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Potholes see 2.7 million cars forced off the road due to damage – survey

Pothole damage has forced nearly 2.7 million cars off the road in the last 12 months, a new report has found. Kwik Fit’s Pothole Impact Tracker – PIT – spoke to 2,000 UK adults and discovered that 57 per cent had hit at least one pothole a week over ...

21 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Local roads near ‘breaking point’ as pothole repairs reach eight-year high

The rate of pothole repairs on local roads in England and Wales has reached an eight-year high, according to a new report. This shows highways are heading towards “breaking point”, according to the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), which carried out ...

19 Mar 2024 at 09:31

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Springtime road repairs fail to make ‘dent’ in potholes – RAC

Breakdowns caused by pothole damage fell by just four per cent during May, according to new figures released by the RAC. The breakdown company attended 49,801 incidents – more than 1,600 per day – caused by potholes. This figure was second only to ...

09 Jun 2023 at 00:01

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Third of England’s local roads are in need of repair

A third of all local B and C roads in England are in need of repair, new figures show. Analysis of data from the Department for Transport by the AA shows that Derbyshire Council has the worst B and C roads, with a quarter of them in need of ...

03 Nov 2022 at 13:48

Tougher rules needed for utility firms digging up roads, MPs say

Utility companies should be forced to guarantee repairs to roads for five years after digging them up, MPs have said. A new watchdog should also be appointed to manage the disruption caused by firms carrying out work on pipes and cables in ...

03 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Drivers able to see how well their council is tackling potholes

Drivers across England are able to see how well their local authority is tackling potholes with the launch of a new traffic light rating system. The Department for Transport (DfT) said a new mapping tool shows 154 local highway ...

11 Jan 2026 at 11:29

Fact check: Are councils fixing more potholes?

This fact check has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. In its 2024 manifesto, Labour promised to fix “an additional one million ...

23 Jan 2026 at 17:25

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