As I was driving down to see a friend 'darn saarf' on Thursday on the M1 by Leicester I heard some form of debris or another hit my car, didnt think much of it and pulled into the services just a little down the road, came out and noticed a small puddle on the road by where my car was parked, the van next to me were very considerate in leaving a load of litter when they left, so thought it was a spilled drink.
1 mile after setting off engine was near overheating, pulled over as soon as I could safely then called breakdown cover out.
Turns out I suddenly had a magical radiator in my car, I can pour litre upon litre into it, and it just disappears! seems whatever debris hit my car caught the radiator and punched a hole in it, unfortunately too big to repair
As a result I was stranded from 11pm, didn't get back on the road until 2am in a courtesy car (as my car couldn't be transported to it's destination due to the time it occurred (luckily after midnight when the 2nd team arrived to tow me as it was Friday so they car would have to be picked up next week instead of the next day)), unfortunately it's a Ford Ka.... but free is free.
So, is there a way I can claim some of/all this cost back due to not maintaining the road correctly?
tl;dr: Car broken, loose items on road to blame, can I get them to pay some/all of the repairs?


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To get compensation I would imagine you'd need to prove who was responsible for the debris being there, and that would be very difficult. Highways Agency (or whatever party you chased) could just turn around and say prove it came from said accident/we missed it, or prove it hadn't come off one for the 1000s of vehicles that use the road each hour, and you'd be stumped.

