Pothole numbers down a quarter
The number of new potholes fell by more than a quarter in 2019.
This is according to local council data analysed by car selling comparison website motorway.co.uk.
More than 100 local councils responded to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by Motorway in February 2020. Councils were asked for the total number of new potholes reported in 2018 and 2019.
The figures showed that potholes reported by council officers and the general public fell by 26% last year, with more than eight in 10 (84%) councils seeing a drop in pothole numbers.
Of the 16% of councils that reported a rise in new potholes last year, Nottingham (81.2%), Monmouthshire (63.2%), Cymru (47.1%), Bedford (45.5%) and St Helens (41.7%) all saw increases of at least 40%.
