To mark National Pothole Day, Go.Compare Car Insurance can reveal the top ten counties in England and Wales whose roads are most peppered with potholes today (Monday 15 January).

Topping the peak pothole list was Derbyshire County Council, which reported 215,787 potholes over three years between January 2020 and December 2022.

Two more northern counties took the 2nd and 3rd place spots, with Durham and Lancashire County Councils featuring respectively, with more than 180,000 potholes reported in the same three-year period.

The comparison site submitted more than 300 Freedom of Information requests to councils across England and Wales to find out which areas had the most pothole reports. This research discovered that 2.4 million potholes were reported across England and Wales between January 2020 and December 2022.

	Welsh County	Potholes (2020-2022)
1	Caerphilly County Borough Council	29,885
2	Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council	16,511
3	Cardiff Council	7,696
4	Ceredigion County Council	7,223
5	Denbighshire County Council	6,469
6	Swansea City and Borough Council	6,315
7	Isle of Anglesey County Council	6,098
8	Gwynedd County Council	3,982
9	Newport City Council	3,922
10	Conwy County Borough Council	2,837

In total, five counties in England reported more than 100,000 potholes on their roads, with Surrey and Northumberland County Council taking the 4th and 5th spots on the list.

	Local authority	Reported potholes (2020 -2022)
1	Derbyshire County Council	215,787
2	Durham County Council	189,821
3	Lancashire County Council	189,461
4	Surrey County Council	142,564
5	Northumberland County Council	132,319
6	Oxfordshire County Council	79,795
7	Kirklees Council	73,721
8	Somerset County Council	59,185
9	Staffordshire County Council	58,689
10	Kent County Council	58,284

Across the UK, motorists’ frustration is being fuelled by potholes on the roads, with a recent survey from Go.Compare finding that 48% of motorists name potholes as their biggest motoring worry.

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