Pothole Damage Cost Hits Record High | Julia Hartley-Brewer

The total cost of repairing vehicles damaged by potholes hit a record high last year, new figures show.

Common problems caused by potholes include damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs and distorted wheels.

The AA said the total cost of fixing vehicles it attended in the UK which had broken down because of poor road surfaces in 2024 was £579 million.

That is compared with £474 million during the previous 12 months and is the highest total on record.

Talk’s Julia Hartley-Brewer is joined by founder of Fair Fuel UK Howard Cox, who says the roads have been left “by the wayside”.

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[cw]

We pay 33 billion in road and car tax every year. Yet only 11 billion pounds a year is spent fixing it.
Where has the other 22 billion pounds gone eh?

[johnprice]

Went to NZ for a month in March last year, traveled all round, never see one pot hole, roads perfect, whatever happened in the UK ?

[No-E]

The Taliban were recorded holding on the back of their American hummers while on rollerblades, you couldn't do that here 😂

[Kavlor]

Oh yeah we have a road that is full of them and even if they fix them it's not long before they open up again.

[marcinzadora]

Britain goes fully green. They are not a pot holes but little ponds. Swans will be soon. Isn, t it lovely?

[phxmotor]

We voted to reservoir already high gasoline tax in California by 15 cents per Fallon. Her? Because we do jitnlihebpot jokes. The result? Best roads in the nation. That's the result? Best roads in the nation.

[wjfne]

To admit neglect and therefore be subject to a claim for damage they have to know about the potholes. They don't bother looking as in this case ignorance is bliss. Where I live a local politician would accept details and submit them to the relevant authorities so they couldn't say they didn't know and the repairs would be carried out, if not immediately, promptly.