Andrew Trevisan woke at 4.50am on Saturday to find a car in his front garden, just a metre from his lounge room window and three metres from his son's bedroom.

The white Holden sedan had failed to stop at the intersection of York and Fussell streets, opposite Mr Trevisan's house.

The car skidded across his front lawn and landed near the front verandah of the house, which is below the road level.

Only the top rail of a retaining wall prevented the car from crashing through the wall.

No-one was hurt in the accident and a large crane was used to remove the car.

Mr Trevisan said it was not the first time cars had not stopped. He said something needed to be done.

He said he knew of at least three other incidents where cars had overshot the intersection, which is situated east of a crest on York St.

A large gum tree at the front of his block was taken out after some of the incidents.

"We want some sort of guard rail and something to slow the cars coming up over York St," Mr Trevisan said.

"One 'stop sign ahead' sign is not enough."

He wrote to the Ballarat City Council to request those measures when his house was built in 2006.

But he was told speed humps could not be put in because York St was classed as a collector road, and it would push traffic onto other roads.

He said he would contact the council today to see if the issue could be revisited.

"There's a family involved. There's kids. It's dangerous."

Ballarat Police Sergeant Ian Gibson said a 20-year-old woman would be charged on summons over the incident with exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol while driving.