Potholes and road defects reports and process

1. How many potholes/road defects were reported to the local authority in each of the past five years for which data is available?  

Defects recorded by year
Year Defects
2016 56369
2017 50085
2018 72578
2019 51494
2020 60057

Of those reported potholes/road defects, how many were reported as being on:
i. ‘A’ classified roads,
ii. ‘B’ classified roads,
iii. Unclassified roads?
 

Defects recorded by road classification
Road classification Defects
A 27102
B 11341
Unclassified 166730

How many potholes/road defects were repaired by the local authority in each of the past five years for which data is available?  

Defects completed by year
Year Defects
2016 56178
2017 48541
2018 73407
2019 51525
2020 60773

Of those repaired potholes/road defects, how many were repaired on:
i. ‘A’ classified roads,
ii. ‘B’ classified roads,
iii. Unclassified roads?
 

Defects completed by road classification
Road classification Defects
A 26990
B 11289
Unclassified 166747

2. Does the local authority set target repair times for identified potholes/road defects?

 Please refer to Section 5: Safety Inspection Regime in the published Highway Safety Policy,

For each of the past five years for which data is available, how many potholes/road defects were repaired within the local authority’s set target time? 

Defects completed within tolerance
Year Defects
2016 49118
2017 39634
2018 50325
2019 43874
2020 52393