Potholes data 2019-2021

For each of the three years 2019, 2020 and 2021:-

* The number of potholes identified in the local authority.
* The number of potholes identified by the local authority that were not filled during the given year.

Please see below for a response to the above questions

Scheduled Inspection Public Reported No Further Action Rationale %
Year Recorded Completed Enquiries Defect % No Further Action % Repaired 1 2 3 4
19/20 17188 16282 27939 49 51 13799 22.99 67.13 9.87 0
20/21 19279 17965 26045 48 52 12434 32.15 59.08 8.78 0
21/22 16373 15516 27659 43 57 11893 48.25 40.13 7.37 4.26
*from 5th June 2019
1 Not a defect under the current Highway Safety Policy
2 Duplicated report of same defect
3 No defect found at given location
4 Other

All potholes recorded by an inspector are completed. Please note that while a pothole may be recorded in one financial year it may not be completed until the following finical year. This particularly true from Mid-March onwards and when a pothole has been assigned a low risk rating with a repair response time of up to 28 days.

* The amount of money paid out by the local authority in potholes claims for damage to road vehicles

Financial year
2019/2020 – £35,576
2020/2021 – £81,468
2021/2022 – £48,475