A family have had an eighth car written off since they started living on a busy main road in Newport. The Griffiths family, who live at Chepstow Road in the city close to the Man of Gwent pub, lost an eighth car to a crash on Tuesday evening, May 9.
It comes weeks after the police, local councillors, MS John Griffiths and MP Jessica Morden met with residents on the street in March after another collision which left another two cars written off on the stretch of road close to the M4 Coldra junction. The string of collisions on the street has now led to 20 cars being totalled, leaving locals furious.
The full circumstances of all the crashes, including the latest one, are not known, including whether speed was a factor, but homeowners believe speed mitigation methods should be put in place, such as rumble strips on the road. “They are waiting for someone to die before they do anything about it,” Andrew Griffiths said after the 20th incident on Tuesday, May 9, which saw his daughter’s Ford Fiesta wrecked weeks after he lost his car after someone hit it in the early hours while it was parked outside his home. You can get more Newport news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
