Enough is enough say residents of Sheerness High Street after a spate of “bump and drive” crashes left 11 cars damaged.

The incidents have all occurred in the early hours of the morning, with residents waking up to find their vehicles mangled up – with some written off.

Now Adrienne Adams, 40, one of the victims, has spoken out after she and husband Brett, 45, who works for Anglian Home Improvements, had their vehicles damaged.

On July 7, Mrs Adams’ nearly new black Ford Fiesta was hit in the High Street overnight, causing damage to the back wing.

On the same night her next-door neighbour’s BMW was also damaged, along with two other cars.

Mrs Adams’ car had been recently returned from the repairers when on October 9 it was struck again. This time the damage was more serious and her car was declared a write-off.

Her husband Brett’s van was also hit and Mrs Adams describes it as being “pushed up on to the pathway” due to the force of the impact. Another neighbour had his Ford Focus written off in the same incident.

Self-employed Mr Adams, a conservatory fitter, has lost days of work while his van has been out of action, while Mrs Adams says that some of her neighbours who have been affected have children with special needs or who are ill.

She said: “At first we thought that the damage to the cars was just bad luck, but on November 10, it happened again when four cars were hit in the High Street and three were definite write-offs. That’s when we thought that something had to be done about it. It feels like being in a dream – if we hear a loud noise or a bang outside the house we think ‘oh no, not again’.”

Speaking to the Times Guardian, Mrs Adams, a practice manager at a doctors’ surgery, said residents will be urging Swale council to introduce traffic calming on the road.

In the meantime, the neighbours have resorted to parking in residential roads off the High Street, such as Park Road or St Helen’s Road, because they fear leaving their cars outside their homes.

Mrs Adams admits she is worried about depriving other residents of their space but she has no confidence in parking her car outside her own home.

The incidents have all been reported to police but Mrs Adams said the impact of the crashes goes beyond the cost of repairs. She said: “Residents have lost work days, sleep and money, and car insurance prices for Sheerness will soar.”