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Revealed: The most complained-about, pothole-ridden road in Britain

The cold snap has well and truly taken hold and with that comes treacherous driving conditions.

And while drivers across the country are having to cope with slippery road surfaces and potholes as a result of the cold, some roads are a lot worse than others.

Freedom of Information requests have revealed that the top three worst roads in the country are in the north-west, with Cottage Lane in Lancashire taking the top spot, pulling in 271 complaints over the year.

Rough surface: Cottage Lane in Lancashire drew the most complaints (Google)
Rough surface: Cottage Lane in Lancashire drew the most complaints (Google)

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Second in the complaints department is Liverpool Road (A57) in Salford, with 188 complaints while Chester Road in Cheshire East drew 162 moans from fed-up residents.

Ben Egleton, from UK Carline, regularly travels along Cottage Lane in Lancashire, and described his commute as “a troublesome start and end to my daily commute”.

He said: “The potholes have been dreadful. I’ve personally suffered a puncture on my drive home this year and the two cars following suffered the same fate within twenty minutes.

“We were able to claim against the local council who until then were repeatedly refilling the patchwork of potholes.”

He added: “Thankfully they’ve recently resurfaced Cottage Lane and so it’s now a much safer road to use.”

The data, revealed by car accessories website CarParts4Less, also shows that Besigheim Way in Newton Abbot had the most spent on its upkeep in 2016 – over £3 MILLION.

That figure is nearly double the amount spent on the second place A339 Newbury in West Berkshire, that had just over £1.6 million splashed out to maintain it in 2016.

Potholes cost UK drivers almost £684 million in car repairs annually, with one pothole compensation claim made every 17 minutes, according to the AA.

In 2014/15, the government spent £4.6 billion on road maintenance – more than in any of the previous four years.

Top pic: Rex