Crashed car into concrete in middle of road can i claim off council

Hi i was in town on monday turning onto Grantham street from camden street
took it wide to avoid some kids and drove over the remains of a bollard
took the underneath outta the car (Boxster) cut the petrol line and radiator
have a look street closed off thought car was gonna go up but it didnt
fire brigade and police called ..the Police were brilliant and totally agreed with me they told me they did the same thing last week but didnt want to say anything as they would have gotten in trouble

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can i claim of the council
within 2 hours it was fixed with a brand new bollard

someone told me i can claim
and someone else told me i cant as they are not liable
about 2k damage to to car