Claim: There are 100 times as many potholes in Britain as there are craters on the moon.
Fact-check: Are there more potholes in Britain than craters on the moon? - Full Fact
Verdict: this doesn't appear to be true. there are 1.3 million lunar impact craters between 1-2km recorded in the lunar crater database. we don't know for certain how many potholes there are in britain—the rac claims it's over one million, but this is a rough estimate based on partial data.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Jess Hacker
Date published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00