Pothole damage over £2k, will my claim be accepted and what can I do to be successful?

skintbutwantstosave

I hit a pothole on Sunday 16th after getting two brand new tyres fitted the day before, RAC was called out
The following day I drove on the M6 and the back tyre blew and caused significant damage which broke the bumper and the fog lights and is now hanging off. Breakdown was called out who put the spare tyre on and said that the likley cause is the pothole where there was no visible damage on the outer side, but the damage was on the inner side of the tyre. 
When I went to report the pothole on the website, I saw that the same pothole was reported on the 11th February. 
The pothole is between 40mm-90mm and the timeframe to repair the road is 10 days. Given that the Council was aware of the pothole but within their timeframe to repair, what is the likelihood of my claim being successful?
Is there anything I can add to my claim report to the council?

Car_54

The council had until the 21st to repair the pothole., so they seem to be in the clear.

Even if they weren't, the only evidence you have is from the breakdown guy, who said it was "likely".

No likelihood of success whatever, I'd suggest.

Mildly_Miffed

If you'd stopped immediately after the pothole, checked the tyre, and found the sidewall damage - you might have a claim for that tyre, depending on the classification of road and whether the reasonable timescale had been exceeded to fix it (unlikely even in ten days, unless it's a fairly major road, almost no hope in five unless it's a trunk, in which case it's not the council).

Because you didn't, you have no proof that pothole was the cause of the damage - and you wouldn't have any claim for the damage arising from continuing to drive on a damaged tyre, either.

DullGreyGuy

skintbutwantstosave said:

I hit a pothole on Sunday 16th after getting two brand new tyres fitted the day before, RAC was called out
The following day I drove on the M6 and the back tyre blew and caused significant damage which broke the bumper and the fog lights and is now hanging off. Breakdown was called out who put the spare tyre on and said that the likley cause is the pothole where there was no visible damage on the outer side, but the damage was on the inner side of the tyre. 
When I went to report the pothole on the website, I saw that the same pothole was reported on the 11th February. 
The pothole is between 40mm-90mm and the timeframe to repair the road is 10 days. Given that the Council was aware of the pothole but within their timeframe to repair, what is the likelihood of my claim being successful?
Is there anything I can add to my claim report to the council?

Almost none, subject to how much you are claiming and what their policy is. 

Its a very much marking your own homework thing, they set the policy and doesn't really matter what the policy is as long as they stick to it its ok. 

Was this on the M6? Motorways are covered by Highways England not the local council

skintbutwantstosave

The first tyre was on countryish road, that had lampposts and a few houses scattered along the road near Heath Charnock
The second tyre was the M6, so could try Highways England for the second one, and claim the bumper damage from them and the first tyre damage for Lancs County Council

So I looked at the pothole pictures again and the sideways measurement was 13cm which is more than 100mm, and it was 5cm deep (became a little puddle as it was filled with rainwater) 

The website says if it's more than 100mm then they have 2 working days to fix and classed as urgent.

The reported pothole on the website says it was between 40mm-90mm.

My picture has the white spray around the pothole and I've taken a picture with a tape measure to show the size of it. Clearly they've made the pothole seem smaller so they don't have to fix in 2 working days so they have longer to fix. The pothole couldn't have got bigger in 4 days, especially when you can see where the white spray is. 

born_again

That looks like the edges of the hole are from 3" to 13" which would be 10"?

Baldytyke88

skintbutwantstosave said:

I hit a pothole on Sunday 16th after getting two brand new tyres fitted the day before, RAC was called out
The following day I drove on the M6 and the back tyre blew and caused significant damage which broke the bumper and the fog lights and is now hanging off. Breakdown was called out who put the spare tyre on and said that the likley cause is the pothole where there was no visible damage on the outer side, but the damage was on the inner side of the tyre. 

I would be surprised if a pothole could cause your bumper and fog lights to break, if that was the case you should have called 999 as the road is dangerous.

Car_54

skintbutwantstosave said:

The first tyre was on countryish road, that had lampposts and a few houses scattered along the road near Heath Charnock
The second tyre was the M6, so could try Highways England for the second one, and claim the bumper damage from them and the first tyre damage for Lancs County Council

In your OP you didn't mention a pothole on the M6, just "the tyre blew". The implication was that it was from damage caused by the original pothole.

Was there a second pothole? Did you report it? If so, what was the response?