A Broughty Ferry homeowner is urging the council to do something to stop cars losing control on a corner and smashing through her garden wall.
An accident on Saturday saw a young driver walk away uninjured after losing control on a corner of Nursery Road and crashing into exactly the same wall three other drivers have smashed into.
Black ice and wet conditions have sent drivers through the 6ft wall four times in just seven years on February 13, 2007, December 23 2010, on Christmas morning 2012, and now August 2 2014 has been added to the corner’s crash toll.
The 71-year-old homeowner is desperate for something to be done before someone is seriously injured on the corner following on from Abertay Street.
She said: “I am really frightened for pedestrians, especially children who walk past to get to the shops nearby.
“The last accident happened on Christmas morning 2012. This is the longest it has been without an accident there a year and a half.
“I moved here 30 years ago and for the first 23 years there were no problems.
“Then about six or seven years ago the council did something to Nursery Road. They raised it a bit and resurfaced it.
“I don’t know if the road is too smooth or is the camber wrong? The other issue is black ice and sometimes the road is not gritted.”
Her son has been contacting the council since the second accident revealed a worrying trend and now, after crash four, he is demanding action.
He said: “It is a residential area with shops close by. Children are going by all the time. If someone was walking there when a car came off the road what could they do?
“I have to wait until summer to rebuild the wall and there have been times when it hasn’t been up six months before it comes down again.
“There is something about that corner. It has happened in the summer and the winter.
“I spoke to the council and was told they would only allocate money if someone was injured.”
Broughty Ferry councillor Laurie Bidwell said four accidents was “more than a coincidence” and he would be taking the issue up with the council’s transport department.
He said: “Something does need to be done for the safety of residents and the public who are using the pavement.
“Thankfully no one has been seriously injured, either pedestrian or driver, but it is not a written policy of the council that we restrict investment for road safety measures to cases where someone is injured. There is a pattern here and certainly there is some danger we need to have seriously assessed.”
A spokesman for Dundee City Council said: “If residents have any concerns they can get in touch with our road safety team in the city development department and they will discuss these in detail.”