Pothole Patrol shifts gears
Discovery Insure and Avis Southern Africa announced a partnership to support the Discovery Pothole Patrol in partnership with JRA.
The Pothole Patrol initiative takes on a new partnership and continues to make a difference for all South African road users in Johannesburg.
Discovery Insure and Avis Southern Africa announced a partnership to support the Discovery Pothole Patrol in Johannesburg.
The partnership will see the two companies working together to identify and repair potholes on major roads in the city.
Pothole Patrol was initially launched in May 2021 to support the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and the City of Johannesburg to deal with the pothole problems in the city.
“We welcome this extended partnership in support of the Discovery Pothole Patrol, which is assisting our depots with some of our reactive maintenance on our extensive road network and thus ensuing safer mobility for road users,” said JRA Acting CEO Zweli Nyathi.
According to the JRA, the monthly impact of pothole damage to South Africa is concerning and Discovery has estimated the cost to South Africans approximately is R500 million per month. Pothole Patrol made a huge difference on Johannesburg roads, by repairing close to 175,000 potholes and road defects across Johannesburg. According to Discovery Insure, their data shows a 26% drop in pothole-related claims in Johannesburg since its launch in May 2021 to December 2021, compared to an increase of 45% in the rest of Gauteng over the same period.
Since its existence, the Pothole Patrol initiative has managed to also accomplish the following:
- Approximately 13 000 Pothole Patrol app downloads.
- 58 000 potholes have been reported through the app.
- It has used 7 000 tons of asphalt to fill 175, 000 potholes.
The Discovery Pothole Patrol will now operate seven days a week, and it will focus on major roads in Johannesburg that are known to have potholes and those reported on the Pothole Patrol app.
The team of technicians will also work with local authorities to identify and repair potholes in areas that are not regularly patrolled.
Report your pothole today. Being able to repair potholes depends on being able to identify their exact locations.
Although Discovery Insure’s unrivalled telematics data enables them to locate potholes quite accurately via their clients, many more road defects can be reached with invaluable community input.
To help make a positive difference go even further, report potholes with the Discovery Pothole Patrol App. Simply download the Discovery Pothole Patrol App, which is available on the IOS app store and Google Play. Once downloaded, follow the registration prompts and you’re all set to report potholes as you come across them on the roads.
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