All news on the topic: Potholes

A couple's 'picturesque' walk was ruined by a hilarious X-rated detail that they only noticed after their trip through the Brecon Beacons - the sighting has left Reddit users in stitches

The pothole was recently repaired but now two yellow marker arrows have mysteriously appeared on the mound of tarmac which is now resembling a speed bump. Locals have been left confused

Stuart Ross, 54, has been forced to cancel all bookings until the end of high season in July because of the 'horrific' state of the U70 road in Sutherland, Scotland

People who live in Charlton-All-Saints, Wiltshire, discovered a huge pothole the length of a double decker bus at around 41ft long and seven feet wide after flooding finally receded

An investigation was launched after a man aged 74 died in a fatal crash near the village of Petworth on April 29. Sussex Police said he suffered a medical episode while driving

West Sussex Council, which is a Conservative stronghold, was sent reports about potholes on the same stretch of the A272 where a 911 997 GT2 Porsche crashed in Petworth

Potholes are one of the leading causes of breakdowns in the UK, and with over one million on UK roads, they can sometimes be unavoidable - but there's a simple rule that helps avoid hazards

And one in 10 have even shelled out over £1,500 in a single transaction - with dashboard warning lights, and damaged windscreens, the biggest costly culprits

Over two-thirds of Brits admit they feel more annoyed generally now than 'ever before' - with the most frustrating time of day coming as early as 8am

Ronnie Wilkie, 78, has blasted the number of potholes on a lane by his house in Herefordshire and claims that he won't pay his council tax until the road is fixed

With repairs to troublesome potholes at an astonishing eight-year high, we want to know if the unsightly road craters are causing an issue where you live?

A total of 1,308 compensation claims relating to vehicle damage caused by potholes on one city council's roads were made and a whopping 978 were successful with some very big payout - highlighting a 'country-wide issue'

The black and blue parrot can be seen sat on a branch coming out of the pothole. Locals are fed up with the crater not being fixed by the authorities in an Essex village

The anonymous campaigner, known as the Daventry Banksie, has left motorists baffled after putting up 26 hand-painted signs around the town of Daventry, Northamptonshire

The rubber ducks were placed inside the gaping holes to highlight the sorry state of Glasgow's roads - images were shared to Facebook group Potholes Make Glasgow

Research by Xcite Car Leasing found UK councils received more than 733,000 pothole reports in a year. Here's how to claim against a council if you happen to hit one

A friend of Ann Nightingale, 77, feared her injuries were fatal after she slipped outside a hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset, when her shoe caught on rubble from another pothole plaguing the UK

Residents say they are baffled after Gloucestershire County Council could 'only afford' to repair a stretch of their pothole-filled road in Cheltenham - leaving most of it still full of defects

The sign inferring the battered stretch of road has 'gone t*ts up' has been met with praise from locals. A nearby garage says it has seen a huge increase damaged vehicles recently

The image of the huge pothole was snapped on Lochdochart Road, Glasgow and shows some exposed metalwork sitting on the street

Furious residents of Wrenbury-cum-Frith in Cheshire say cars are being wrecked by the “diabolical” condition of the tarmac on their roads which will "break your soul"

According to councils across England, more than a million potholes in our roads were repaired every year, but there are huge differences across the country

Locals living on the Bel Air Chalet Estate in Essex complained last January about Seawick Road, dubbed the worst in the UK, and say it is still in a terrible state a year on

Becky Parker, from Staffordshire, has told how her family's return from holiday turned into a nightmare with her car hitting a "crater" pothole that burst a tyre and left them stranded for eight hours

Darren Crooks was sent flying off his bike and crashed through metal barriers at the roadside after hitting a pothole on the A260 in Kent