Question follow-through · 2416
Roads: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of potholes on rural road safety.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of potholes on rural road safety.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jun 2026
Answer published
In 2024 (the latest year for which figures are available), an estimated 4% of reported personal injury road collisions on rural roads in Great Britain were assigned a contributory road safety factor of ‘poor or defective road surface or deposits on road’....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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