1. The number of potholes reported in the last 3 years. Please provide the figure for each year (2022, 2023, 2024)
| Calendar Year | Reported |
| 2022 | 36,903 |
| 2023 | 53,240 |
| 2024 | 62,621 |
2. The combined width of the potholes in meters for each year, again (2022, 2023, 2024)
Devon County Council does not hold this information.
3. The average time in calendar days it takes to repair the potholes for each year (2022, 2023, 2024)
| Calendar Year | Average Days from report to repair | Median |
| 2022 | 6.60 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5.80 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4.96 | 4 |
4. How much is spent on repairing potholes each year? Again, (2022, 2023, 2024)
We do not hold expenditure information relating specifically to potholes. Expenditure on potholes is contained within the total expenditure on Highway Safety Defect repairs, which is set out below by financial year:
2021/22 £4,886,806.31
2022/23 £7,276.074.47
2023/24 £7,923,113.72
5. Total number of potholes reported to your authority, since you began recording this data.
From September 2006 to the 23rd January 2025) – 2,572,303 safety pothole or 2,788,563 when non-safety and patching work is included.
6. How much money has been given to drivers as compensation due to poor road conditions in the past (2022, 2023, 2024)
2022: £28,406
2023: £66,543
2024: £21,827