Ceredigion County Council has paid £75,000 to someone who tripped on a pavement and £15,000 to a person who had an accident in a gutter, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

In total the council has paid out more than £115,000 in personal injury compensation claims in the last five years.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that someone received a £75,000 pay-out after tripping on a pavement on Christmas Eve in 2014.

The second highest payout was also in 2014 with £15,553 after the council accepted liability when some tripped in a gap between a road and rain gutter in August.

The lowest amount paid was £162 to someone injured when a chair collapsed on 30 January, 2018, although the claim was initially denied.

Tripping on pavements were the most frequent claims with 23 over the five years, including 12 in 2017, but only two resulted in payouts. A further eight cases remain open.

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