He said the home to our busiest roads, London, show the worst results with local authorities reporting the widest range of proportions from 4% to 24% needing work.

King added: “There is a certain irony that the London region has the highest proportion of its principal network that should be considered for maintenance of all the English regions at 12% because London has the busiest roads and the greatest proportion of two wheelers who are at greatest risk from potholes.

“At local street level, AA members in our Populus polls say many local roads remain perilous and have gone to pot.”
King is now calling from funds garnered from motoring taxation to be ring-fenced as cash to invest in rebuilding the UK road network.

He said: “A greater proportion of fuel duty should be ring-fenced and spent on roads.
“Drivers think two thirds of fuel duty should be spent on roads compared to the miserable one third that is currently spent. They want their money spent patching up potholes and unplugging pinch points.”