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| − | [[File:Isle of Wight.svg.png|thumbnail|200px|right|In 2013, the breakdown service Britannia Rescue reported that potholes now “take up a total area of 295 square miles (764 square km) in [[Britain]] – more than twice the size of the [[Isle of Wight]]”.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref>]]
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| − | :''See also:'' [[United Kingdom's road repair crisis]]
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| − | The UK's pothole epidemic could cost £9bn and a decade to solve.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/958188/Pothole-UK-roads-damage-repair-claim-report-BBC Pothole HELL: UK motorists let down as pothole crisis could cost £9bn & a DECADE to solve], ''Express'', 2018</ref> In 2018, UK roads ranked were ranked 27th in the world which was a ranking below [[Chile]] and [[Cyprus]].<ref>[https://news.motors.co.uk/news/uk-roads-ranked-worse-than-chile-and-cyprus-in-global-survey/ UK roads ranked worse than Chile and Cyprus in global survey], Motors.co.uk</ref>
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| − | A 2016 UK Automobile Association study found that 32% of UK drivers have experienced vehicle damage caused by potholes in the last two years.<ref>[https://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/advice/how-to-report-a-pothole How big is the pothole problem?]</ref>
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| − | In 2018, ''The Week'' reported: "The AA’s insurance chief, Janet Connor, has described Britain’s broken roads as “nothing short of a national disgrace.”<ref>[http://www.theweek.co.uk/93550/britain-s-broken-roads-cost-drivers-1m-a-month Britain’s broken roads cost drivers £1m a month], ''The Week'', 2018</ref>
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| − | Britain's pothole crisis is costing drivers and insurance firms at least £1m per month.<ref>[http://www.theweek.co.uk/93550/britain-s-broken-roads-cost-drivers-1m-a-month Britain’s broken roads cost drivers £1m a month]</ref>
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| − | In 2013, Britain had one pothole in every mile of road.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref> In 2013, the breakdown service Britannia Rescue reported that potholes now “take up a total area of 295 square miles (764 square km) in Britain – more than twice the size of the [[Isle of Wight]]”.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref>
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| | ==History== | | ==History== |