A Oswaldtwistle woman says she is scared to live in her own home after a car crashed into her house at the weekend.
Leslie Murray is now calling for the council to realise how dangerous Newthorn can be, after a driver destroyed her garden wall, broke her living room window and caused possible structural damage to her porch, after a crash.
A council spokesperson said it is not considering introducing safety measures on the road.
Leslie said: “My husband and I were sat in the lounge watching TV.
"I decided to go and get a drink and he goes to the bathroom, and the next thing we know there is a loud bang and there is a car in my front garden.
“The car had to come through an 18-inch thick stone wall to get into the garden.
“If the crash happened slightly sooner or later we would have been sat in the lounge, where there was a load of debris.
"My settee is just under the window and a big stone came through and landed on the settee [where we were sat shortly before].
“This could have ended badly and been a lot worse.”
Leslie said it is going to take months, and cost thousands, to fix the damage.
She said: “It’s going to take months to fix the damage and cost thousands of pounds to fix.
"I have no idea what these cracks are in my porch. We might have to get a structural engineer to come and have a look at them."
The 59-year-old said she is scared to live in her own home in case another car crashes into the home.
She said: "I am not sleeping at night because I am frightened, thinking about what could have happened.
"I no longer have a stone barrier outside so if anyone else were to come speeding down the road they would be in my house next time.
“I can’t sit in my lounge because I am frightened of the consequences of somebody else coming through.
"I can’t play with my grandkids in the lounge. When cars drive past at night I think ‘is this the one that is going to come through the house?’.”
Leslie said it was “only a matter of time” before a bad crash in the area after some ‘near misses’ in the past. She now wants the council to intervene and make the road safer.
“I have lived here for 20 years and never had someone in my front garden before,” she said.
“I have had several people hit the boundary on my wall and cause some structural damage to the wall. It was a matter of time before this happened.
“Myself and the neighbours have been on to the council about roads in this area. I would like the council to look at how dangerous this road is. People speed at the bend and break the speed limit.”
Leslie wants to thank her neighbours for helping her and her husband when the crash occurred.
She said: “I have fantastic neighbours who really looked after me. They offered teas and helped with the police. My neighbour offered his bedroom to us overnight.
“I couldn’t wish for better neighbours. They’ve gone above and beyond.
“I feel for the person who did this and his passenger but he made choices that night and we all have to live with the consequences now.”
Two people were taken to hospital by North West Ambulance Service after one had to be cut from the vehicle by the fire service.
A police spokesperson said: "We received a report of a car colliding with a brick wall and then a house in Newthorn, Oswaldtwistle, at around 8.15pm on Saturday.
"Two men, both in their 20s, have been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
"Thankfully, neither of their injuries are thought to be life-threatening.
"An investigation is underway, and a 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.”
Police have been asked for a further update.
A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "We take into account the number of injury collisions on a road or junction across a five-year span before we can consider prioritising a location for potential safety measures.
"There have been no injury collisions at this site within the last five years and so it does not currently meet the criteria.
"We will continue to monitor and maintain existing road signs and markings to ensure drivers can use the road safely."
Anyone with information or footage that can assist enquiries is asked to contact 101 quoting log 1427 of July 20.
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