A family has had eight cars written off since they started living on a notoriously busy main road in Wales, with a total of 20 cars ruined along the same stretch.
The Griffiths family, who live close to the city centre in Newport, say they lost their latest car after a crash on Tuesday evening.
It comes weeks after the police, local councillors, MS John Griffiths and MP Jessica Morden met with residents on the street after another collision left another two cars written off.
Residents are furious and want something done about the notorious stretch which is close to the M4's Coldra junction.
The full circumstances of all the crashes, including the latest one, are not known, including whether speed was a factor, but homeowners believe action is needed.
Andrew Griffith told Wales Online: “They are waiting for someone to die before they do anything about it.”
His daughter’s Ford Fiesta was wrecked weeks after he lost his car after someone hit it in the early hours while it was parked outside his home.
“After the meeting in March they said they couldn’t put any rumble strips or anything like that in and they were looking at more speed awareness programmes instead.
"One of the councillors came again last night but I didn’t speak to her. Why is it still happening?
"Why does it keep happening to us and our neighbours? Yesterday another car was written off and another damaged. There are a whole manner of reasons why they seem to happen. We’ve had people fall asleep at the wheel, people not concentrating, all sorts.
“As soon as something more serious happens, something will get done. It’s unbelievable.
"This time it’s my daughter’s car - a Fiesta. She started working and saved money to buy it. It was her first car.
"She’s had it about a year and she’s still learning to drive in it. It was immaculate, she really looked after it.”
Recalling the latest incident, Andrew said: “I heard a bang but it wasn’t as loud as the others have been so I immediately opened the door and looked down the road. But then I saw it was us again, right out the front.
"My wife gets really stressed over it. I just feel angry. We’ve got new neighbours who have moved in in the last month just after the last crash and this car has gone into them as well.”
Andrew’s neighbour, James Crowley, said he has had ten cars written off on the road, while his neighbour on the other side Gerald Carter, who is 89, has had two cars written off in the last six years - one of which almost ended up in his lounge.
After James' car was written off following a crash in March, he said: “We get no compensation whatsoever. My insurance has gone up and I’ve lost a lot of money. On average every time we get a new car we then lose around £3,000 every time there is an accident.”
A Gwent Police spokeswoman said: “We had a report of a road traffic collision on Chepstow Road in Newport at about 6.35pm yesterday evening. It involved a van and two cars.
"The two cars were parked on the roadside at the time. No-one was injured. The van driver did initially stop at the scene, the van was left at the scene, and officers are now making enquiries to trace the driver.”
In 2020 Inspector Martin Cawley, for Gwent Police, said the force “is continuing to monitor the situation and will take steps to resolve any issues”.
In March a spokesman for Newport Council said: "The council has received a report of problems along a particular stretch of Chepstow Road. As it is a strategic through road, we are not considering any additional traffic calming measures at this time, but we have offered to facilitate a community speed watch scheme for residents.
"It should also be noted that Chepstow Road will be defaulted to 20mph under the new default national speed limit which is coming into force in Wales from 17 September 2023."
