Cassandra Devina Wilson, 32, had been at a friend's Christmas party and was on her way home when she lost control of her car and drove into the front of a Marconi Crescent home on December 23 last year.

The ACT Magistrates Court heard Wilson's children, then aged nine and four, were in the back seat but that nobody was hurt in the accident.

The house sustained only minor damage but the collision ruptured a gas pipe, forcing the evacuation of neighbouring homes and the street's closure.

According to a police statement of facts, Wilson's blood-alcohol reading was 0.115, more than twice the legal limit.

In a letter tendered to the court, Wilson expressed deep remorse and said she had been feeling depressed before the incident because it was close to five years since her young daughter had died of leukaemia and her husband's death 11 months after that.

Ms Doogan banned Wilson from driving for three months, fined her $300 and encouraged her to continue with her grief counselling.

For more on this story, see the print edition of today's Canberra Times.