total spend identified in Question 2, how much was spent specifically on temporary patches (this might be referred to as 'make safe' or temporary repairs)?



3. What was the total monetary value the council paid out in successful compensation claims for vehicle damage or personal injury caused by potholes during each financial year?

1) The total number of pothole enquiries received in the last three financial years are as follows:

Please note that number of enquiries detailed above may include instances of duplicate reporting.

For context, the number of pothole jobs completed in the last three financial years are as follows:

Please note that the number of pothole jobs completed above relates specifically to pothole jobs raised. However, this does not include additional potholes that may have been repaired through other works carried out by LCC on the carriageways during each year, such as whole carriageway resurfacing, carriageway patching and other carriageway minor works.

2) LCC does not record the cost of individual pothole repairs. We follow a risk-based approach, as set out in our Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan, which requires pothole repairs to be carried out at differing response times depending on the level of risk to the public. Each of these repair times has a separate price and the number of repairs in each category can vary greatly. It is not possible to give exact expenditure as LCC operates a complete reactive service and costs are not separated into carriageway pothole repairs only. The Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan can be found here: Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan.

2a) As above

3) 2023/2024 - £204,689.87
2024/2025 - £113,684.91
2025/2026 - £44,425.45