Vehicle breakdowns caused by potholes have reached a five-year high, new figures suggest.The RAC said it received 8,170 callouts to breakdowns due to poor road surfaces in the UK between April and June.That was 40% more than during the same period last year, and the most for those three months since the so-called Beast from the East cold snap plunged much of the country into a deep freeze in 2018.

Vehicle breakdowns caused by potholes have reached a five-year high, new figures suggest.The RAC said it received 8,170 callouts to breakdowns due to poor road surfaces in the UK between April and June.That was 40% more than during the same period last year, and the most for those three months since the so-called Beast from the East cold snap plunged much of the country into a deep freeze in 2018.