Pothole Reports Hit a Five-Year High in 2023

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Britain's roads are in need of some serious TLC.

The BBC reports local government data shows potholes were reported to councils in England, Scotland, and Wales almost 630,000 times between January and November 2023, a five-year high.

The number of reported potholes is likely to be much higher given that only 115 out of 208 councils were surveyed.

"Potholes are the bane of many of our lives and put drivers, cyclists, and even pedestrians at risk of serious injury," says Roger Harding, director of a campaign group called Round Our Way.

"The weather extremes that climate change brings are sadly creating many more of them at a time when cuts mean repairs are already not keeping up."

Potholes aren't the only problem on Britain's roads.

The AA reports 631,852 pothole-related incidents in 2016, a five-year high.

The average repair cost for a pothole accident is $250, and the group believes the total cost for the country as a whole could be as high as $500 million.

Harding calls for more regular and consistent funding for road repairs.

Meanwhile, researchers at the University of Cambridge, Liverpool University, and Leeds University are working on ways to rid our roads of potholes, including using robots to patch them up and using virtual reality to

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