Pothole Compensation
Request ID: FOI-2696-1819
Date published: 20 March 2019
You asked
Please could you supply the answers to the following three questions relating to pothole compensation claims:
Please provide the information for all claims handled pre and post litigation.
1. How much money overall has been paid out by Transport for London in compensation as a result of claims (whether or not liability was accepted) relating to potholes involving (a) cyclists and (b) motorists in each of the last five financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18?
Please provide the responses for each year separately.
1. How many individual (a) cyclists and (b) motorists have received compensation as a result of legal claims relating to potholes in each of the last five financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18?
Please provide the responses for each year separately.
1. What is Transport for London’s total expenditure on legal costs defending and settling legal claims, including both their own and the Claimants’ legal costs, for pothole related claims in each of the last five financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18?
Please provide the responses for each year separately.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2696-1819
Thank you for your clarified request received on 19 February 2019 for information about pothole compensation.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. You asked:
Please could you supply the answers to the following three questions relating to pothole compensation claims:
Please provide the information for all claims handled pre and post litigation.
1. How much money overall has been paid out by Transport for London in compensation as a result of claims (whether or not liability was accepted) relating to potholes involving (a) cyclists and (b) motorists in each of the last five financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18?
Please provide the responses for each year separately.
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1(a)
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Financial Year
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Payment Total (£)
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POTHOLE
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1,767,576.85
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2013/14
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CYCLIST
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78,365.00
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2014/15
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CYCLIST
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130,703.84
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2015/16
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CYCLIST
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198,320.20
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2016/17
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CYCLIST
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1,010,498.34
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2017/18
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CYCLIST
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349,689.47
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Total
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1,767,576.85
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Note that the 2016/17 years includes the settlement of one claim where the individual was severely injured and the compensation level reflects that settlement.
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1(b)
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Financial Year
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Payment Total (£)
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POTHOLE
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259,654.24
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2013/14
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MOTORIST
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14,250.35
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MOTORIST/PASSENGER
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98,792.63
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2014/15
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MOTORIST
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8,028.84
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MOTORIST/PASSENGER
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65,244.43
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2015/16
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MOTORIST/PASSENGER
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43,435.58
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2016/17
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MOTORIST/PASSENGER
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20,398.26
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2017/18
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MOTORIST/PASSENGER
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9,504.15
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Total
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259,654.24
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2. How many individual (a) cyclists and (b) motorists have received compensation as a result of legal claims relating to potholes in each of the last five financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18?
Please provide the responses for each year separately.
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Number of claims where compensation was paid
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POTHOLE
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370
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CYCLIST
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87
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2(a)
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MOTORIST
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31
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2(b)
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MOTORIST/PASSENGER
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252
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Total
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370
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Our claims handling supplier was unable to breakdown the numbers of individuals receiving compensation in the specified financial years within the time frame allowed for FOI requests as this would have require significant manual analysis of the individual claims.
3. What is Transport for London’s total expenditure on legal costs defending and settling legal claims, including both their own and the Claimants’ legal costs, for pothole related claims in each of the last five financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18?
Please provide the responses for each year separately.
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Financial Year
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Legal Costs Paid (£)
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TfL Legal Costs
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399,140.40
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2013/14
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30,914.00
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2014/15
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54,005.84
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2015/16
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100,798.62
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2016/17
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121,353.30
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2017/18
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92,068.64
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Claimant Legal Costs
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793,796.65
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2013/14
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133,292.78
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2014/15
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139,896.11
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2015/16
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202,163.92
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2016/17
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67,224.08
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2017/18
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251,219.76
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Total
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1,192,937.05
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Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Melissa Nichols
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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