Five crashes in same Wanganui garden

The car became stuck on the low concrete wall with its wheels hanging in the air after crashing into Sandra Watson's front yard. Photo / supplied

A woman is calling for her street to be made safer after a car crashed through her front garden - the fifth time it has happened in about a dozen years.

Sandra Watson was at her Springvale home yesterday on the corner of Fitzherbert Ave and Totara St when she heard a "big bang" and looked outside to see a car suspended on the low concrete wall lining her yard.

A young woman and a child got out of the car unhurt, but Ms Watson's wall was not so lucky.

In three out of the five times cars have crashed through it, she has had to pay to repair the wall herself, which costs about $400 each time, she said.

She said accidents seemed to happen after a downpour.

"This is the fifth accident that I've had to fix up ... I don't know why it's happened."

She said the last time it happened she contacted the council but was told the camber of the road was not to blame.

"Well, obviously something's not right."

Constable Trevor Scarrow said it looked like the car was going too fast for the conditions on the corner and the driver had lost control.

The car ended up stuck on the concrete wall with its wheels hanging in the air. "The tow truck had a bit of a job," Mr Scarrow said.

Ms Watson, baffled by the number of crashes, thought perhaps the large number of painted lines on the corner made the road more slippery in the rain. "Maybe the road needs to be looked at," she said.