Although there is no guarantee that motorists will be able to claim any money back if their car is damaged, here is how to make a compensation claim for pothole damage: 1. Collect your evidence: Make a note of the pothole’s location, the time and date you hit it and get a photo, if it’s safe … Read more
More pothole related claims are made in March than any other month, new research has revealed. Some 13 per cent of all claims to cover the cost of repairs for damage caused to vehicles by craters in the road are made by motorists in the third month of the year. The number of claims for … Read more
More British motorists have complained about pothole-strewn local roads damaging their cars this year as poorly-maintained roads continue to cause drivers misery, according to new research. A large study by the RAC published today shows that 38 per cent of drivers listed the terrible state of council-maintained roads as the biggest concern, up from 33 per … Read more
Cornwall has been named the pothole capital of the UK with 210,000 reported over the course of three years – but Lancashire has staked a claim for Britain’s worst crater with a five-foot pit deep enough to fit a grown man inside. Aron Cross, who owns Parson Lee Farm Glamping, reported a hole in Keighley … Read more
Drivers across the UK will be plagued by potholes this winter after a number of authorities failed to make sufficient repairs on their A-roads in the last two years. Figures from the Department for Transport and Research, which were analysed by the AA, showed only six per cent of councils in England had repaired the … Read more