Terrifying footage has emerged of the moment a driver narrowly avoided colliding with a speeding vehicle after it crashed into a concrete barrier.
The shocking near-miss occurred on a stretch of the M7 motorway near Rooty Hill, in Sydney’s west, shortly after 2pm on April 13, 2024.
Dashboard camera footage from the vehicle traveling behind a white Hyundai hatchback showed the Hyundai crash head-on into the barrier on the right side of the road.
The hatchback immediately spun into the path of the oncoming vehicle, but the two cars barely managed to avoid colliding with each other.
The vehicle behind the hatchback slowed down and stopped on the side of the road along with another vehicle.
The clip captured damage to the front exterior of the vehicle after it hit the barricade.
Debris flew from the car as the bumper broke off during the horrific crash. After the collision, part of the barricade also fell off.
Moments earlier, the hatchback was seen merging into the lane where the barrier was built.
Dashboard camera footage showed the moment the Hyundai crashed head-on into the barrier on the right side of the motorway on a stretch of the M7.
The footage, which was later uploaded to Facebook, left dozens of commenters surprised that the accident did not turn into a two-vehicle collision.
“Could have been a disaster for the DC driver (dash cam),” one person wrote.
“Well averted by the DC driver,” another person wrote.
‘Holy shit. The DC driver is very lucky,” added a third.
Others were baffled by how the driver of the Hyundai managed to pull into the path of the highway divider.
‘Why did the white car think of entering that lane? It was marked in yellow and there were clearly barricades? one person wrote.
“How hard it is to stay in your own lane,” another person wrote.
“That’s the ticket to road improvement and it’s very obvious,” added a third.
The hatchback immediately spun into the path of the oncoming vehicle, but the two cars managed to avoid colliding with each other.
Some wondered if road markings could have caused the accident.
‘Could the problem be poor road signage in the workplace?’ one person wrote.
“The driver probably got confused because the new lines were mixed with the old ones,” said another.
A New South Wales Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia that police are not aware of any reports of the accident.