Breakdown cover provider Green Flag is predicting more than 70,000 breakdowns will occur between Wednesday and Friday this week, as temperatures soar amid school summer holidays – 16 breakdowns a minute.
Thursday is set to be the hottest day of the week, with 23,778 drivers failing to reach their destination – an increase of 16 per cent on the last two weeks.
Between Wednesday and Friday, a combination of potholes in the road, engine issues and other tyre-related problems, are set to cause problems for 978 drivers every hour.