Cambridgeshire is 24th out of 207 local councils in the UK for the number of claims by motorists in 2013/14 resulting from damage by potholes, the RAC reports.

485 claims were made against Cambridgeshire County Council for pothole damage, and half of them (242) were successful, resulting in payouts totalling £104,263.66.

This represents an increase of 177 per cent in the number of claims on the previous year, when 37 out of 175 claims (only one in five) were successful and £55,080.04 was paid out to motorists.

The success rate for claims in Cambridgeshire was more than double the national average of 23 per cent.

According to the annual ALARM survey of local authorities, the current backlog of road maintenance work on local roads in England and Wales is £12 billion.

A full statistical table can be viewed here.