Car removed a week after Peterborough house crash

Vigie Hammond said there had been several incidents in the Netherton area of Peterborough

A woman said it was a "miracle" none of her family were injured when a car crashed into their living room.

Vigie Hammond and her husband were inside the house when a Ford Focus came through their wall in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, on Tuesday, 24 August.

The car remained there a week later and has now been the house was deemed structurally safe.

"We need speed bumps as there have been multiple incidents like this in the area," she said.

Mrs Hammond said it was the second time a vehicle had hit their property on Atherstone Avenue and she blamed "people driving too fast".

Mrs Hammond took this photo in the immediate aftermath of the latest crash and said her family had had "two lucky escapes"

The Ford Focus was removed on Wednesday afternoon

Engineers erected supporting poles to ensure the house was structurally safe before the car was removed

The 53-year-old, who works as an optometrist, said it was "incredible lucky" her two daughters, aged 19 and 21, were out when the latest crash happened at about 18:55 BST.

She said they had also had seven other people around for a garden barbecue that afternoon, but they had left by 18:00.

"I was in the kitchen and my husband was upstairs working," she said.

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"We heard a screech and then a loud bang.

"I ran into the room and couldn't believe it had happened again."

Vigie Hammond said Atherstone Avenue, which was also home to Thorpe Primary School, needed speedbumps to slow people who were "driving too fast"

Mrs Hammond said several people inside the vehicle fled, although one person remained at the scene.

She said her family felt they were "victims in our own home" and that another car had crashed into their guest room in October 2018 and traffic-calming measures were needed.

"Until we are killed or injured nothing is going to be done," she said.

"There have been multiple incidents - a lamppost has been knocked down and another car ended up on its roof."

A car hit the wall of the house's guest room in October 2018

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said it was investigating and officers had confirmed that the man who remained at the scene was not the driver.

The BBC has contacted Peterborough City Council regarding Mrs Hammond's call for speedbumps on her road and on neighbouring Buckland Close.