Pothole Claims and Payments for Vehicles, Pedestrians, and Bicycles

Pothole claims data from the Government Digital Service shows the total number of roadway pothole claims and payments made for vehicles, pedestrian injuries, and bicycles. The dataset was last updated on August 7, 2018. It is available in CSV format under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze claim frequency and cost distribution based on the described categories of vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles.
• Model municipal financial liability for road maintenance based on historical payment data.
• Assess relative risk of pothole-related injuries to different road user types mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Government Digital Service.
• Released under the permissive UK Open Government Licence for reuse.

Limitations

• Last updated 2018-08-07 14:17:49.513000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official claim and payment records.

Time Range

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Freshness

2018-08-07 14:17:49.513000

Geography

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