Pothole-related compensation claims - Find a freedom of information request

1.   How many pothole-related compensation claims for

(a) vehicles (including bikes) and

(b) personal injury have been submitted to the council in the past five financial years. Please provide results broken down by each year and separated as categories (a) and (b).

2.   Of these claims, how many have been successful and how many were rejected? Please provide results broken down by each year and separated as categories (a) and (b).

3.   Of these claims, how many are yet to be settled? Please provide results broken down by each year and separated as categories (a) and (b).

4.   Please provide the total amount of pothole-related compensation paid out by the council for

(a) vehicles damaged by potholes and

(b) personal injury in the past five financial years. Please provide results broken down by each year and separated as categories (a) and (b).

5.   What is the highest payment paid out for

(a) a vehicle damaged by a pothole and

(b) a pothole-caused personal injury for each of the past five financial years?

6.   What is the average individual payout for

(a) a vehicles damaged by a pothole and

(b) a pothole-caused personal injury claim.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Count of all claims

Count of Line of Cover
Row Labels	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Grand Total
2018	13	240	253
2019	76	1853	1929
2020	74	1771	1845
2021	86	1714	1800
2022	67	1294	1361
Grand Total	316	6872	7188

2. Settled/Repudiated only

Count of Line of Cover
	Personal Injury		Property Damage		Grand Total
Row Labels	Repudiated	Settled	Repudiated	Settled
2018	9	3	106	134	252
2019	53	18	859	994	1924
2020	56	11	793	943	1803
2021	62	17	941	704	1724
2022	28	3	641	239	911
Grand Total	208	52	3340	3014	6614

3. Open Claims

Claim Position	(Multiple Items)	Claims remaining open
	b	a
Count of Line of Cover	Column Labels
Row Labels	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Grand Total
2018	1		1
2019	5		5
2020	7	35	42
2021	7	69	76
2022	36	414	450
Grand Total	56	518	574

4. Damages

Sum of Damages Sum
Row Labels	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Grand Total
2018	£44,053.00	£33,442.81	£77,495.81
2019	£72,701.81	£236,264.76	£308,966.57
2020	£45,132.64	£186,913.51	£232,046.15
2021	£62,924.06	£156,707.39	£219,631.45
2022	£1,450.00	£52,890.92	£54,340.92
Grand Total	£226,261.51	£666,219.39	£892,480.90

5.

Max of Damages Sum
Row Labels	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Grand Total
2018	£30,000.00	£4,642.90	£30,000.00
2019	£30,000.00	£5,400.00	£30,000.00
2020	£22,132.00	£3,188.38	£22,132.00
2021	£15,000.00	£3,160.00	£15,000.00
2022	£750.00	£3,914.74	£3,914.74
Grand Total	£30,000.00	£5,400.00	£30,000.00

6.

Average of Damages Sum
Row Labels	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Grand Total
2018	£3,388.69	£139.35	£306.31
2019	£956.60	£127.50	£160.17
2020	£609.90	£105.54	£125.77
2021	£731.68	£91.43	£122.02
2022	£21.64	£40.87	£39.93
Grand Total	£716.02	£96.95	£124.16

FOI 6350073

14/03/23

31/03/23