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Hi All, Back in March, I hit a pothole thats cost me £493 in repairs. It was a pot hole that was 3 feet long, 1 foot wide, 1/3 foot deep. It was in the wheel track on a 60 mph road on a blind bend. If I try to avoid it, it could have been a...

hello, i drove throught a particuarly bad pot hole one evening when it was dark and raining so therefore didnt see it untill i had hit it, i stopped the car to find that my alloy had been damaged beyond repair, (was completely bent over on the...

I made a claim at the beginning of March for 450 pounds worth of damage to the suspension on my car from a large pothole. I followed the advice on Potholes.co.uk and made a detailed report. I just had a response today apologising for my...

Went down a pothole early March and tyre burst instantly. There were a series of big holes and there was no avoiding them due to oncoming traffic. I took pictures with my camera phone and went on line and found this site. Followed all the...

B 4 Legal fob off ,reported 200mm hole, with good photo evdence, massive damage 2x tyres and 2x alloy wheels this was on the B579 Luton Rd, north bound out side Fancott Arms, I know of one other person that also went back to take photos at the...

On 1st Feb 2010 I hit a pothole which caused nearly one thousand pounds worth of damage to my car. I approached a road junction and wanted to turn left, but the road was blocked by a barrier informing the road was closed, so I turned right...

I am really pushing this claim to go through, I ran over a pothole in my 3 series BMW. The tyre that had done less than 400 miles burst. No damage to rim luckily and the tracking does not appear to be affect. If the tyre was old or had less...

The roads on the Isle of Wight have been in a bad state for several years now, but since the bad weather we have had over the winter (Jan/Feb 2010) problems have got much worse. Some of the roads on the island have more potholes than road and...

I hit a pothole (in December) on my bike in Cumbria, causing expensive damage. I claimed compensation from Cumbria Highways in Kendal. Its insurer (Zurich) wrote to me, denying liability, on the basis that it checked the road condition, once a...

I Guess ive been one of the unlucky ones, I work in Blackburn Lancashire and every day drive the same road, there has been potholes on this road for as long as i can remember, and unfortunately for me i was unlucky enough to hit one and cause my...