A Cycling UK investigation has found that highway authorities across the UK spent £43 million on compensation and legal costs for pothole related claims between 2013-17. Use the interactive maps below to see how much your local authority spent, and how many successful or settled claims were made against them.
The full data tables and summary of findings can be found below the maps.
|
Position |
Council/Authority |
Total Spend (including legal costs) |
|
1 |
Devon |
£5,239,755.00 |
|
2 |
Manchester |
£3,418,669 |
|
3 |
Somerset |
£3,234,394.50 |
|
4 |
Surrey |
£2,468,941 |
|
5 |
Walsall |
£1,633,239.38 |
|
6 |
Birmingham |
£1,252,935.32 |
|
7 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
£1,176,933.00 |
|
8 |
Bradford Metropolitan Council |
£1,097,127.00 |
|
9 |
Essex |
£897,419.84 |
|
10 |
Wirral |
£860,841.88 |
|
Position |
Council/Authority |
Total Spend (excl. legal) |
|
1 |
Thurrock |
£0 |
|
2 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) |
£0 |
|
3 |
Isle of Scilly |
£80 |
|
4 |
Orkney |
£89.57 |
|
5 |
Moray |
£112.5 |
|
6 |
Shetland |
£188.70 |
|
7 |
Ceredigion |
£250 |
|
8 |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough |
£1049.25 |
|
9 |
Halton Borough Council |
£1128 |
|
10 |
Rutland County Council |
£1346.83 |
Please note, some councils did not specify separately between cyclists and motorists. These table represents the top 10 councils which answered specifically to cyclists.
|
Position |
Council/Authority |
Total Spend (excl. legal) |
|
1 |
Somerset |
£2,475,588.08 |
|
2 |
Essex |
£436,729.99 |
|
3 |
Cumbria |
£342,860.00 |
|
4 |
Calderdale |
£259,180.71 |
|
5 |
Leeds |
£186,073 |
|
6 |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
£178,862.18 |
|
7 |
Wiltshire |
£175,731.79 |
|
8 |
Barnsley |
£161,432.41 |
|
9 |
Oxfordshire |
£151,244 |
|
10 |
Glasgow |
£144,755.28 |
Please note that the majority Somerset’s compensation payments related to a single high value case.
|
Position |
Council/Authority |
Total Successful/Settled Claims (cyclists) |
|
1 |
Salford |
59 |
|
2 |
Wiltshire |
40 |
|
3 |
Gateshead |
31 |
|
4 |
Oxfordshire |
29 |
|
5 |
Essex |
28 |
|
6 |
Hampshire |
26 |
|
7 |
Cambridgeshire |
25 |
|
8 |
Stockport |
24 |
|
=9 |
Cumbria |
23 |
|
=9 |
Glasgow |
23 |
|
Position |
Council/Authority |
Total Successful/Settled Claims |
|
1 |
Lincolnshire |
2887 |
|
2 |
Surrey |
2533 |
|
3 |
Hampshire |
2366 |
|
4 |
Wiltshire |
1675 |
|
5 |
Devon |
1567 |
|
6 |
Highways England |
1172 |
|
7 |
Herefordshire |
964 |
|
8 |
West Sussex |
850 |
|
9 |
Leeds |
756 |
|
10 |
Oxfordshire |
722 |
