It's worth having a go at claiming from the council - I bent a wheel in a pot hole a few years back and they paid for that. Years ago I came off my bike after the council had resurfaced quite a quick corner, left a load of gravel all over it and not put any warning signposts up! Only had jeans on rather than me leather troosers so the gravel completely shredded my leg - maybe they felft a bit guilty about that as they paid to have my bike fixed and for a new pair of jeans!
Anyway, give it a go - the worse they can do is tell you to sod off!
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