AA chiefs have issued a recent warning to motorists after greater than 50,000 automobiles suffered breakdowns final month for a similar purpose.
AA patrols attended a staggering 52,541 pothole-related incidents final month, the best quantity ever.
The determine was a staggering 12 % rise in comparison with October final yr whereas the newest numbers have been larger than the earlier report again in 2017.
General, greater than half one million drivers have suffered pothole-related breakdowns in 2023 at a median of 1,591 per day.
Tony Wealthy, AA public relations supervisor warned motorists ought to take a sequence of straightforward precautions to keep away from being caught out.
He defined: “Steady poor climate and storms resembling Babet, Cairan and Debi are having a two-fold impact on driving situations. What looks like relentless rainwater is overlaying and rising the severity of potholes whereas holding again important highway repairs by rightly diverting highway upkeep crews to sort out fallen bushes and flooded areas.
“The £8.3billion Highway Upkeep Fund will supply some respite for drivers, however with the primary instalment not being made till April 2024, the funding can’t come quickly sufficient.
“We’re additionally happy that councils might be inspired to make use of the cash to resurface streets moderately than patch and run. Making certain the structural integrity of the roads is essential to highway security.
“Till then, our recommendation to drivers and people on two wheels is to keep away from puddles the place secure to take action, but when there isn’t any various aside from to journey by means of, then cut back your velocity and preserve an elevated distance from the automobile in entrance.”
A current AA survey of 11,678 drivers confirmed that 96 % supported requires elevated funding in highway repairs.
The Authorities seems to have listened with Rishi Sunak lately asserting a brand new roads funding bundle to enhance journeys.
A large £8.3billion pay packet will resurface over 5,000 miles of highway utilizing redirected HS2 money.
Native authorities will obtain £150million this monetary yr, adopted by an extra £150million for 2024/2025.
In keeping with the Division for Transport, the remainder of the money will drip feed in till the tip of 2034.
Authorities within the North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber will profit most with £3.3billion price of funding.
On making the announcement, Mr Sunak stated: “Effectively-maintained highway surfaces may save drivers as much as £440 every in costly automobile repairs, serving to motorists preserve extra of the money of their pocket.
“This unprecedented £8.3billion funding will pave the highway for higher and safer journeys for hundreds of thousands of individuals throughout the nation and put an finish to the blight of nuisance potholes.”