A WOMAN who has had two cars written off outside her home in two months has called for traffic calming measures on her street.

Barbara Iveson said she was fed up of motorists speeding in Dill Hall Lane, Church, and would like to see speed humps or cameras put in.

Lancashire County Council highways said it had approved plans for a £25,000 road safety scheme, including a zebra crossing, which was being designed and installed by Hyndburn Council's highways team.

And police today confirmed they would be looking at the complaint.

The mum-of-two, who works for BAE Systems, Preston, has had a Citroen Xsara and a Vauxhall Astra written off in road accidents on her street.

She said the first incident was not caused by a speeding driver, but she claims the second, which happened last week, just five weeks after she bought a new car, was caused by someone who had stolen a car and then collided with parked vehicles on her street writing two off and damaging three others.

Mrs Iveson, who lives with her husband Tony, 44, and son Philip, 22, on the 30mph road, said: "We have been told that the driver ran off, so we don't know who he is or if he is insured and therefore it is unlikely that we will get anything for the second car we have lost.

"This road is a bad joke. I wonder how many people have to suffer damage to their vehicles, or have them written off before they do something about the problem."

She added: "The traffic is too heavy and too fast - it is a 30mph road, but you can double that at night.

"I can hear them speeding down the road - it makes my windows shake."

Mrs Iveson has contacted the highways department at Hyndburn Council and an engineer was sent to look into the problem following her complaint.

A spokesman for Hyndburn Council said: "The scheme is in the design stage at the moment and we will be consulting with local residents about possible plans, which will include improvements to the red markings, white lines and signage in that area."

Sergeant Stuart Isherwood, of the road policing unit at Accrington, said he had also been contacted about the issue.

He said: "We didn't have any specific concerns about Dill Hall Lane, but in response to this lady's complaints we will liaise with the local authority about the issue.

"We will probably conduct a traffic survey and then we will discuss what, if any, future action needs to be taken."