FOI Request - Potholes

Request 101003431533

Can I please request, in the form of a spreadsheet such as Excel or CSV file, information on potholes reported to and repaired by the council since 2017.

1. The total number of potholes reported to the council, broken down by month, for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (to date).

2. The total number of potholes repaired by the council, broken down by month, for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (to date).

3. The total amount of money paid out in compensation due to potholes, broken down by calendar year in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (to date).

4. The amount of money spent by the council on fixing potholes, broken down by calendar year in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (to date).

Response 04-12-2023

1. Please note, the closest data we have is the number of enquiries logged which are categorised as 'carriageway defects'.  The numbers quoted could be for 1 no item, or for multiple items reported on one enquiry

Number of 'Carriageway Defect' Enquiries Logged (01/01/2017 -):

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2017 26 21 61 22 20 26 18 32 32 36 49 37 380
2018 59 81 75 58 40 28 36 26 33 30 18 15 499
2019 46 78 57 57 39 47 38 35 16 28 56 67 564
2020 72 80 48 10 12 29 32 22 30 42 20 47 444
2021 117 123 84 55 111 59 38 26 30 29 43 51 766
2022 43 118 68 79 47 44 40 36 18 19 25 34 571
2023 157 86 103 78 69 29 43 31 29 24 64 0 713
Total 520 587 496 359 338 262 245 208 188 208 275 251 3937

 

2. Please note the closest data we have is the number of instructions completed which are categorised as 'carriageway defects'.  The numbers quoted could be for 1 no. item, or for multiple repairs under one instruction.

Number of 'Carriageway Defect' Instructions Completed (01/01/2017 -):

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2017 282 233 322 589 237 348 592 387 183 383 154 267 3977
2018 528 207 517 544 461 456 356 225 350 345 327 253 4569
2019 160 389 507 376 287 508 693 619 377 221 227 287 4651
2020 612 444 415 22 36 89 1407 316 393 246 415 384 4779
2021 192 569 1086 667 391 1138 737 320 491 260 172 525 6548
2022 314 203 774 372 307 202 503 343 194 250 373 130 3965
2023 487 754 511 828 398 313 596 601 348 402 392 0 5630
Total 2575 2799 4132 3398 2117 3054 4884 2811 2336 2107 2060 1846 34119


3. Note: payments are reimbursements for damage/loss through insurance and not compensation.  All claims and legal costs are covered in our insurance premium.

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
£620.00 £391.27 £6,493.71 £26,893.01 £1,284.52 £1,067.79 £200.00

 

4. Not held. Financial data is not held in calendar years. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

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