Pothole reports, repairs, spend and compensation claims 2019-21
Case reference FOI2023/01411
Published 7 September 2023
Request
1) How many potholes were reported in 2021? Can this be broken down by road name.
2) How many potholes were reported in 2020? Can this be broken down by road name.
3) How many potholes were reported in 2019? Can this be broken down by road name.
4) How many potholes were repaired in 2021?
5) How many potholes were repaired in 2020?
6) How many potholes were repaired in 2019?
7) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2021?
8) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2020?
9) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2019?
10) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2021?
11) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2020?
12) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2019?
13)How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2021?
14) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2020?
15) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2019?
16) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2021?
17) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2020?
18) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2019?
19) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2021?
20) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2020?
21) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2019?
Response
1) How many potholes were reported in 2021? Can this be broken down by road name.
3,954 reports were received. Please see the attached spreadsheet for a breakdown by road.
2) How many potholes were reported in 2020? Can this be broken down by road name.
4,772 reports were received. Please see the attached spreadsheet for a breakdown by road.
3) How many potholes were reported in 2019? Can this be broken down by road name.
2,904 reports were received. Please see the attached spreadsheet for a breakdown by road.
4) How many potholes were repaired in 2021?
26,160
5) How many potholes were repaired in 2020?
25,982
6) How many potholes were repaired in 2019?
21,112
7) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2021?
111
8) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2020?
304
9) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2019?
117
10) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2021?
9
11) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2020?
24
12) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2019?
8
13) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2021?
102
14) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2020?
280
15) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2019?
109
16) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2021?
£2,939.52
17) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2020?
£12,955.52
18) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2019?
£24,931.99
19) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2021?
Please note that this information is recorded by financial year. The spend in the 2021/22 financial year was £2,020,273.66
20) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2020?
The spend in the 2020/21 financial year was £2,026,600.05
21) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2019?
The spend in the 2019/20 financial year was £1,757,008.78
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