A mum who has had three cars written off in as many years fears is calling for measures to tackle dangerous driving on her road.

All of the vehicles were parked outside Georgina Botterman's house in Dane Valley Road, Margate.

She now wants to see speed cameras or chicanes installed along the route "before a child dies".

In the latest incident in the early hours of New Year's Day, a stolen car "took the whole front off" her Fiat, and the driver fled.

Mrs Botterman told KentOnline: "The police woke me up at 3.45am and said, 'Do you own a Fiat?' I just knew what had happened.

"It was the worst of all three of the crashes - the front was completely taken off.

"It was a stolen car which hit it, and it also went into the wall down the road."

The 43-year-old has two daughters, aged four and eight months, and she is concerned for their safety.

"I’m worried about my little girls, especially as they get older and want to start crossing the road to play on the field," she added.

"I've had multiple near-misses as a pedestrian. A car swerved round me while I was getting in my car and just missed me.

"Every time I get the baby in the car seat and get into the car I feel like there’s a risk and I always check the road really thoroughly.

"They come round the corner so quickly. I can check the road but two seconds later there could be someone speeding towards me.

"There was an incident where I was at the zebra crossing. A car came out of nowhere and slammed the brakes on while I had my daughter in the buggy.

"It just missed us."

She says "it’s always the way that someone has to die or have a serious accident before [the council] do anything about it".

Mrs Botterman said: "Why can’t they do anything pre-emptively?"

The household has lost three cars to drunk or speeding drivers.

The first incident involved Mrs Botterman's husband's Mini, when a group of young men hit the parked car. The driver again fled.

"The second time was a drunk van driver with his young son in there with him," she added.

"He hit the tree and crashed his van into my car in January 2021 and landed on top of it.

"Then this most recent car was the one to replace it - and that’s been written off too."

The mum-of-two stresses she is not the only one who fears the perils of Dane Valley Road.

"It’s known to be a dangerous road, it has a reputation." she explained.

"I’m not the only person, loads of people have told me how dangerous it is.

"I can't tell you how often cars come flying down - so fast."

Mrs Botterman has lived there for almost six years, and reports that lots of quad and motorbikes drive at high speeds up and down the road.

The road finishes in a dead end, and is not a rat-run to anywhere else.

The veterinary nurse believes these speeding drivers do it "for joy".

"I’ve confronted the bikers in the past," she said. "It didn’t go down well and they just drove off."

Despite reporting incidents of speeding in the past, and collating a list of number plates, "nothing happened".

"In the past we’ve been told to write down number plates," she added.

"I did that and nothing came of it, but that’s not our job.

"Half the time people don't have time or a piece of paper to write down registration numbers or can’t remember them." she said.

The road already has speed bumps, however "people seem to be able to just navigate them and still speed".

There has been council talks about implementing 20mph speed limits in various locations around Thanet.

However, Mrs Botterman believes "with the attitude of people driving dangerously, they’re not going to take notice of a 20mph speed limit".

Mrs Botterman also has two dogs and a cat.

"If someone was to come speeding round the corner and hit them it would just be awful..."

"I worry about the road with my dogs," she added.

"I’m really careful that they don’t escape - but if someone was to come speeding round the corner and hit them it would just be awful."

A Kent County Council spokesman says some traffic-calming measures have already been taken along the route.

However, the "traffic data shows the Department for Transport's criteria for installing safety cameras isn't met".

"Kerb buildouts and speed cushions are already in place," the official said.

"Residents are urged to report concerns about excess speed, drunk driving and driving without due care to Kent Police on their 101 number."

Police confirmed they were called out to the collision at at 3.10am on New Year's Day.

"Officers attended and it was established that the vehicle had been reported stolen from outside a nearby address," a spokesman said.

"The driver was not present.

"Enquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing."

Anyone with information should call 01843 222289, quoting reference 46/191/23.