Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008

In making a compensation order, the court may assess the amount of compensation in such manner as it considers appropriate, including (for example) the estimated cost of remedying the damage.

In assessing the amount of compensation, the court may take into account such matters as it considers relevant, including —

evidence adduced in connection with the prosecution of the offence; and

evidence not adduced in connection with the prosecution of the offence but adduced in connection with the making of the proposed order; and

a certificate of the road authority stating that the road authority maintains the road concerned; and

any other certificate of the road authority, such as a certificate —

estimating the monetary value of all or any part of the road infrastructure or of the damage to it; or

estimating the cost of remedying the damage; or

estimating the extent of the offender’s contribution to the damage.