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Potholes cost British drivers £1.7bn a year in repairs

Potholes cost British drivers £1.7bn a year

British drivers spend a staggering £1.7bn a year repairing damage to their vehicles caused by potholes, according to new figures.
Published 26 March 2018
Red alert: pothole plague means 25,000 miles of road rated dangerous

Potholes mean 25,000 miles of road rated dangerous

Nearly 25,000 miles of Britain’s roads have been issued with a red alert, meaning they will become dangerous by the end of the year if repairs ar
Published 21 March 2018
Reader Letters: Red lights, traffic calming, driving in France, diesel dongles and a cardinal rule

Reader Letters: Red mist and diesel dongles

"Jim Murray asks why he shouldn’t drive through an empty pelican crossing on red. One reason would be that..."
Published 24 April 2017
Reader Letters: New road tax, diesel riddle, headlight flashing, priorité à droit, Smart cars, red lights, plastic Clarkson and potholes

Reader Letters: New road tax and a diesel riddle

"It is disingenuous of the government to pretend that its revision to vehicle tax has a green element..."
Published 11 April 2017
Council’s £10,000 bill after pothole sidelines Ferrari

Ferrari + pothole = £10,000 bill for council

A Ferrari owner has been awarded £10,000 from a council after a pothole that would have cost just £53 to repair damaged his “pride and joy”.
Published 03 April 2017
Skid risk grows on the UK’s crumbling roads

Skid risk grows on UK’s crumbling roads

Motorists risk skidding on a quarter of roads because of an alarming deterioration in the highways network
Published 31 March 2017
British roads are worse than Oman’s

British roads are worse than Oman’s and Namibia's

Roads in the UK are in a worse condition than in many other developed nations, even though Britons pay the world’s highest tax on fuel ...
Published 01 March 2017
Ford's digital map to warn drivers of potholes

Ford's digital map to warn drivers of potholes

A digital map of Britain’s roads will be created to give motorists advanced warning of dangerous potholes.
Published 25 February 2017
Pothole damage doubles in a decade, according to RAC

Pothole damage doubles in a decade, according to RAC

Pothole damage continues to have British drivers shuddering, after the RAC revealed that rescue call outs hit a 10 year high for damage caused by...
Published 04 August 2016
Reader Letters: Shaky sat navs and daytime running lights in Mallorca

Readers' Letters: Shaky sat navs and daytime running...

When will sat navs take into account our Third World road surfaces? Mine recently sent me on a bumpy cross-country trip on potholed non-motorway roads...
Published 11 July 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Pothole compensation costs councils £8m in two years

Counclis paid out nearly £8m over two years in compensation to drivers and riders who claim "pothole payouts"...
Published 21 January 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Letters of the week, January 17

This week: motoring resolutions, brake lights, fog lights, petrol prices and keyless ignitions
Published 18 January 2016