Data on potholes recorded from 2018 to 2022
Copy of letter sent on 10th February 2023 in response to Freedom of Information request 14438665 asking for data on the number of potholes recorded between 2018 and 2022, time taken to repair them and the number and cost of claims made.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your recent request. Your request was actioned under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in which you requested the following information.
Question
Number of potholes recorded in January each year since 2018
- Average time (days/weeks/months) taken to repair each pothole each January since 2018
- Number of potholes recorded as repaired in January each year since 2018
- Compensation paid out for damage caused by potholes in January each year since 2018
Number of potholes recorded in February each year since 2018
- Average time (days/weeks/months) taken to repair each pothole each February since 2018
- Number of potholes recorded as repaired in February each year since 2018
- Compensation paid out for damage caused by potholes in February each year since 2018
Number of potholes recorded each year since 2018
- Average time (days/weeks/months) taken to repair each pothole each year since 2018
- Number of potholes recorded as repaired each year since 2018
- Compensation paid out for damage caused by potholes each year since 2018
Please send the data in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format.
Response
Average time (days/weeks/months) taken to repair each pothole each January since 2018
- Jan 2018 – 120.40 days
- Jan 2019 – 65.36 days
- Jan 2020 – 79.96 days
- Jan 2021 – 86.40 days
- Jan 2022 – 104.78 days
Number of potholes recorded as repaired in January each year since 2018
- Jan 2018 - 668
- Jan 2019 - 557
- Jan 2020 - 860
- Jan 2021 - 583
- Jan 2022 - 756
Average time (days/weeks/months) taken to repair each pothole each February since 2018
- Feb 2018 - 5.34 days
- Feb 2019 - 49.97 days
- Feb 2020 - 89.06 days
- Feb 2021 - 61.86 days
- Feb 2022 - 108.03 days
Number of potholes recorded as repaired in February each year since 2018.
- Feb 2018 - 304
- Feb 2019 - 893
- Feb 2020 - 1,206
- Feb 2021 - 1,030
- Feb 2022 - 757
Average time (days/weeks/months) taken to repair each pothole each year since 2018
- 2018 - 122.99 days
- 2019 - 307.14 days
- 2020 - 84.19 days
- 2021 - 77.20 days
- 2022 - 129.06 days
Number of potholes recorded as repaired each year since 2018
- 2018 – 13016
- 2019 – 13885
- 2020 – 10884
- 2021 – 10924
- 2022 – 9959
| Year | Claims settled | Total compensation paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0 | In 2018 claims were dealt with by Amey - no information not held |
| 2019 | 4 | £1,573.00 |
| 2020 | 9 | £1,190.00 |
| 2021 | 12 | £1,863.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | £54 |
| Year | Claims settled | Total compensation paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 34 | £11,525.63 |
| 2019 | 17 | £8,270.00 |
| 2020 | 17 | £2,839.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | £1,241.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | £1,744.00 |
| Year | Claims settled | Total compensation paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 58 | £31,145.78 |
| 2019/20 |
63 |
£15,247.83 |
| 2020/21 | 40 | £8,252.36 |
| 2021/22 | 54 | £17,770.81 |
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