Stawell worker Angela Bell on kangaroo collision on Landsborough Road

It was almost 8pm on Monday, July 26, when Ms Bell was driving home from work in Stawell as the kangaroo bounced in front of her car.

She said she was able to make it home, but there wasn't much she could do when it was pitch black and starting to rain.

"I was just past the race track on Landsborough Road," Ms Bell said.

"I'd just gone to the supermarket and was heading home."

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Ms Bell said she saw something in the corner of her eye and before she knew it, a kangaroo taller than her car was in front of her.

"It broke all the headlight casing, it dinged the side panel and along the door," she said.

"The wheel arch in the back looked like someone hit it with a hammer.

"I didn't brake or anything, it just happened so quick."

She said she'll now have to pay hundreds of dollars of insurance excess for her Toyota Yaris which she said had sentimental value to her.

Ms Bell said she was now feeling very cautious driving, she'd only ever hit a kangaroo once before a few years ago in the middle of summer.

"That was in the middle of the day at 4.30pm," she said.

"It was all damaged under the bonnet."

She said she has started driving her ute with the bull bar at the front.

"I've been very cautious," Ms Bell said.

"If I leave work at 7.30pm, I've been sitting on 70 to 80 kilometres all the way home because I'm scared one will jump out and hit this car."

Ms Bell said she and other residents have noticed more kangaroos out and about this year.

"We have a mob of about 40 that live up our laneway," she said.

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Ms Bell said her and her husband had only ever hit six kangaroos having lived in the area for 21 years and in Stawell before that.

"I'm worried someone is going to get hurt," she said.

"They say don't swerve, but that's just a reaction. I didn't have time to swerve, it just bounced straight onto the road."

Ms Bell said at the water property on Landsborough Road, she sees 400 to 500 kangaroos every morning and night.

"It's been a good year, plenty of water and plenty of green grass every where," she said.

"So, they're breeding. I've seen them at places where we don't usually see them, they are popping up everywhere."

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