A Monmouth County family says they have major concerns about their safety due to vehicles crashing onto their property.

They say the latest incident happened last week when a car ended up on their front porch.

Mark and Karen Elias say the problems exist along County Route 524 in Upper Freehold Township.

Mark Elias compares the sweeping lefthand turn next to his home on Route 524 to a Formula One racetrack, as he was interrupted by a speeding motorcycle during the conversation with News 12

“We’ve had telephone poles across the street. These three taken down, I’d say eight times. We had a lady come across the front yard, hit the tree head-on,” said Mark Elias.

It all came to a head on Sept. 28, when Karen Elias was home alone.

“I was in the kitchen cooking. All of a sudden I heard glass break in the next room. I turned and noticed broken glass lying on top of my dog. A vehicle hit the house, blew out the wall and is parked on the front porch,” she said.

The crash left damage estimated at least $20,000.

Mark Elias documented the problems just weeks after moving into his home. In a series of emails to county officials starting in July 2017, he wrote, “I am majorly concerned for the safety of my wife and son.”

The county sent a reply two days later laying out possible solutions. That October, more emails were sent after more crashes and more safety concerns. Another email was sent in November of 2022 following even more crashes.

Mark Elias took matters into his own hands, installing four boulders just off the road. Three remain because the fourth was shattered into pieces during an October 2022 crash.

The only improvements since his first email seven years ago were the installation of chevron signs and a dotted white line at a cross-street intersection.

“I don’t want to move. I love living here but something’s got to be done to slow these people down,” said Mark Elias.

“Every noise I hear outside, I jump. I’m a nervous wreck. They broke me. They broke me. They finally broke me,” said Karen Elias.

In a statement to News 12, Monmouth County responded to the safety concerns. The spokesperson said that the county has been conducting traffic safety analyses “along the entire length of the CR 524.”

They said that as a result of those analyses, the county was able to secure federal funding for improvements.

“As part of the project, the curve and intersection at East Branch Road will be realigned. The project also includes the application of a high friction surface treatment on the roadway; safety edging (which shapes the edge of the pavement to minimize the vertical drop-off and allow drivers to safely re-enter the paved road); centerline rumble strips; raised pavement markers; additional signage to warn motorists about curves in the road; and upgraded pavement markings,” the spokesperson wrote.

The project is currently in preliminary engineering, according to the spokesperson.