Aerial map
You can move around with your keyboard
plus
minus
left
right
Drop pin on the map to start a new report
space
Press space again to adjust the location
space
Start new report here Reposition report here
Back to all reports

Dangerous pothole

Reported via desktop in the Pothole (NH) category anonymously at 20:43, Mon 21 December 2020

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 2442428.

There are a series of potholes/badly degrading road surface areas between the lanes of the carriageway along the line of the cats eyes and white lining between the lanes at junction 10 of the M65 travelling Westbound. This morning (21/12/2020) whilst changing lanes I suffered a near miss, hitting a pothole which instantly blew my front left tyre and caused my vehicle to pull hard left. Upon further and closer inspection of the wheel this has also damaged the rim of the alloy wheel.

These need to be rectified urgently before they cause a high speed accident. What is most frustrating is that the carriageway lanes were patched within the last year but for some reason they did not rectify the areas between the lanes as if nobody ever changes lanes, add to this the fact the motorway is no longer lit, you have absolutely no chance of seeing these with sufficient time to react.

Regards Mr Tillotson

RSS feed of updates to this problem Receive email when updates are left on this problem.

Updates

  • Thank you Mr Tillotson for contacting Highways England about the carriageway surface on the M65 at junction 10. I'm sorry to hear of your incident and apologise for any distress this has caused.

    We are aware of this and repair works are planned for next financial year. In the meantime an inspection has been arranged and any safety critical repairs will be undertaken within the next 28 days.

    Kind regards Highways England

    State changed to: No further action

    Posted by National Highways at 11:02, Tue 22 December 2020

  • Thank you for your patience whilst we completed the repairs in relation to your report. We can confirm that the repair is now completed, and we hope that this improves your journey. If you require any further update on this issue our Customer Contact Centre is available 24 hours a day at: • 0300 123 5000

    • info@highwaysengland.co.uk

    Please quote to discuss this matter further.

    Kind regards Highways England

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by National Highways at 16:09, Fri 8 January 2021

This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.