A recent freedom of information request has revealed the total number of potholes that have been reported to Herefordshire Council over the past three years, as well as the total amount of compensation that has been paid out to drivers who have seen their vehicles damaged.
The freedom of information request, that was submitted to Herefordshire Council can be found below:
1) The number of potholes reported in the last 3 years. Please provide the figure for each year (2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: Please see the table below:
| Year | Number of Potholes |
| 2022 | 26,162 |
| 2023 | 32,654 |
| 2024 | 27,855 |
2) The combined width of the potholes in meters for each year (again 2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: This information is not held.
3) The average time in calendar days it takes to repair the potholes for each year (2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: Please see the table below:
| Year | Average Number of Days Taken |
| 2022 | 20.60804275 |
| 2023 | 21.01688132 |
| 2024 | 23.01372113 |
4) How much is spent on repairing potholes each year? (Again, 2022, 2023, 2024.)
Answer: This information is recorded by financial year. Please see the table below for the last 3 financial years:
| Financial Year | Amount Spent Repairing Potholes |
| 2021/22 | £1,757,321.16 |
| 2022/23 | £1,789,199.77 |
| 2023/24 | £1,598,615.97 |
5) Total number of potholes reported to your authority, since you began recording this data.
Answer: The Service Area have advised 281,882 pothole jobs have been raised since 2013. This number includes all potholes reported either by the public via an enquiry or reported by BBLP operatives out on the network.
6) How much money has been given to drivers as compensation due to poor road conditions in the past (2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: Please see the table below:
| Year | Compensation Amount |
| 2022 | £4,589.73 |
| 2023 | £9,177.40 |
| 2024 | £18,181.99 |
