The village has installed bollards and plans an illuminated stop sign and two more bollards, pending budget approval, but the homeowner says more protection is needed.
DOLTON, IL - October 21, 2026
Michelle Taylor, a homeowner in Dolton, is asking for traffic safety changes after two vehicles drove into her property on Woodlawn Avenue, according to ABC7 Chicago. The reporting says the incidents damaged her vehicles, her home and a neighboring home.
Key Facts
- Date: Story first reported October 21, 2026. The incidents occurred over roughly the past four years, since Taylor moved into her home in 2019.
- Location: Woodlawn Avenue, Dolton, Illinois
- Type of crash: Vehicles driving into a residential property
- Vehicles involved: Two vehicles
- Responding agencies: Village of Dolton
- Reported by: ABC7 Chicago (WLS-TV)
Crash Overview
Taylor, who moved into her south suburban home in 2019, says two vehicles have driven into her property since then. She says the impacts damaged her own vehicles, her house and a neighbor's home. Taylor also says she has been worried about her family's safety, and she described the strain of waiting for the next noise that might signal another impact.
Taylor believes the problem starts on Woodlawn Avenue, which dead-ends at her property and can appear to continue straight into her driveway. She described a typical path in which a car coming from that street passes her mailbox and heads toward her home. She said neighbors told her previous owners had similar problems.
Her request to the Village of Dolton is for a one-way designation on the road, which would send traffic away from her property. According to Taylor, the village told her that option is not possible, but it has taken other steps. The village installed bollards near the area. Taylor says they do not adequately protect her property, because the point of impact is where her mailbox sits.