Every time it rains residents on Hawkesbury Road fear there will be another accident, and worse, a fatality.
Gayle Lockley and Margaret Allen are neighbours, and live opposite the Springwood golf course, and are sick of cars crashing through their fences and into their gardens.
Mrs Allen has recorded 20 accidents outside her home in the past six years, and started logging the accidents with the Roads and Maritime Service in 2015.
She thinks the problems stem from the road resurfacing six years ago.
“Some cars spin into oncoming traffic. Some cars are written off. Some people have gone to hospital,” Mrs Allen said.
“The part that worries me is they keep happening and people are getting hurt.”
Her neighbour Gayle Lockley says she feels stressed every time it rains.
“The constant stress every time it rains is difficult as the impact noise is always the same, and I wonder what I’m going to find when going to help, plus what damages have been done yet again,” Mrs Lockley said.
“My worst fear is that someone will be killed as there is always children and pedestrians using the footpath, or a small child passenger in a car will be crushed by the [power] pole.
“The power pole adjacent to my property has been replaced twice in two years because of impact.”
She believes the road is off camber and is a problem in the wet when the cars hit the white marker area and go into a spin.
The residents believe the issue isn’t speed related.
“Cars can be in a queue and they spin off, and the cars can be coming up or down the road,” Mrs Allen said.
“Some days I feel quite frightened, are we going to have another accident today?”
Mrs Allen wants the road fixed, or at the very least, “slippery when wet” signs installed.
The residents have raised the issue with federal Macquarie MP Susan Templeman.
“As a Winmalee resident, I am well aware of the high volume of incidents that occur on that strip,” Ms Templeman said.
“If anyone has concerns about the safety of a road they use, including Hawkesbury Road, I’d encourage them to nominate the location for consideration in the federally-funded Black Spot Program.”
A Roads and Maritime Services spokeswoman said they had investigated the condition of this section of Hawkesbury Road and found no defects.
“The road surface is in good condition with line markings and signage clearly visible, and the road has acceptable geometry and delineation,” she said.
“Motorists are reminded to drive to the conditions and signposted speed limits at all times for the safety of all road users.
“If motorists are observed driving in an unsafe manner, the community is encouraged to report this behaviour to NSW Police.”
Blue Mountains Police Detective Inspector Brad Element said there were 13 collisions reported to police in the past six years, and three were recorded in wet weather.
He said it wasn’t mandatory to report minor accidents to the police.
