A community-led petition to request VicRoads permanently reduce the speed limit through Rosebrook from 80km/h to 60km/h has been tabled in State Parliament.

Member for South West Coast Denis Napthine presented the petition in parliament last week.

Residents Linda and Roy Carson have lived in Rosebrook for seven years and say there have been too many accidents.

"We have known it was a problem since we have been here," Mrs Carson said.​

"We've had two accidents right in front of our place in the last six months.

“A young man came off the road going around the corner and he hit a sign. The sign ended up in my dressage arena and luckily there were no children in there riding. He hit our driveway and he was airborne. He went over the top of the drive and he came down and took out my fence and a pencil pine tree. The car was a total write-off, but the man survived. He was very lucky."

About a month ago Mrs Carson collected more than 30 residents’ signatures, calling for the lower speed limit.

The petition outlined difficulties Rosebrook residents faced each day when entering or exiting their properties off the Princes Highway.

Mrs Carson said the cost of damages to property and vehicles as a result of crashes in the area had amounted to thousands of dollars. 

“Residents and visitors live in constant fear they could be the next accident victims,” she said.

The petition also raised concerns about limited sight-lines to the west when entering the highway via Sharkeys Road and poor visibility when exiting properties. 

"I only got the very immediate residents in the area," Mrs Carson said.

"Every time I stopped to ask people about the petition, somebody told me about another accident. Family, friends and visitors have also been rear-ended. I know people that are too scared to turn in off the highway."

Concerned residents ​Frank Hinkley, Genevieve Grant, Essie Warmuth and Dr Susan Thomas can all tell stories of crashes and near misses.

Dr Thomas, a consulting doctor at the Warrnambool Base Hospital, said she was aware of the safety issue and had noticed the high number of crashes in the area, while local artist Essie Warmuth had concerns for visitors stopping at her studio.

Mrs Carson has sketched a map which illustrates more than 15 crashes that have occurred in the 80kmph zone of the Princes Highway, north-east of Port Fairy.

Dr Napthine said residents reported that it was dangerous trying to enter their properties, with vehicles overtaking and crossing double lines rather than waiting for their vehicles to enter. 

“Rosebrook residents are fed up and frustrated with the high amount of accidents recorded along the stretch of highway,” Dr Napthine said.