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Pothole crisis reaches record high as numbers top 1 million
Britain’s pothole crisis has reached a post-pandemic high after drivers reported 1 million potholes on the nation’s roads last year.
The number of road craters in need of repair reported to councils is at its highest since 2020, according to the insurance comparison site Confused.com. A million potholes being reported in one year is the equivalent of more than 2,700 being flagged to highway authorities every single day.
South east England is the worst area of the UK for potholes, the insurance comparison website found, with just under 200,000 potholes being reported there last year.
Confused.com said drivers had made 4.4 million insurance claims as a result of pothole damage to their cars, although councils that are responsible for road maintenance can also be claimed against for the cost of car repairs.
