RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Another car crash in the Semmes Avenue area has neighbors nearby calling once again for an end to speeding. According to the Richmond Police Department, officers were called to the intersection of Semmes Avenue and West 27th Street for a reported vehicle collision at 5:07 p.m., on Monday, Nov. 25. When they arrived at the scene, officers reportedly found four cars that had been damaged in the collision. Five adults were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a woman who had been headed eastbound was charged with reckless driving. "We were in our backyard playing with the dog and we heard a screech and then a boom," said Pippa Holloway, of Richmond. "Having lived on the street for so long, we [Holloway and her partner] were like, 'Oh, that was a wreck.' You learn to recognize it very easily." Holloway is also part of the Semmes Avenue Safety Committee, which works to provide awareness and improvements to speeding issues in the area. "When you've got cars going down the street, you know, easily 50 miles an hour -- certainly sometimes 60 or 70 miles an hour -- the street isn't built for that," Holloway explained. "They hit, they flip, they do all kinds of crazy things [and] that's dangerous for everybody." According to the Virginia DMV's Traffic Records Electronic Data System, or TREDS, there have been 30 car crashes along Semmes Avenue so far this year -- an increase compared to the total 25 crashes in all of 2023. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Richmond residents speak out about chronic speeding on Semmes Avenue "We have a lot of folks who are elderly, who don't have cars, who have to walk up and down this street to go to the store," added Holloway's partner Amanda K. "People aren't safe walking down the road or even sitting on their porch and we really worry about folks." Holloway also touched on legislation the committee is hoping to push for in the future. "A lot of neighbors think and believe that having speed cameras expanded in the city would be super helpful [and] that requires state legislation or requires the legislature to act to expand speed cameras," she explained. The City currently has 26 speed cameras near 13 schools considered to be located near a high-injury street network courtesy of the Richmond Safety Camera program. The cameras are operational at 7:15 to 9:15 a.m. and 2:15 to 4:15 p.m. during days when schools are in session. "These cameras are only on for 4 hours a day -- only the days that schools are on," Holloway said. "That's great, but it's a drop in the bucket." 8News reached out to Richmond City Councilmember Stephanie Lynch who said she was aware of what happened as she does not live too far from where the incident occurred. "I've been a broken record on this but, until we narrow the road to a road diet, I think people are just going to continue to treat it as an expressway through," Lynch said. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, a "road diet" involves converting an existing four-lane undivided roadway to a three-lane roadway consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane. The administration notes this adds greater safety measures such as making for fewer lanes for pedestrians to cross, traffic calming, more consistent speeds and more. Lynch believes that, with fewer people using the expressway, it may make for more drivers using Semmes Avenue as a commuter route. "Maybe more folks are using that corridor as a commuter route, which puts more volume on the road and more folks driving through Semmes [Avenue], not recognizing that it is a neighborhood and not their own personal expressway," Lynch explained. Lynch told 8News the City has added hybrid pedestrian beacons, on 22nd and 28th Streets aiding to slow down traffic. At the intersection of Forest Hill Avenue and 34th Street to Semmes Avenue, construction is currently underway in hopes of controlling traffic and boosting driver attention. Holloway adds the Semmes Avenue Safety Committee is planning a meeting with the Richmond Police Department and the Department of Public Works to discuss this issue and is hoping to have the meeting this upcoming February.