Pothole costs

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Dear Sir / Madam

Thank you for your information request, reference number NELC/30602/2324.
I can confirm that North East Lincolnshire Council holds the following
information:

A pothole is recognised as a road surface defect 40mm or greater in depth
and greater than 300mm in diameter. The table below includes road surface
defects recorded by our highway inspectors during the course of routine
highway safety inspections, as well as those reported by the public and
other agencies.

The Council’s Highway Management database holds records of defects
reported at identified locations. A defect record will include one or more
potholes. The data provided in the table is for the number of defect
records reported / repaired.

Note: Reported defects included within the final 2-3 months of the latest
year above may not be due for repair for up to 3 months, in accordance
with the risk assessment and priority contained in the Council's  policy
for Highway  Inspection and Maintenance. 

These figures will therefore be subject to change in subsequent data
updates.

For - September, October, November, December 2023 and January and February
2024

Number of potholes reported by month.

Number of potholes filled by month.

┌──────────────┬─────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ Month │ Reported Total │ Repaired Total │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ Sep-23 │ 56 │ 54 │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ Oct-23 │ 70 │ 64 │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ Nov-23 │ 106 │ 102 │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ Dec-23 │ 105 │ 92 │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ Jan-24 │ 117 │ 64 │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ Feb-24 │ 146 │ 48 │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ Totals: │ 600 │ 424 │
└──────────────┴─────────────────────┴────────────────────┘

Cost of filling potholes by month

This is information not held by North East Lincolnshire Council as this
service is delivered by NELC’s Regeneration Partner Equans as part of the
total contract fee.

How many compensation claims made for potholes by month.

Total cost of these claims, by month

┌─────────────────┬──────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ Month │ Number of claims │ Amount sought │ Payouts │
├─────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Sep-23 │ 0 │ N/A │ N/A │
├─────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Oct-23 │ 0 │ N/A │ N/A │
├─────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Nov-23 │ 1 │ £96 │ £0 │
├─────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Dec-23 │ 7 │ £1395 │ £0 │
├─────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Jan-24 │ 6 │ £801 │ £0 │
├─────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Feb-24 │ 4 │ £894 │ £0 │
├─────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Totals: │ 18 │ £3186 │ £0 │
└─────────────────┴──────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────┘

What road / pothole had the most individual claims? How many?

Moody Lane, Grimsby

4 claims for pothole damage

What road / pothole incurred the highest value of claims in terms of total
cost? How much?

Moody Lane, Grimsby

Total sought for 4 claims of vehicular damage £884.00.

What was the largest individual claim financially - where, when and how
much and what for?

Moody Lane, Grimsby

08/12/2023

£400 

Alleged damage to Alloy Wheel and Tyre.

How much was spent defending claims?

In-house and via Insurers so no costs incurred in defending.

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Yours sincerely

North East Lincolnshire Council

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