The shocking moment a driver misses careening vehicle by inches in Sydney highway crash
Terrifying footage has emerged of the moment a driver narrowly avoided a high-speed car after it crashed into a concrete barrier.
The shocking near miss happened on April 13, 2024, just after 2pm on a stretch of the M7 highway near Rooty Hill, in Sydney’s west.
Dashcam footage from the vehicle traveling behind a white Hyundai hatchback showed the Hyundai crashing head-on into the barrier on the right side of the highway.
The hatchback immediately spun into the path of the oncoming vehicle, but the two cars narrowly avoided each other.
The vehicle driving behind the hatchback slowed down and stopped on the side of the road along with another vehicle.
The clip captured damage to the front of the vehicle after it crashed into the barricade.
Debris flew from the car as the bumper broke off in the horror crash. The collision also caused part of the barricade to come loose.
Moments earlier, the hatchback was seen entering the lane where the barrier had been constructed.
Dashcam footage showed the moment the Hyundai crashed head-on into the barrier on the right-hand side of the motorway on a stretch of the M7
The footage, which was later uploaded to Facebook, left dozens of commentators shocked that the crash did not result in a two-vehicle collision.
“It could have been a disaster for the DC (dashcam) driver,” one person wrote.
“Well avoided by DC driver,” someone else wrote.
“Holy shit. The DC driver is so lucky,” a third added.
Others were baffled at how the driver of the Hyundai managed to merge into the path of the road divider.
“What made the white car think it was going into that lane? It was marked yellow and there were clearly barricades?’ wrote one person.
“How hard it is to stay on your own path,” someone else wrote.
“That’s the submission for the road upgrade and it’s very clear,” a third added.
The hatchback immediately spun into the path of the oncoming vehicle, but the two cars managed to avoid a collision.
Some wondered whether the road markings could have caused the accident.
‘Could poor road markings at the workplace be the problem?’ wrote one person.
“The driver was probably confused by the new lines mixing with the old ones,” said another.
A NSW Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia Police were not aware of any reports of the crash.