Insurance claims

Green Insurer Research Looks at True Costs of Pothole Damage

Potholes and badly maintained roads are costing drivers with 28% of motorists reporting they have suffered damage to their vehicle as a result, research by The Green Insurer shows. It’s difficult to claim against Councils and […]

Insurance claims

Can You Claim From Councils For Pothole Damage? Maybe, Here’s Some Data

Some interesting stats from The Green Insurer, as the paltry amount in compensation paid by Councils for pothole damage has increased, but most drivers get the brush-off. Here’s the word; The number of drivers receiving […]

Motor Insurance

RAC Notes Pothole Problem is Only Getting Worse

The latest pothole data from the RAC shows just how many breakdowns and dangerous faults with steering and suspension are being caused by the deliberate neglect of the UK roads. As potholes continue to appear, […]

Motor Insurance

Road Users Face Damage & Injury, As Councils Slash Maintenance Budgets

The RAC has discovered what most of us suspected, Councils are deliberately neglecting the UK roads network by slashing maintenance budgets. Meanwhile grandiose Youth hubs, Council backed green energy companies, new town centre “regeneration schemes”, […]

Motor Insurance

If You Swerve to Avoid Potholes, Are You to Blame For an Accident?

Here is a growing problem for insurers; how do you aportion blame when a driver swerves to avoid a large pothole but then collides with another vehicle? OK, the driver made the move, so if […]

Motor Insurance

Is The Public Sector Deliberately `Rewilding’ UK Roads & Putting Lives at Risk?

Is the poor state of UK roads deliberate policy by UK government bodies, Highways agencies and Councils? Maybe so, as the latest data from the RAC shows that levels of pothole damage are still rising. […]

Insurance claims

Pothole Plague: Which Councils Actually Pay Claims?

It’s a good question, as the deliberate neglect of the UK road network puts the lives of cyclists, e-scooter riders and motorcyclists in particular at risk. Car drivers can also suffer serious accidents hitting deep […]