Potholes: From Road Menaces to Potential Safety Feature for Trucks

CANNOCK, U.K. - July 12, 2023 - PRLog -- Despite people having constant battles with potholes while driving, data shows these initial road problems might hold the key to limit accidents for vehicles.

There has been a constant increase of potholes on the roads throughout the last couple of years, with more people speaking out about how it has impacted their journeys.

However, Mac's Trucks (https://macstrucks.co.uk/) have researched how potholes can be a safety feature for vehicles (https://macstrucks.co.uk/news/driving-tips/potholes-from-road-menaces-to-potential-safety-feature-for-trucks/), seeing a surprising correlation between the decrease of HGV accidents, the increase of HGV vehicles and the uptick in pothole cases.

Key Findings:

🛞 Number of potholes in the United Kingdom on the rise with more than half a million reported from 81 councils in the 2021/22 financial year, according to Liberal Democrats FOI requests.

🛞 Recent GOV.UK data shows there were over 511,000 HGV vehicles licensed last year, up from 420,900 in 1994. However, in a study around HGV collisions, the data showed there were only 3,549 accidents in 2022.

🛞 Recent GOV.UK data indicates a significant drop in speed-related accidents, with only 2,572 incidents reported compared to 5,571 incidents five years ago.

🛞 Total loss gap insurance data reveals that out of the 40 million tires fitted on vehicles annually, approximately 30 million are replacements.

🛞 RAC data showing a 50% drop in reported pothole breakdowns since 2010, suggesting an overall improvement in road conditions.

🛞 Decrease in personal injury collisions - data indicates that in 2021, only 3,549 HGV drivers sustained serious injuries, a figure more than five times lower than the recorded figure in 1979.