Urgent warning as car breakdowns caused by potholes in Britain’s crumbling roads soar in last year

CAR breakdowns caused by Britain’s “pothole plague” surged nearly 20 per cent in just a year.

More than 9,400 motorists called the RAC between January and March after their vehicles were battered by crater-riddled roads.

AlamyCar breakdowns caused by Britain’s ‘pothole plague’ surged nearly 20 per cent in just a year[/caption] PAPM Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to ‘drive down the cost of motoring’ in a £1.6billion pothole blitz[/caption]

It is up from 7,900 over the same period last year.