Potholes remain British motorists’ biggest problem

Potholes remain British motorists’ biggest problem

Despite additional funding to address Britain’s pothole problem, crumbling roads remain the biggest bugbear for motorists.

Despite additional funding to address Britain’s pothole problem, crumbling roads remain the biggest bugbear for motorists.

A third of drivers have damaged their car by driving through a pothole, according to the latest research from the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), with a further 16 per cent claiming to have been involved in or seen an accident caused by a vehicle hitting a pothole.

Of the 2,600 people in the survey, 88 per cent rated pothole repair as the top priority for local council maintenance – with only 14 per cent classing their council’s current performance as “good” or “very good”.

IAM director of policy and research Neil Greig said: “Eighty per cent of those polled thought that local councils should work more closely together to increase efficiency, and with no loosening of the public purse strings in sight, it will take partnerships to ensure the backlog in road maintenance does not continue to stack up.”