Drivers, cyclists and motor bike riders 'at risk from damage and injuries'

Road users, including drivers, cyclists and motorbike riders, are at risk of damage and injury as a result of problems with road surfaces caused by the icy weather.

This is according to the AA, which suggested that emergency road maintenance funding is needed to repair highways.

If this is not provided, there will be many people needing to make compensation claims for the costs, inconvenience and suffering they are caused as a result of accidents, the organisation said.

The AA - which provides a range of services, including insurance, breakdown cover and driving information - said that the worst areas for potholes will be stretches of road where such problems have been poorly repaired in the past.

Also, areas where utility reinstatements have been substandard and patches of highway which have not been salted will be at risk.

AA President Edmund King said: "Due to the severe winter, it could be a record year for potholes - a million scars of the worst winter in 30 years."